Multi-user multimedia editing ought to be supported by different means. Besides technical means required for editing a given document by several users simultaneously, there is also a demand for communication mechanisms which are able to support the synchronization of the users. The system presented in this paper does not only offer multi-user multimedia editing capabilities but also provides a ...

This paper describes the approach taken for the development of an Internet telephone software system which functions like a conventional telephone to support real-time voice communications over the Internet. The system allows voice to be captured and digitised at the source machine. Using Internet as the transmission medium, these voice samples are then transmitted to the destination machine wh...

The successful adaptation of telephone networks to data transmission has fostered two decades of rapid growth in data processing systems using telecommunications facilities. To augment the telephony base, new public networks are now being designed specifically for data communications. The international scope and technological aspects of these new services have been described elsewhere in this i...

The mobile telephone companies are currently rolling out their GSM communications systems throughout Devon. Several people have asked me to write a discussion of the latest research on health problems associated with base stations. This is of particular concern to Devon people because of the highly publicised cancer clusters around the Orange transmitter in Crediton and the shared transmitter i...

At Bell Communications Research a set of programs running on loosely coupled Unix systems equipped with unusual peripherals forms a setting in which ideas about music may be ‘‘aired’’. This paper describes the hardware and software components of a short automated music concert that is available through the public switched telephone network. Three methods of algorithmic music generation are desc...

This case involves two proceedings, one pending in state court, the other in federal court. Each seeks review of an Iowa Utilities Board (IUB or Board) order. And each presents the question whether Windstream Iowa Communications, Inc. (Windstream), a local telecommunications carrier, may impose on Sprint Communications, Inc. (Sprint), intrastate access charges for telephone calls transported vi...

The emergence of wireless telephone and broadband technologies has drastically altered the traditional household choice set for satisfying their communications needs. In this paper we explore this evolution. To do so, we extend the traditional (node-to-node) demand structure by permitting households to derive utility from communication with others while either the initiator or the recipient of ...

OBJECTIVE To survey general practitioners' opinions of the quality of care offered by an urban accident and emergency (A&E) department. METHODS A postal questionnaire was used. The questionnaire addressed issues of patient treatment, communications between hospital and GPs, and the GPs' perceptions of patient satisfaction. Questions required graded responses. Response rate was 57% (91 of 160 ...

Since 1984, the Lifeline Assistance program (“Lifeline”) has been the centerpiece of efforts by U.S. telecommunications regulators to ensure that traditional local telephone service is affordable for low-income households. Lifeline reduces monthly local telephone bills for customers who sign up for the benefit through a credit on their basic service charge. The Federal Communications Commission...