Telecommunications

Early History Of Canadian Satellite Tv

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Canada is geographically the second largest country in the world, with its population of 30 million scattered throughout a vast northern wilderness. Although the majority of its citizens live within 150 miles of the US/Canada border, many others live in small isolated communities, out of range of the manor Canadian broadcast services. Early on the Canadian government realized the immense contribution that satellite technology could make in uniting its diverse population. In 1969, the Canadian Parliament created the Telesat organization, an all-Canadian company charged with the task of bringing into existence the worlds first domestic telecommunications system using geosynchronous satellites.

Between 1972 and 1975, Canadas Telesat organization make satellite history with the launch of the worlds first domestic telecommunications satellites. ANIK satellites, names after the Canadian Inuit Indian word for little brother, transmitted the first television and broadcast radio programs into previously isolated regions of Canada and Alaska. In 1978, Canada once again made satellite history by launching the worlds first bird capable of operating on 12 as well as 4 GHz frequencies. Experiments conducted through ANIK B demonstrated the practicality of the small dish antenna for direct satellite reception and provided the worlds first first commercial 12-GHz TV service.

In 1982, Telesat deployed ANIK D1, Canadas first 24 transponder satellite. The countrys second 12 GHz satellite, ANIK C3, was also launched from the space shuttle Columbia. In 1983, ANIK became operational; this satellite was temporarily leased to the American0based USCI corporation for Americas first Ku band DBS service.

So what are ANIK C3 satellites? With four primary spot beams and 16 transponders in the 12 GHz band, each of which can carry two video signals, ANIK C series satellites are in a prime position to deliver powerful regional TV signals not only to Canada, but to most of the United States as well. ANIK C3 was used for delivering cable TV services to Canadian cable TV operators; eventually the bird was able to carry some video for the private earth station owner. ANIK C2 was released by USCI to deliver five channels of subscription television programming into small sized dishes in the Northeastern US. USCI moved onto an American GSTAR satellite late 1984, on the bird was up and running. ANIK C2 then reverted to use by Canadian companies.

Text Messaging Tricks

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Text messaging is not just for kids anymore. In fact, people of all ages produce more than 3 million text messages a day. Using online tools will turn any phone into a powerhouse of productivity.

Text messaging is very useful. It is often a substitute for e-mails and instant messaging. Short messages are sent via SMS instead of calling the person. It saves time and effort.

For travelers, text messaging is also the cheapest form of communication aside from the internet. You can check on your mobile phone about flight details, tracking a package, checking your bank balance, driving directions as well as updating the calendar. It is also a useful tool when jotting down notes if there is no pen available.

Some mobile phones are more advanced. It is able to get voice commands. In this case, instead of keying in your message, the phone will just listen to your voice and jot down the message for you. The catch is that you have to speak clearly to encode the right message. And depending on where the mobile phone was manufactured, it may have problems listening to your tone and diction.

You can also link up to your email calendar. All the events, reminders and memos you put in your email calendar will be sent to your mobile phone as a text message. You will never have to miss another important occasion again. With just a text message, you can also track calories and packages in an instant. A lot of web services offer information as well as alerting options through SMS as part of their service. If you are curious when your package will arrive, just type in your track number and send it to the appropriate number. You will instantly receive a text alert regarding your package.

There are also banks and other utility companies that offer easy payment via text messages also. These banks and other service companies are tied up with telecommunication networks. Subscribers can start their e-wallets, much like having some savings in their phone. This way, bills can be very easily paid through their phones.

This new trick is very convenient. One does not have to rush to meet the cutoff time of offices or banks. They can pay at any time, anywhere, by just using their mobile phones. Text confirmations will be received when the payment is successful.

Most cellular phones now are equipped with built-in cameras also. Pictures taken from these cameras can be added with text messages afterwards, and then sent to a friend.

Many people are busy with work and other responsibilities. They hardly have time to read the newspaper or watch the news to learn the latest bits around. But with text messaging, all you have to do is subscribe to specific networks and you will be constantly updated via text messages whenever important events are happening.

In the same way, you can also subscribe to your favorite stores and you will be sent messages whenever there are ongoing promotions or factory sales. You will never be far behind from the latest happenings again.

SMS has really gone a long way from just being a communication tool. It has made lives much easier today.

