Surfing the World Wide Waves (WWW)Peer to peer mobile telephonyAn interesting concept brought towards the attention of people who came to the 2003 telecom show is the problem of phones and phone networks for celluar devices. We've all experienced times when the network coverage of our phone is less than ideal whether it be in mountain towns in Switzerland or the seaside in England. We have all heard that putting mobile masts everywhere to provide coverage for mobile phones is not possible because of risks associated with it.
This technology is particularly useful when in places like the Paleo festival where several thousand people are saturating the single mast providing coverage or in underground trains where there is a loss of signal during part of your trip. It works under the assumption that if one cell is out of action hundreds of others will be there to take it's place providing for a far better coverage for the individual users. At the same time as the user gets better service it may be found that telephony providers like Sunrise, Orange, T-mobile and other networks who have not got appropriate coverage would no longer need to invest vast amounts of money and time in getting permission for masts but would instead be reliant on those who are already using their service.
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