ANNOTATION
The team of Sakaru Pasaule is pleased to announce that we recently
celebrated the 5th anniversary, but together with the prev
The team of Sakaru Pasaule is pleased to
announce that we recently celebrated
the 5th anniversary, but together with the previous edition Sakaru
Vēstis our experience in
communication world lasts already for 10 years. It is quite a long time for a
technical magazine but the most important thing is that we are changing,
improving and getting closer to our
readers. It is proved also by the recent questionnaire in our Internet home
page. Our readers are mostly young people
- 19-25 years old (41,8 %) and 26-40 years old (32,2 %). They are mostly
communication experts or their job is
very closely connected with a wide range of communication devices. We are glad
that among our devoted readers are also students and even schoolchildren. It
means that the image, contents and way of presentation of complicated technical
information seems to our readers quite attractive and advanced.
In this issue:
· Around the Earth with Milda
pages 40-41
This is a rather untraditional story of the yacht Milda that will soon start its two years long voyage
around the Earth. The crew consists of eight brave and experienced sea wolfs
(among them also the ex-Prime
Minister of Latvia Māris Gailis) that will have a mission not only to
prove their bravery and experience but also to represent Latvia in the states
they will go to. But in this case SP had a rather specific interest: to clear
out what means of communication will be used in the middle of ocean, what -
closer to the cost, how the crew is going to communicate with Latvia, with mass
media etc. The main communication devices will be Inmarsat C and short
wave radio stations as well as dial-up internet.
· Ill luck of e-business does not frighten small
e-shops
pages 56-57
In spite of
the rather popular opinion that e-business can be successful only in big
Internet shops (like Amazon.com)
there are also quite positive tendencies regarding small ones. The advantage of
such small e-shops is that they do not make big investments and are able to
take a very special care of their customers, including even delivery control of
every purchase that is naturally quite
impossible in big e-shops. Quite often
the small e-shops are owned by a family with a very limited (or none at all)
stuff outside the members of family. It might be one of the reasons why also
customers are treated like family members and, as a rule, most people like it.
The privilege of small shops exists while they remain small, therefore many of those that are successful enough to
widen their business do not want to do it.
· Verdi - the
new IT opera
pages 68-69
The former Information systems branch of Lattelekom has now a new trade mark Verdi
that involves a vast range of IT
and consulting services. The name Verdi is associated not only with the
famous Italian composer but also with
creative, innovative job. Verdi offers a full range of IT services, starting with application
system and computer leasing to software development, e-business solutions,
system integration services and business consulting. The most ambitious goal of
Verdi team is to become a leader in Latvia IT services, to provide a
wide range of solutions and to offer
the best quality and the best professionals.
· Take the lead with high speed data
pages 78-79
Demand for high speed data services is a growing trend
that is driving mobile use. Using HSCSD service, data can be transmitted with
up to six times faster speed than with traditional GSM standard, achieving
bitrate 57,6 kbit/s. It makes such bandwidth hungry applications as mobile
videophony available for the first time. HSCSD allows fast access to the
Internet using WAP and has lots of
benefits for operators. The most significant advantage of HSCSD is that
redesign of GSM network is not needed and, consequently, there is no need for
big investments. So that HSCSD is
available before GPRS, it will pay back fast and can be the generator of
positive cashflow as GPRS is being rolled out. However it does not mean that
there will be no need for HSCSD after
GPRS will be introduced: both standards will continue to coexist and to
supplement one another. Since May HSCSD services are also available to
customers of the company Latvijas
Mobilais Telefons.
·New standards for audiovisual production
pages 96-97
It seems unbelievable that price of the first VHS
device was 30 000 USD: now it is 100 times lower. It is also much easier to
handle video devices and they are available not only for professionals but also
for amateurs. The same tendency refers also to video products. In Latvia mainly
TV programmes, video ads and movie adaptations
are produced. There is also a vast range of video assembling technologies available. There are special
programme sets that offer the opportunity to prepare video for publication in
Internet, CD or DVD. AVID company offers even more advanced video application ePublisher
that is developed especially for video presentations in Internet (e.g.
training courses), interactive video presentations (CD-ROM and DVD), Power
Point video presentations for PCs and just-in-time video on demand.
