Mobile devices have the limited environment such as low process performance, small screen size, low network speed and restricted user interface. This situation prevented the use of diverse and rich desktop-based information and services because the user could use limited services in mobile telecommunication environment. Also, this demands that service providers should develop a separate web con...

-Body Area Sensor Network Mobile Healthcare System (BASNmHealth) is the use of sensors and actuators to monitor and improve patients’ physical and mental conditions in a networked system. It encompasses the use of mobile telecommunication and multimedia technologies integrated within mobile and wireless health care delivery systems. BASNmHealth system deploys different sensors and actuators to ...

Recent communications environment significantly expand the mobile environment. Prepaid mobile services for 3G networks enables telecommunication to sign up new users by utilizing the latest in converged billing technologies. The worldwide mobile communication market is exploding, and 50 percent of subscribers are expected to use prepaid billing . Prepaid services are driving mobile communicatio...

We present a multiuser synchronization scheme for tracking the mobile’s uplink time and frequency offsets. It uses the redundancy introduced by the cyclic prefix and does not need additional pilots. We show performance results of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-based radio interface based on universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS) parameters. For a UMTS-typical mob...

The mobile phone industry has experienced an explosive growth in recent years. Mobile phone subscriber numbers have passed the 1.6 billion mark at the end of 2004. The emerging markets such as China, India, and Brazil contribute this growth. In China, the number of mobile subscribers has already surpassed the number of fixed landline phone subscribers. In Korea, the number of mobile phone Inter...

The mobile phone industry has experienced an explosive growth in recent years. Mobile phone subscriber numbers have passed the 1.6 billion mark at the end of 2004. The emerging markets such as China, India, and Brazil contribute this growth. In China, the number of mobile subscribers has already surpassed the number of fixed landline phone subscribers. In Korea, the number of mobile phone Inter...

Mobile applications are enabled by the convergence between information technologies and telecommunication technologies. They represent a new application model introduced to information systems and a new area of research. The paper introduces classical and context-aware mobile application models with emphasize on discussion on context as new information system concept. In the second part the pap...

Content services for mobile phone subscribers compose a new business area based on the constellation of and symbiotic relationship between mobile telecommunication operators and content providers. In this paper we discuss the development and internationalization of the CPA (Content Provider Access) business model and platform by the Norwegian telecommunication operator Telenor. CPA is firmly gr...

The Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) is a third generation (3G) mobile communications system that provides a range of broadband services to the world of wireless and mobile communications. The UMTS delivers low-cost, mobile communications at data rates of up to 2 Mbps. It preserves the global roaming capability of second generation GSM/GPRS networks and provides new enhanced cap...