Tag: network
Tech Time Warp: Say “Aloha” to the first wireless network
Tech Time Warp: Say “Aloha” to the first wireless network
As it turns out, you really are saying “Aloha” every time you send a text or make a call using your mobile phone. AlohaNet, the technology that paved the way for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and mobile phone networks, got its start...
Tech Time Warp: A Cold War-era April Fools’ joke
Tech Time Warp: A Cold War-era April Fools’ joke
Google’s April Fools’ Day hoaxes have become an annual tradition, but long before Larry and Sergey met at Stanford, another Internet pioneer was having some fun online. On April 1, 1984, a message appeared on Usenet, an early online network...
Deployments of 5G networks start to accelerate
Deployments of 5G networks start to accelerate
While the definition of what precisely constitutes a 5G networking service has become a little fluid, it’s clear that both enterprise IT organizations and service providers are starting to deploy the technologies required to enable these next generation networking services.