Web Conferencing -The Peacocking of the Telecommunications World

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For small and medium sized businesses, (especially those just starting out) it is important to look and act as professional as possible in order to be taken seriously when compared against the competitive bells and whistles of the ‘big dogs’. Large companies and those that have established a name for themselves have luxury of being able to access particular types of technology and “frills” that most other businesses do not. Thankfully,conferencing does not fall into that category.

Outside of the fancy office buildings in trendy locations and expensive three-dimensional business cards, genuinely knowledgeable small business owners realize that they get the most bang for their buck by investing in technological solutions like web conferencing.Web conferencing provides businesses of any size the ability to meet, connect, and collaborate with up to thousands of employees as well as current and potential customers – regardless of their location – with quality that rivals in-person meetings.

Web conferencing can provide any company with the best return on their investment because it increases their employee and customer reach exponentially. In fact, one of the biggest advantages of web conferencing is that it allows a business to dramatically expand its reach in areas they otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford to expand to. By making yourself and your staff available both vocally and visually to clients, your small and/or newly established business has the same professional, competitive image as the ‘big fish’ that have been around for years.

Unfortunately many young entrepreneurs mistake web conferencing as an outdated method of communication. This could not be further from the truth. In addition to being able to launch or attend a web conference via a desktop or laptop computer, manyweb conferencing providers now offer web conferencing applications for smartphones, tablets, and other popular portable devices. This gives you the freedom and ability to arrange either an audio conference or a web conference from literally anywhere you wish: a park, a rooftop, a restaurant – you name it.

Requirements vary depending upon the provider you select, but typically include a microphone and webcam – both of which are frequently already installed on modern computers and portable devices. And without the need for pricey phone plans or specialized equipment, more capital is freed for other aspects of your business. Who knows, maybe with all the money you save by employing aweb conferencing solutionyou’ll be able to afford those hoity-toity business cards after all!

Andy Jacobs
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Relevance of International cell phones for the globetrotters

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Nowadays, people can easily travel to any part of the world with a reliable pocket sized international cell phone in their hands that helps them to make calls the minute they arrive on the international airport. People require different handset for using in a foreign country as the same handset that you have been using in your own country might not function in places that follow the different network frequencies. Therefore it is a known fact that you will not be able to use your phone in a foreign country if it follows different set of frequency signals for network coverage.

Now people can easily travel to any part of the world without bothering about their connectivity needs Owing to the cost-effectiveness and easily availability of international cell phone rental services provided by the leading international telecom companies like Rebelphone. These companies have substantially improved the international telephony services and made it really easy for the globe trotters. These companies provide appropriate solution that would not only resolve your connectivity needs, but also help you to save money.

Whether you are travelling to Japan, UK, Australia, Italy, Canada, India or any other country, you can easily find an appropriate solution for all your international telecommunication needs. Besides offering unlocked GSM mobile phones on rent, these companies also provide international cell phone plans that make it further simpler for the travelers. These plans include country specific international SIM cards that come with affordable tariff plans. The international cell phone plans for calling are available in both prepaid and postpaid options. The travelers can easily choose one according to their requirements. These global SIM cards offer several advantaged to the users and help them save loads of money spent over telephone calls.

Most of the international cell phone companies offer their services at very reasonable prices. The services offered by these companies are very reliable and you can easily rely on their latest gadgets with the assurance that it will work in the foreign destinations. It is one of the cheapest ways to fulfill your mobile phone requirements while touring foreign countries. The international cell phone rental services help the users to save a lot of money. Rather than buying a new phone for the specific period of travel, travelers can easily rent an international cellular phone to make calls during their visit. The international cellular phones provided on rent by most of the telecom companies are full of hi-tech features that enable them to perform several important functions over the instrument. They can easily make calls, receive calls, send SMS, receive SMS, send & receive MMS, retrieve voice mails and access other advanced facilities over the phone. Improved International cell phones and related services have definitely made it easier for the travelers to fulfill their entire global telecom requirements. Do not forget to obtain these services before leaving the country.

Broadcasting Pioneer Dzrh Turns 69 By Susan Isorena-arcega

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years ago, at exactly 6 in the morning, announcer Hal Bowie took his seat before a microphone in a little studio at the top of the Heacock Building in Escolta, and bid his unseen audience good morning. Thus was born the fourth commercial radio station to operate in Manila. In just a few years, with the entire Philippine archipelago caught in the maelstrom of the Second World War, the fledgling station – which took the call sign KZRH – would buck the challenge of history and remain as the only surviving radio station in the country.

