Telecommunications and T Guide - Resources and Review

Journal covering topics relating to structural and behavioural regulation and policy in the converging sectors of computing, telecommunications and broadcasting.
 
Set of annotated links to online courses, course descriptions, tutorials, assignments, tests and other materials used in the teaching of telecommunications.
 
CUT campaigns for fairer pricing for all United Kingdom telecommunications users, particularly for unmetered local voice and data calls for UK subscribers.
 
Weekly news magazine on computers and communications, with business emphasis.
 
Set of reports, policies and recommendations for action pertaining to the global information infrastructure and society, telecommunications regulation and economic and social approaches to international communication.
 
The world's largest commercial satellite communications services provider. Its global satellite system brings telephone, television, and data distribution services to billions of people on every continent.
 
A collection of motion pictures, disc sound recordings, photographs, advertisements, and magazine articles made by Thomas Edison and his companies. The history of Edison's inventions is traced, as well as focusing on the life of the inventor with a timeline of significant events. Motion pictures are available in either MPEG or Quicktime format.
 
Searchable database of more than 150,000 common acronyms and abbreviations, with an emphasis on the fields of computing, technology, and telecommunications.
 
Links to numerous computing magazines, divided into applications, business of computing, product development, systems and networks, telecommunications.
 
Briefing document on the activities of the European Community in telecommunications.
 
Major supplier of television, telecommunications and Internet services in the UK. Offers company information and details of cable modems, cable telephony, cable TV, carrier services, Internet services, radio communications, satellite services, terrestrial TV, Internet TV, virtual Internet service providers, voice and wireless networks.
 
Research group attempting to create a telepresence system whereby users can receive stimuli from remote real world locations. Describes projects to develop arm systems, videophones, immersive audio, and intelligent motor control, technology intended to help emergency and security services, entertainment and education industries, and people with restricted mobility.
 
Searchable dictionary containing descriptions of terms relating to personal computers and networks.
 
A collection of correspondence, scientific notebooks, journals, blueprints, articles, and photographs documenting Bell's invention of the telephone and his involvement in the first telephone company. Information about his family life, his interest in the education of the deaf, and his aeronautical and other scientific research is included.
 
An international organisation based in Geneva, within which governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and services. The ITU is the leading publisher of telecommunication technology, regulatory and standards information. Information is available in English, French and Spanish.
 
Journal reviewing communications technology including networks, the Internet, intranets, electronic mail, cellular and satellite systems. Full text of articles available online from 1994 onwards.
 
Links to resources about digital communication, with an explanation of packet radio.
 
Publishes technical reports on US and International Standards Committee meetings in WAN data communications.
 
Discusses a wide range of US and international communications and information issues, including telecommunications, the First Amendment, broadcasting, telephony, computers, intellectual property, communications and information policy making, and related fields.
 
A guide to some typical issues that arise when using a modem in different countries. It includes a table of telephone plugs used worldwide, ways to deal with hard wired phone systems, and how to handle special situations like digital phones and tax impulses.
 
A European and international focal point for information, news and discussion on teleworking, teletrade and telecooperation.
 
Topics covered by the reports include electronic document delivery, open systems and electronic data interchange.
 
The Harvard Journal of Law and Technology (JOLT) provides an insight into the legal implications of emerging technologies. JOLT has published articles on varied topics, including biotechnology, computers, international technology transfer, intellectual property, medical technologies, and telecommunications.
 
OFTEL is the regulator for the UK telecommunications industry. Its remit also covers broadcast transmission. It is a government department independent of ministerial control which aims to get the best possible deal in terms of quality, choice and value for money.
 
UK
based telecommunications weekly publication, offering news and access to back issues from 1996 onwards.
 
Quarterly periodical of technical papers on research and development undertaken by BT in telecommunications and related sciences.
 
Free employment resource for the telecommunications industry. Provides lists of potential employers and vacancies, and a facility for submitting and viewing CVs.
 
A free weekly news report covering the main developments in the European online markets. Includes Europe wide and country
specific news.
 
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