Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 12eAuthors: Kenneth C. Laudon and Jane P. Laudon Telecommunications, the Internet, and Wireless Technology Chapter 7

Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 12eAuthors: Kenneth C. Laudon and Jane P. Laudon The Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link billions of devices worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of wireless, and wired networking technologies.computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link billions of devices worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of wireless, and wired networking technologies. Internet connections (wired broadband and wireless broadband) are provided by Internet Service Provider (ISP). What is internet?

Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 12eAuthors: Kenneth C. Laudon and Jane P. Laudon -Digital Subscriber Line (DSL): Need to have a landline phone -Asymmetric DSL (ADSL): Most popular form of DSL. Available in Bangladesh. Example: BTCL -Fiber to the Home (FTTH): Use internet from optical fiber. Available in Bangladesh. Example: Link3 -Cable internet connections: Provided by cable TV providers -T lines: Dedicated lines for businesses and governments that require high- speed guaranteed service levels. Not available to end users. Connection medium: DSL: Telephone wire FTTH: Optical fiber Cable internet connection: Coaxial cable T lines: Telephone wire Speed ranges: DSL: 385 kbps to 40 mbps, FTTH: up to 150 mbps Cable internet connections: Most providers provide 1 mbps to 6 mbps T lines: T mbps, T3- 45 mbps Technologies for wired broadband

Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 12eAuthors: Kenneth C. Laudon and Jane P. Laudon The internet is based on the TCP/IP networking protocol to send data from one computer to other computers Each computer is assigned with a unique address called Internet Protocol Address (IP Address). IP address is represented by four strings of numbers ranging form 0 to 255 separated by periods (dots) Example: Internet address

Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 12eAuthors: Kenneth C. Laudon and Jane P. Laudon Chatting and instant messaging Newsgroups Telnet File Transfer Protocol (FTP) World Wide Web Major Internet services (Table 7.3 )

Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 12eAuthors: Kenneth C. Laudon and Jane P. Laudon  Website: A collection of web pages  HTML (Hypertext Markup Language): – Formats documents for display on Web by using HTML tags – Example: Kabid Md Surid Somewhere in Dhaka Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP):  Communications standard used for transferring Web pages from web server to the client computers. E.g. Uniform resource locators (URLs):  Addresses of Web pages ○ E.g. Web servers  Used for locating and managing Web pages The World Wide Web

Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 12eAuthors: Kenneth C. Laudon and Jane P. Laudon Search engines  Started in early 1990s as relatively simple software programs using keyword indexes Search engine marketing  Today, major source of Internet advertising revenue via search engine marketing, using complex algorithms and page ranking techniques to locate results Shopping bots  Use intelligent agent software for searching Internet for shopping information. Example: pricegrabber.com Searching information on internet

Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 12eAuthors: Kenneth C. Laudon and Jane P. Laudon Web 2.0 Four defining features  Interactivity: Search customized information as per user criteria  Real-time user control: Update, delete, Copy, paste of information; build applications on web using cloud computing  Social participation  User-generated content: You Tube videos Technologies and services behind these features  Cloud computing  Blogs/RSS (Rich Site Summary)  Mashups: enables mix and match web contents to create useful information  Wikis: Example- Wikipedia  Social networks: Build communities and friends Web 2.0

Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 12eAuthors: Kenneth C. Laudon and Jane P. Laudon Competing standards for cellular service  CDMA: Citycell  GSM: Grameenphone, Robi Third-generation (3G) networks – Speed range is 144 Kbps – 2Mbps 4G networks  Speed range is 100 Mbps – 1Gbps Cellular systems

Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 12eAuthors: Kenneth C. Laudon and Jane P. Laudon Wireless computer networks and Internet access Bluetooth (802.15)  Links up to 8 devices in 10-m area  Useful for personal networking (PANs) and in business to transmit data from handheld devices to other transmitters Wi-Fi (802.11)  Set of standards: a, b, g, n  Used for wireless LAN and wireless Internet access  Use access points: Device with radio receiver/transmitter for connecting wireless devices to a wired LAN The Wireless Revolution

Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 12eAuthors: Kenneth C. Laudon and Jane P. Laudon Wireless computer networks and Internet access Wi-Fi (cont.)  Hotspots: Access points in public place to provide maximum wireless coverage for a specific area  Weak security features WiMax (802.16)  Wireless access range of 31 miles  Require WiMax antennas  Fix the problems of not having Wi-Fi and Fixed broadband connectivity The Wireless Revolution

Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 12eAuthors: Kenneth C. Laudon and Jane P. Laudon The Wireless Computer Network A BLUETOOTH NETWORK (PAN) Bluetooth enables a variety of devices, including cell phones, PDAs, wireless keyboards and mice, PCs, and printers, to interact wirelessly with each other within a small 30- foot (10-meter) area. In addition to the links shown, Bluetooth can be used to network similar devices to send data from one PC to another, for example. FIGURE 7-15

Copyright © 2013 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 12eAuthors: Kenneth C. Laudon and Jane P. Laudon The Wireless Internet Access AN WIRELESS LAN Mobile laptop computers equipped with network interface cards link to the wired LAN by communicating with the access point. The access point uses radio waves to transmit network signals from the wired network to the client adapters, which convert them into data that the mobile device can understand. The client adapter then transmits the data from the mobile device back to the access point, which forwards the data to the wired network. FIGURE 7-16