Its auspicious beginnings as the mouthpiece of one of the largest department stores in the Pacific must have laid the groundwork for the stations commercial viability all these years a major factor in the survival of the so-called stepchild of media arts.

New as it was, KZRH management led by Bertrand Silen was not just armed with the technical know-how in radio operations, but likewise had fundamental marketing knowledge down pat. They knew what radio listeners liked and disliked.

Musical variety shows, comedy skits, and short newscasts were the order of the day. Jazz and ballads became standard fare. Together with American wit, the English language spread. KZRH found itself as an advertising medium, with sponsors like Purico underwriting specific shows which carried their names. Apart from 15-minute blocktime sold to advertisers, commercial spots mixing announcements with music were also produced. KZRH found itself amidst lucrative times.

Then came the grim shadow of war. The Japanese Imperial Army took over the sophisticated equipment, which eventually got blown sky-high by the Americans. And while Silens staff considered the best in the Far East found themselves either in Bataan, at the internment camps of Santo Tomas and Los Banos, within the guerilla movement, or simply felled by enemy bullets, plans for the rebirth of KZRH upon liberation were kept alive.

Upon being released, Silen sought help from the National Broadcasting Company in New York to secure new transmitters, and with the Elizalde family financing the new operations at the Insular Life Building on Plaza Cervantes, KZRH was back on the air under the auspices of Manila Broadcasting Company on July 1, 1946 just in time to cover the inauguration of the new Republic.

Soon after, the International Telecommunications Union adjusted the call letters of Philippine radio, and all allusions to the western United States through the letter K were removed. Until today, all radio stations in the Philippines begin with the letter D.

What followed in the next three decades is now collectively known as the golden years of Philippine radio. Programming flourished and a new breed of radio personalities became cultural icons. As the recording industry grew, the live orchestras of yore soon gave way to music on vinyl. Cover versions and Disc Jockeys came into being. Radio dramas hit an unprecedented boom, eventually translating to the celluloid screen.

Lina Flors immortal Gulong ng Palad, which debuted in 1949, led a slew of soap operas that filled the airlanes in the mornings and afternoons. Because they had the housewives and sometimes the rest of the domestic mnage as captive audiences, these dramatic serials were strongly supported by major advertisers whose sales messages got very close attention through each saga. Radio dramas picked up on domestic relations, but also featured action, adventure, horror, and even murder-mysteries. Appealing to the imagination as well as to real-life need, DZRH secretaries fondly remember some callers even insisting on speaking to Ginang Hukom herself.

Indeed, DZRH easily adopted the habit of setting trends and institutionalizing them. Sportscasting dean Willie Hernandez, the networks comptroller in the mid-fifties, lent his voice to sports coverages and in so doing, made legendary Filipino basketeers like Carlos Loyzaga, Francisco Rabat, and Luis Lorenzo household names.

The feisty commentator Rafael Yabut, also had his sterling years with DZRH. Starting out as the station electrician, he rose through the ranks to become the stations PR man. Loyal fans kept glued to their radios when he hosted the game show Ruleta Musikal. On the top-rating Tayoy Mag-aliw, Yabut dwelt on government and politics, family values, trivia, and entertainment.

But it is easily Dely Mapayo who has been – up to this day – the most widely known personality behind the microphone at DZRH. Her easy chatter, contagious laughter, and sparkling wit won her sponsors and hosts of listeners through her careers work. From the PMC-backed Tugtugin Natin to Himig Panghapunan in vintage years, and eventually the starkly simple Tiya Dely, which DZRH still airs today, the lady and the station have remained synonymous for over 50 years. Radio quiz shows also emanated from the DZRH studios. In Spell-to-Win, household appliances were at stake for someone who could spell words like bouillabaise. On Best of the Band, popular crooner Bimbo Danao tried to stump the audience with his original game format a-la name that tune. And on Palmolives Knowledge Unlimited, even listeners contributed questions such as what war took place in 1812?

The Vicks Variety show opened doors for a new program format that addressed Tagalog-speaking audiences with pop-concert presentation of Philippine music. Singer Jimmie Navarro who won the DZRH radio popularity poll, replaced Mystery Singer Cecil Lloyd and teamed up with Priscilla in performing a new romantic duet every week. While listeners wrote to request old favorites, new compositions were also introduced to the public.

