Technology: What is RFID and how will it help me?

What is RFID and how will it help me?

Written by Vince OHare

RFID technolgy has been around for a few years but we are just hitting repparttar

tip of

iceberg when it comes to its many uses. Most people don't even know what RFID is but odds are they have already been affected by it.

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....The Future Of Telecommunications May Look Very Different....

Written by Michael Lemm

The current "frenzy" over VoIP seems to focused mostly on BroadBand phones and their predicted replacement of landline phone calls as we know it.

But that's just repparttar obvious action on repparttar 133343 surface.

VoIP technology is & can be much more than that. And company R&D is gearing up in unprecedented ways to prepare for that surprising leap in expectation.

Notice I said expectation.

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The companies drove repparttar 133347 market & what was in it...including any technology "advancements" and their application, distribution, etc.

Remember.....we had dial-up internet....then DSL, cable, & satellite access. Now WiFi & soon reliable WiMax deployment.

We had high cpm PSTN / POTS residential phone calls....then we had bundled local/LD.... then flat rate LD. Now Broadband phone (VoIP).

We had bulky analog cell phones then digital/PCS, text messaging, and now sleek video cellular.

But that is old world thinking.

The reason is 2 fold....

First....VoIP technology (note I didn't say VoIP "phone") stands to afford unprecedented advancements and capabilities yet to be seen. The potential is boggling.

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