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Aquafon
Aquafon is a state run telecommunications company in Abkhazia. In 2014 it had 80,000 subscriptions. History Aquafon was established March 6, 2003, and its network became operational on July 13 of that year. By April 2007, the number of subscriptions had reached 50,000 and, in 2008, this number had further risen to 80,000. In summer 2008, Aquafon began to provide GPRS and video call services in test mode and officially launched its 3G network with HSDPA support on September 30.Абхазский "Аквафон-GSM" запустил 3G-сеть 07.11.2008 Ownership 51% of Aquafon's shares are owned by Mondeo Holdings, an |
A-Mobile
A-Mobile is the second mobile phone operator of Abkhazia behind Aquafon, both in number of subscriptions and in age. History A-Mobile started its operations on November 25, 2006 in Sukhumi. By April 2007 it counted 12,000 subscribers. Since June 10, 2007 it provides to its clients international roaming in Russia through Beeline, and to Russian users international roaming in Abkhazia. By September 2007 the number of subscriptions had risen to 21,000. On March 1, 2008, A-Mobile started to provide GPRS services. Competition A-Mobile's main competitor is Aquafon Aquafon is a state run telecommunications company in Abkhazia. In 2014 it had 80,000 subscriptions. History Aquafon was established March 6, 2003, and its network became operational on July 13 of that year. By April 2007, the number of subscri .... External linksa-mobile.biz- The official website of A-Mobile References Mobile phone companies of Abkhazia {{telecom-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telecommunications
Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that feasible with the human voice, but with a similar scale of expediency; thus, slow systems (such as postal mail) are excluded from the field. The transmission media in telecommunication have evolved through numerous stages of technology, from beacons and other visual signals (such as smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs), to electrical cable and electromagnetic radiation, including light. Such transmission paths are often divided into communication channels, which afford the advantages of multiplexing multiple concurrent communication sessions. ''Telecommunication'' is often used in its plural form. Other examples of pre-modern long-distance communication included audio messages, such as coded drumb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Systems
The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents and applications of the World Wide Web (WWW), electronic mail, telephony, and file sharing. The origins of the Internet date back to the development of packet switching and research commissioned by the United States Department of Defense in the 1960s to enable time-sharing of computers. The primary precursor network, the ARPANET, initially served as a backbone for interconnection of regional academic and military networks in the 1970s to enable resource sharing. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
