UK Telecoms and ICT Index and Links - W
- WACT - Welsh Advisory Committee on Telecommunications
- WAN - Wide Area Network
- WAP - Wireless Application Protocol
- WEBSITE DESIGN
- WIRELESS TELEPHONY
- WLAN - Wireless LAN
WACT - Welsh Advisory Committee on Telecommunications
Established under the 1984 Telecommunications Act to advise Oftel on regulatory matters in Wales. Awaiting the revival of something similar under Ofcom.
| external links: | WACT Welsh Advisory Committee on Telecommunications became defunct after Oftel was absorbed by Ofcom |
| related index entries: | ACTs - Advisory Committees on Telecommunications |
WAN - Wide Area Network
A network which connects computers on different sites over a long distance.
| information sheets: | VoIP, Voice over Internet Protocol and Internet telephony |
| related index entries: | NETWORK |
WAP - Wireless Application Protocol
Enables mobile phones and wireless devices to send e-mail and access the Internet and corporate intranets.
| external links: | Gelon WAP portal and wapalizer WAP Forum |
| related index entries: | MOBILE PHONES |
WIRELESS TELEPHONY
Generally there are considered to be two main types of wireless telephones - cordless (analogue) and DECT (digital), although mobile phones and radio phones could be included.
| external links: | Intellect (an amalgamation of the Federation of the Electronics Industry FEI and the CSSA) The 'voice of the industry' with good links to information about mobile health issues among other techie stuff. |
| information sheets: | Getting connected to the Internet Introduction to telecoms technologies Overview of Mobile Data Technology Using mobile communications in your business What are cordless and DECT phones? |
| related index entries: | CORDLESS TELEPHONE DECT - Digital European Cordless Telecommunications FIXED LINE TELEPHONY MOBILE DATA SERVICE PAMR - Public Access Mobile Radio PMR - Private Mobile Radio |
WLAN - Wireless LAN
WLANs use radio technology instead of cabling. Currently only capable of delivering speeds of 1-15Mbps, but still under development and is expected in the future to support ATM technology, implying speeds of 155 Mbps or above.
| information sheets: | Overview of Mobile Data Technology |
| related index entries: | BLUETOOTH NETWORK |
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