Letter-sending, has indeed, contributed greatly to the way DZRH developed over the years. Ira Davis, who produced the long-running programs of Philippine Manufacturing Company, patiently read through thousands of letters that came in every week. The notes were routed to management and gave them firsthand information on what sort of radio entertainment even commercial copy that listeners preferred. And the advertisers took note of those market preferences.

In later years, DZRH received more immediate feedback — through the telephone, through pocket pagers, through mobile technology, and today, through cyberspace. But the formula remains the same: innovate…improve…listen…keep the pulse. And decades hence, the station which survived the horrors of war is also surviving the competition. DZRH as the flagship station of Manila Broadcasting Company is proud to be the purveyor of news as it should be delivered, adhering to the highest standards of broadcasting excellence in the country. It continues to be a witness to Philippine history as it unfolds, and yet remains faithful to the mandate of fair and responsible journalism. In 1986 it was the only station that aired nationwide a detailed account of the ouster of President Ferdinand Marcos. Three years later, DZRH reporters found themselves risking life and limb to keep the public abreast of the attempted coup detat, and manifesting its spirit of compassion to wounded rebel soldiers.

DZRH today boasts of veteran radioman Joe Taruc anchoring the DZRH team in defining the public affairs program genre from the Pinoy perspective. Despite the seeming erosion of the morning news by the telemagazines, Taruc remains confident that nothing beats the immediacy of radio.

DZRH News Director Andy Vital, on the other hand, has taken new media by the horns for the stations benefit. Internet radio and live chats are used to maximize the stations accessibility to audiences both here and abroad. He has also encouraged popular DZRH announcers like Ruth Abao and Rey Sibayan to maintain individual blogs. And with his iconic colleague Lakay Deo Macalma seemingly attuned to the secret lives of public figures and celebrities alike, vigilance in good governance through reports from his bubwits is still in keeping with the stations mien for popular entertainment. But perhaps it is in the field of public service where DZRH has truly earned its merits. Through Operation Tulong – the stations socio-civic arm first launched in 1978 — corporate social responsibility and anonymous Samaritans work hand in hand. Armed with their credo of Serbisyong Bayan, DZRH responds to the needs of the ordinary man-on-the-street with the same compassion and determination it devotes to massive disaster-relief operations, through networking support from advertisers, NGOs, and government agencies.

On its 69th anniversary, DZRH will conduct a medical-dental mission in cooperation with the Philippine Medical Association, Gat. Andres Bonifacio Medical Center, the Department of Health, the Philippine Air Force, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, PAGCOR, and other generous donors. DZRH has also invited the Optometrists Association of the Philippines to provide free eye examinations, with MBC donating 500 free eyeglasses. Teaming up with Islands Exhibit Link, the station will likewise hold a two-day Job Fair, with more than 40 participating companies and recruitment firms providing domestic and international work opportunities. DZRH has also invited the Public Attorneys office, Batas Barangay, and their network of lawyers to provide free legal assistance. And for those availing of these public service offerings, DZRH is also serving free porridge (lugaw) as a gesture of unity with the masses who have supported them all these years.

Over a decade ago, the station embarked on a One Nation, One Station initiative, expanding its coverage to an unprecedented 97% of the Philippine archipelago. To date, DZRH is the only station in the country that is on the air nationwide 24/7 on stereo-quality, simulcast via satellite to relay stations in key provincial cities. Through all these, DZRH and the top brass at Manila Broadcasting Company have remained fully cognizant of their target listeners and have used this to master their programming thrust. They have convinced advertisers to support their efforts at activation and integration in reaching mass audiences. DZRH taps into the consciousness of the Pinoy, takes inherent socio-cultural phenomena like fiestas, raffles, and machismo sports. . . and actively makes them tick. At the same time, through creative thinking by the staff and high-quality execution by their announcers, DZRH has translated traditional broadcasting techniques like talk-radio and soap operas into productive and impacting forms of integration or product placement that have become increasingly more efficient in moving brands across a complex media landscape.

But it is the way DZRH announcers today relate to their listeners that truly spells the difference. It is a legacy handed down through generations of broadcasters who knew their audiences. It is foresight brought about by the changing of the times. It is a style acquired through personal interaction with the man-on-the-street. And it is a mantle of leadership, new experiences, and empathy toward mankind brought about by having made it through 69 years.
Congratulations, DZRH kaunaunahan sa Pilipinas!