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Business Definition for: Bandwidth

  • the capacity of fiber-optic cables that carry information to and from the Internet. The higher the bandwidth, the faster information will pass through a cable, and therefore the faster information can be downloaded or uploaded via the Internet.

Wiktionary Definition for: Bandwidth

  • the width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band.
  • of a signal, the width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit
  • a measure of data flow rate in digital networks typically in bits per second
  • informally, the capacity, energy or time required
  • Ex:''I think it's a worthy project, but I just don't have the '''bandwidth''' right now.''

Additional Resources

Research and Markets: Analysis of the Bandwidth Usage Of Skype VoIP Conversations across Wide Area Networks of Varying Bandwidth
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c9052) has announced the addition of Skype 1.0 - The Impact of Network Bandwidth on Codec Bandwidth Selection to their offering.
Tags: analysis, network, Skype Technologies S.A., VoIP, WAN
Research articles 2004-11-10
Redback Unveils Instant Bandwidth Acceleration at SUPERCOMM Conference
CHICAGO -- New "Dynamic Bandwidth Selection" Boosts Bandwidth without Interrupting Sessions or Applications for Streaming Media and Downloads
Tags: Redback Networks Inc.
Research articles 2004-06-22
The Planet Launches New Unmetered Bandwidth Product
HOUSTON -- The Planet, now the world's largest privately held dedicated hosting company, today announced the availability of a new unmetered bandwidth solution provided through Cogent. The highly affordable bandwidth ranges from a 10 Mb/s-100 Mb/s uplink. Available on three of the company's most popular server configurations, the unmetered bandwidth...
Tags: bandwidth
Research articles 2007-06-27
Bandwidth Intelligence Alert.(Brief Article)
The Dow Jones Bandwidth Intelligence Alert is a new weekly newsletter created by Dow Jones Newswires in response to bandwidth ... The Dow Jones Bandwidth Intelligence Alert is a new weekly newsletter created by Dow Jones Newswires in response to bandwidth market growth....
Tags: bandwidth, Dow Jones & Company Inc.
Research articles 2001-04-01
eTelemetry Launches First Network Appliance That Identifies Bandwidth Usage By Person; Metron Identifies Individual Bandwidth Usage Even with Shared Computers and Non-Static IP Addresses
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- eTelemetry, Inc., today announced the release of Metron, a network appliance that enables organizations to dynamically identify the bandwidth usage of a person, department, office or campus regardless of changing IP address or multiple PCs used by that person over time. By identifying the top bandwidth users...
Tags: computer, IP, IP address, Network Appliance Inc.
Research articles 2006-05-01
Wallstrip: Solving the Bandwidth Problem
There's just not enough room on the Internet anymore. Unless someone comes up with a solution to provide unlimited bandwidth, one of you has to leave.
Tags: vacation, internet, bandwidth, att, cable, comcast, warner, time, jim, nyse, nasdaq, invest, investing, stock stock exchange, stocks, wallstrip, julie alexandria, howard lindzon, short, oz, of, wizard, man, tin, color, living, in, cat, damon, wayans, porn, martin, steve, amigos, three, chevy, chase, national, lampoon
Videos 2008-07-09
Sycamore Networks Joins the Net Economy At N+I to Debate: Is There a Bandwidth Glut or a Bandwidth Gap?
Business/Technology Editors
Tags: bandwidth
Research articles 2001-09-05
DSP boosts deep-memory real-time DSO's bandwidth to 8 GHz.(leading edge; digital signal processing)( digital storage oscilloscope)
WITH THE announcement of the TDS6000B series, Tektronix, whose 7-GHz-bandwidth TDS7704B boasted the widest -3-dB bandwidth of any real-time-sampling DSO, increases its bandwidth lead over competitors Agilent (www.agilent. com) and LeCroy (www.lecro WITH THE announcement of the TDS6000B series, Tektronix, whose 7-GHz-bandwidth TDS7704B...
