The Silent Phase-Out of FM Radio in Smartphones: What’s Behind It?
Telecom Talk
APRIL 6, 2025
FM Radio broadcasting today is the most popular and pervasive medium to provide entertainment, information, and education to the masses.
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Telecom Talk
APRIL 6, 2025
FM Radio broadcasting today is the most popular and pervasive medium to provide entertainment, information, and education to the masses.
Telecoms Tech News
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Tridon
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Radio encryption is a method used to secure radio communications from unauthorized listeners by scrambling the information transmitted over radio waves. The primary goal of radio encryption is to ensure that only authorized users can understand the transmissions while outsiders are left in the dark.
Telecom Talk
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Telecom Talk
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Telecoms Tech News
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Telecom Talk
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Total Telecom
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RCR Wireless
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Total Telecom
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“ Results of Survey of Radio Usage Pertaining to Mobile Phones and Nationwide BWA in fiscal 2024 (in Japanese only) (4.1MB) ” by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
Telecoms Tech News
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RCR Wireless
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RCR Wireless
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customers, both in terms of its radio support and commercial availability. The new version covers larger industrial areas, now supporting up to 24 radio units, each with capability to supply 5,000 square metres of 5G coverage. Siemens has expanded coverage of its private 5G product for Industry 4.0
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RCR Wireless
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households; and, local radio and TV station ownership rules, which limit how many stations a single company can own in a given market. Preserve amateur radio frequencies, fearing that deregulation could lead to spectrum auctions that take away critical airwaves from HAM radio operators.
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Telecom Talk
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