There are many 4G Modem products that offer a simple USB modem stick like the Option Icon 711 connection for a single user to connect to a USB port of their laptop for mobile data usage, but what if you need to connect your iPad, iPhone or other tablet or mobile phone?  You will need to use a travel router like the ZTE MF60 or the Zoom 4506 4G Travel Router.

You can continue to use your 4G USB Modem at home by connecting it into a 4G Router that will allow you to share your 4G USB Modem with multiple wired or wireless users, for example the Zoom 4501 4G Router will provide high speed wireless connectivity and 2 x 10/100 Ethernet ports for the connection of multiple PC’s, Tablets etc and by plugging in your 4G USB Modem they can all share the high speed mobile broadband connection.

The next step for 4G connectivity at home is the use of an embedded 4G router.  This means that the 4G SIM card is inserted directly into the router rather than plugging in a USB modem.  The advantage of this is that most 4G Routers have the option of connecting a 4G Antenna that can be mounted externally to provide a reliable 4G signal, especially when the router is positioned inside a building with poor signal reception.  4G Routers such as the Zalip CDG561WE and Option Globesurfer III+ are both available in the UK and can be used with impressive results on three mobile HSPA+ network.  There are sure to be many more embedded 4G routers available over the coming months as mobile operators start to roll out their 4G HSPA+ Networks.

Another option to consider in the future is the LTE Router – LTE stands for Long Term Evolution and includes 4G and HSPA+ technology but also includes things like WiMAX which offer high speed connectivity, but WiMAX networks are generally not available in the UK at present, but once the analogue TV spectrum gets sold then we can expect more WiMAX type services for delivery of mobile broadband offering speeds up tp 1000Mbps.  Other Euopean countries already offer WiMAX services and there are already WiMAX Routers and LTE Router products available.

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The Panasonic NS1000 is a market leading VoIP Phone System from the leading small phone system manufacturer.  The NS1000 phone system uses the latest Voice Over IP Technology enabling easy deployment of Panasonic IP Phones including the KX-NT range (KX-NT321, KX-NT343, KX-NT346 and KX-NT366) and the new KX-UT range of Panasonic SIP Phones (KX-UT113, KX-UT123, KX-UT133 and KX-UT136).  The Panasonic NS1000 Telephone System can also be used with other SIP Phones including Aastra IP Phones, Grandstream IP Phones, Cisco IP Phones, Yealink IP Phones, Snom IP Phones, Polycom IP Phones and Linksys IP Phones making the NS1000 an ideal choice for customers with existing handsets that might want to migrate their IP Telephony to the Panasonic NS1000 Communications Server Platform.

The Panasonic NS1000 can utilise SIP Trunk services and can also use legacy ISDN telephone lines if require.  Put the Panasonic NS1000 is your diary.

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The bintec RS120wu UMTS router from Funkwerk is a multi-functional embedded 3G Router.  The bintec RS120wu features 4 x Gigabit Ethernet ports, high speed wireless, VPN and firewall.  The Funkwerk RS120wu is an ideal choice for a variety of applications that require a reliable high speed mobile broadband connection.

Funkwerk bintec RS120wu Features

• Integrated UMTS 3G modem
• WiFi Client mode for WLAN WAN
• HSxPA – 3G+ modem
• 5 x Gigabit Ethernet
• WiFi 802.11n abg (2.4/5 Ghz)
• USB port for addtional 3G UMTS stick
• SFP port (for Fibre SFP)
•  Inclusive 5 IPSec tunnels with hardware acceleration
• Funkwerk Configuration Interface with integrated assistants
• Stateful Inspection Firewall
• IGMP, GRE, L2TP, PPTP, QOS, Load Balancing, Bonding
• SIP Application Level Gateway

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The obvious first choice is using VoIP (Voice Over IP) so that home based employees, even temporarily snowed in ones, can communicate with the office and customers seamlessly.  As long as they have a reliable ADSL connection at home and a PC with suitable headset they can quickly establish a connection with the office phone system to remain a productive member of the team.  Even if your business does not have a VoIP or VoIP enabled telephone system you can plan ahead by installing a VoIP Gateway which will easily upgrade your existing phone system to provide basic VoIP connectivity as a backup for this type of situation.  The Telecom FM Onestream VoIP Gateway will connect to your small business phone system and provide VoIP connectivity for both the office phone system and also allow home workers to connect using an IP softphone on their computer or they could use an IP Phone at home and be able to answer incoming calls and transfer them back to the office.  The Onestream Gateway also fetures a built-in GSM Gateway so the company can reduce their call charges to mobile phones or provide easy, low cost mobile extension functionality for their mobile workforce.

