Stronger network coverage: Ministry developing low-cost transceiver
Project will be launched at cost of Rs1.67 million
ISLAMABAD:
The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications (MoIT) is developing a low-cost transceiver to enhance GSM signal and ensure strong mobile network coverage. This project will be launched at a cost of Rs1.67 million by the National ICT Research and Development Fund in association with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at NUST. Officials say mobile phone users also want to be able to communicate indoors, but in some areas radio frequency holes are formed due to signal diffraction caused by obstruction. Therefore, the signal strength needs to be improved by enhancing the weak radio frequency signals via building a new base station. Officials said a two-way GSM transceiver is a device that amplifies the uplink and downlink GSM signals. GSM transceiver can be easily installed inside houses and buildings. The project also focuses on end-users and is operator independent.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 28th, 2014.
The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications (MoIT) is developing a low-cost transceiver to enhance GSM signal and ensure strong mobile network coverage. This project will be launched at a cost of Rs1.67 million by the National ICT Research and Development Fund in association with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at NUST. Officials say mobile phone users also want to be able to communicate indoors, but in some areas radio frequency holes are formed due to signal diffraction caused by obstruction. Therefore, the signal strength needs to be improved by enhancing the weak radio frequency signals via building a new base station. Officials said a two-way GSM transceiver is a device that amplifies the uplink and downlink GSM signals. GSM transceiver can be easily installed inside houses and buildings. The project also focuses on end-users and is operator independent.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 28th, 2014.