The team of Sakaru Pasaule is pleased to
announce that we recently celebrated
the 5th anniversary, but together with the previous edition Sakaru
Vēstis our experience in
communication world lasts already for 10 years. It is quite a long time for a
technical magazine but the most important thing is that we are changing,
improving and getting closer to our
readers. It is proved also by the recent questionnaire in our Internet home
page. Our readers are mostly young people
- 19-25 years old (41,8 %) and 26-40 years old (32,2 %). They are mostly
communication experts or their job is
very closely connected with a wide range of communication devices. We are glad
that among our devoted readers are also students and even schoolchildren. It
means that the image, contents and way of presentation of complicated technical
information seems to our readers quite attractive and advanced.
In this issue:
· Around the Earth with Milda
pages 40-41
This is a rather untraditional story of the yacht Milda that will soon start its two years long voyage
around the Earth. The crew consists of eight brave and experienced sea wolfs
(among them also the ex-Prime
Minister of Latvia Māris Gailis) that will have a mission not only to
prove their bravery and experience but also to represent Latvia in the states
they will go to. But in this case SP had a rather specific interest: to clear
out what means of communication will be used in the middle of ocean, what -
closer to the cost, how the crew is going to communicate with Latvia, with mass
media etc. The main communication devices will be Inmarsat C and short
wave radio stations as well as dial-up internet.
· Ill luck of e-business does not frighten small
e-shops
pages 56-57
In spite of
the rather popular opinion that e-business can be successful only in big
Internet shops (like Amazon.com)
there are also quite positive tendencies regarding small ones. The advantage of
such small e-shops is that they do not make big investments and are able to
take a very special care of their customers, including even delivery control of
every purchase that is naturally quite
impossible in big e-shops. Quite often
the small e-shops are owned by a family with a very limited (or none at all)
stuff outside the members of family. It might be one of the reasons why also
customers are treated like family members and, as a rule, most people like it.
The privilege of small shops exists while they remain small, therefore many of those that are successful enough to
widen their business do not want to do it.
· Verdi - the
new IT opera
pages 68-69
The former Information systems branch of Lattelekom has now a new trade mark Verdi
that involves a vast range of IT
and consulting services. The name Verdi is associated not only with the
famous Italian composer but also with
creative, innovative job. Verdi offers a full range of IT services, starting with application
system and computer leasing to software development, e-business solutions,
system integration services and business consulting. The most ambitious goal of
Verdi team is to become a leader in Latvia IT services, to provide a
wide range of solutions and to offer
the best quality and the best professionals.
· Take the lead with high speed data
pages 78-79
Demand for high speed data services is a growing trend
that is driving mobile use. Using HSCSD service, data can be transmitted with
up to six times faster speed than with traditional GSM standard, achieving
bitrate 57,6 kbit/s. It makes such bandwidth hungry applications as mobile
videophony available for the first time. HSCSD allows fast access to the
Internet using WAP and has lots of
benefits for operators. The most significant advantage of HSCSD is that
redesign of GSM network is not needed and, consequently, there is no need for
big investments. So that HSCSD is
available before GPRS, it will pay back fast and can be the generator of
positive cashflow as GPRS is being rolled out. However it does not mean that
there will be no need for HSCSD after
GPRS will be introduced: both standards will continue to coexist and to
supplement one another. Since May HSCSD services are also available to
customers of the company Latvijas
Mobilais Telefons.
·New standards for audiovisual production
pages 96-97
It seems unbelievable that price of the first VHS
device was 30 000 USD: now it is 100 times lower. It is also much easier to
handle video devices and they are available not only for professionals but also
for amateurs. The same tendency refers also to video products. In Latvia mainly
TV programmes, video ads and movie adaptations
are produced. There is also a vast range of video assembling technologies available. There are special
programme sets that offer the opportunity to prepare video for publication in
Internet, CD or DVD. AVID company offers even more advanced video application ePublisher
that is developed especially for video presentations in Internet (e.g.
training courses), interactive video presentations (CD-ROM and DVD), Power
Point video presentations for PCs and just-in-time video on demand.