This could be important in future high-speed links, because when rates of data transfer approach 100 gigabits per second, non-linear effects begin to mess up the signals.

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The smart phone market will only take off when technologies such as GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) are implemented in mobile networks, enabling faster transfer rates of data via mobile phone, she said.

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He also invested heavily in technology to help better manage the increasingly international operations. (TeleTech is now in 17 countries, including South Africa, Costa Rica and Argentina.) He streamlined 60 data centers into 4 network access points that support data transfer rates of at least 1 gigabyte per second.

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