61. ISDN modems, when connected to digital phone lines, will send and receive information more than four times faster than analog modems. 62. It will integrate a digital phone, an alphanumeric pager, a two-way radio, an e-mail device and a microbrowser into a five-ounce cellular phone. 63. Its digital phones can be programmed to act as analog phones to reduce interference, Ruby said. 64. Like any digital phone, GSM allows for relatively easy encryption of its signal, which makes interception and translation much more difficult. 65. Local-phone monopoly US West also is upgrading its phone network by changing out old copper cable across the state and adding digital phone services. 66. Long term, digital phones do offer higher quality, and AirTouch eventually will make the switch, Livingston said. 67. Many new digital phones permit short text messaging. 68. Most digital wireless phones are capable of being switched to analog by pressing a function key. 69. Medical experts also have expressed concern that digital phones may interrupt the rate of pacemakers, although the issue needs further study. 70. Motorola Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. are suing each other over patents for digital wireless phones, the fastest-growing products in the cellular industry. |
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