The next thing that a home based employee will need to do is access their office PC and applications from their home computer and this is easily achieved using a basic VNC service or a paid for remote access solutions such as gotomypc or logmein which are easy to set up and allow the user to work as though sitting at their desk.

With a little planning, and maybe a small outlay for items like VoIP Gateways which can provide additional benefits such as reduced call charges throughout the year, most small businesses can easily survive the cold snap.

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Video is such a major part of our lives that we tend to take it for granted when it is all around us from the TVs in our homes to Youtube on our PCs and Smart Phones. But the expansion in speed in the Mobile world, 3G, UMTS, HSPA and 4G services is starting to open up possibilities that have never before been practical or even feasible.

Security services for example – On every corner in most major European cities you will find CCTV cameras but it is not so practical to put these systems into certain areas that would seriously benefit from monitoring and surveillance. High risk or secluded areas such as bus stops, remote storage, public vehicles and rural locations where data network availability has been limited or not even present. Wide area Broadband services now open up the possibility of providing a host of security services to remote locations and to bring back live video capture. Often legacy systems require local storage and some form of manual intervention to recover recordings. If a theft or attack is recorded the owner or authorities need to play catch up after the event to piece together the evidence. Not withstanding that the mobile operators need to offer suitable data packages for these applications it is certainly an application waiting for the service and there is a plethora of High Speed 4G CPE waiting to connect these networks. Broadband is no longer the exclusive domain of the fixed operators! There a host of legacy systems awaiting retrofit and more new systems to install which, too date, have been impractical to deploy. 4G is going to be a major contributor to making these systems a success.

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Flat screen Displays are becoming common place in many public places: Shopping centres, Train stations, bus shelters, football grounds and they are becoming ever more prevalent as large panel display technologies become cheaper and more reliable. The majority of remote sineage technology currently deployed relies primarily on local storage of media which plays a number of advertisements on a loop. New media is typically downloaded over night or out of hours via a remote modem typically low speed via a landline or mobile connection. Both of these options are limited technically and economically. But, imagine if all of these remote assets could be networked wherever they were by a high speed mobile connection wirelessly! The possibilities for maximizing the value of these assets starts to get very exciting! These assets rely on playing contracted advertisements in set locations based on the viewing potential and even though the advertisements are, as far as possible, targeted geographically and demographically, they are limited.

4G high Speed Wireless connections enables real time video content to be distributed in an almost ‘broadcast’ type approach to targeted locations based on event, time of day or to support local promotions such as special offers in the vicinity which shops and retailers can take advantage of. If you think you have seen everything when it comes to advertising think again! There will be an increase in targeted media to set locations which will open up many commercial opportunities for deployment of new media platforms powered by 4G connectivity.

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In the USA there are about 40 suppliers of 1Gb Internet access including Google who are utilising their already large and growing dark fibre network to provide high speed Internet access .

The question to ask is what does the UK need to do to make this type of technology available to a wider geographic area to open up a more geographically diverse business culture with more investment in regional opportunities and employment outside of London. The answer is a massive overhaul in our out of date telecommunications infrastructure so that the whole of the UK can benefit from the broadband revolution in both business and home.

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Sachin Vaish of Vaioni states “Vaioni runs a high capacity and a high quality Carrier Ethernet backbone with a capacity of up to 100gb. 1Gb leased lines demand a high performing backbone to guarantee the throughput. Our 1Gb end to end connections gives our customers the quality and guarantee they demand with a price point that is also competitive.”

The Vaioni Carrier Ethernet service delivers a set of standard services which is unmatched and unrivalled in the Tier 2 ISP marketplace including:

•     Full Carrier Ethernet Delivery
•     Advanced Layer 2 monitoring (OAM)
•     MEF 14 compliant QoS
•     Cloud service optimised
•     Strongest industry SLA
•     Full national coverage
•     Guaranteed low latency links
•     99.96% uptime SLA
•     Instant pricing
•     Full online ordering process

To find out more get in touch with Vaioni on 0870 160 0650 or email sales@vaioni.com

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