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Common codec approved for wireless and wirelineMelanie ReynoldsTelecom standards body the ITU has approved a standard for high-quality digital wideband speech encoding which covers both wireless and wireline technology.The standard, known as Recommendation G.722.2, is also referred to as the Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband (AMR-WB) codec. This marks the first time that both wireless and wireline services could be able to ...

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Marconi wins optical network deal with Vodafone in Italy Richard WilsonMarconi is to supply Italian operator Omnitel Vodafone with an optical transmission network incorporating dense wavelength division multiplex (DWDM) technology.The Italian mobile phone operator, which is 76 per cent owned by Vodafone, will get a 10,000km synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) optical fibre communications network which will go live over the ...

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Funding boost for SymbianMelanie ReynoldsSoftware licensing company Symbian has received additional funding of £20.75m from its shareholders to take it to the next phase of its development.“Symbian’s development to support next generation wireless standards on Symbian OS is progressing according to schedule,” said David Potter, chairman of Symbian. “We are seeing a solid commitment by leading mobile phone and technology ...