Tags: Agilent Technologies Inc., bandwidth, DSP
Research articles 2004-04-29
Gros Profits
This case is about Tom Gros who created a market for bandwidth. The company was known for blockbuster bandwidth. Gros was head of marketing for Enron’s commodity-trading services. To keep his team connected to Enron headquarters in Houston, he had leased an expensive, high-speed, T-1 telecommunications line. He reasoned that...
Tags: Enron Corp., Bandwidth, Networking, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, DiamondCluster International Inc.
Case studies 2003-01-01
Intelsat Wins Contract with the African Virtual University to Provide Internet Bandwidth Services
PEMBROKE, Bermuda -- Intelsat has been selected by the African Virtual University AVU as its strategic communications partner in an initiative to establish a higher education bandwidth consortium which will make Internet bandwidth more widely accessible to African universities. Using Intelsat's GlobalConnexSM Internet Trunking Service, this initiative will deliver cost-effective,...
Tags: African, bandwidth, Intelsat Ltd., Internet
Research articles 2005-09-23
New Elron Software Bandwidth Analysis Tool Helps Network Administrators Identify Bandwidth Hogs
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 11, 1999--
Tags: analysis tool, tool
Research articles 1999-05-11
Bandwidth Trading Could Be Big Business.(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
The U.S. market for wholesale bandwidth services will surge through the middle of this decade according to Frost & Sullivan. Utility/energy companies are increasingly getting into the bandwidth brokering and online exchange markets, and th The U.S. market for...
Tags: bandwidth, Frost & Sullivan, industry
Research articles 2001-08-01
Gaussian Multi-Level FM For High-Bandwidth Satellite Communications
This paper describes a modulation scheme suitable for satellite communication, which is based on FM and provides an increased bandwidth of 2 to 3 times that which is currently available commercially with QAM schemes. The system provides best advantage when used in high bandwidth links that occupy the whole transponder....
Tags: Bandwidth
White papers 2004-02-27
Veraz Extends Leadership in Bandwidth Optimization with the I-Gate 4000 SBO
Enables Service Providers to Reduce Their VoIP Bandwidth Requirements by 67% While Maintaining Toll Quality and High Reliability
Tags: leadership
Research articles 2008-06-02
Bitboys Introduces Xtreme Bandwidth Architecture -TM- to 3D-graphics Processors; 3D Acceleration Without Bandwidth Restrictions
Business Editors/Technology Writers
Tags: 3D
Research articles 2000-01-24
Cypress Introduces World's Highest Bandwidth FIFOs; x36 Devices Reach 133 MHz to Deliver 10 Gbps Bandwidth
SAN JOSE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 6, 1999--
Tags: bandwidth, Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
Research articles 1999-10-06
ACE Launches First Bandwidth-on-Demand Service with Lucent's Systems; First Trans-Pacific Trading "Spot" Market for Bandwidth via Implementation of Lucent Technologies ATM Network - BoD
High-Tech Editors
Tags: Lucent Technologies Inc., network
Research articles 2000-09-18
Broadwing's Rick Pontin Says No Bandwidth Glut, Only Bandwidth Gluttons; Keynote Address at SUPERnet Describes Killer Platform for Gaining and Maintaining Competitive Advantage
Business Editors and High Tech Writers
Tags: bandwidth, competitive advantage
Research articles 2001-01-17
IMS Application Adoption Helps Fuel Nearly Tenfold Increase in Data Bandwidth Usage by 2011
AUSTIN, Texas -- iGR's recently published IMS: A Model of Bandwidth Usage report forecasts the adoption of some potential IMS-based applications. The report's findings suggest that 3G mobile bandwidth usage will experience a nearly tenfold increase by 2011.
Tags: IBM IMS
Research articles 2007-05-16
Packeteer Web-Hosting Policy Package Helps ISPs Offer Bandwidth-Optimized Services
CAMPBELL, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 19, 1997--A set of prepackaged network traffic policies that lets Internet Service Providers ensure equal network access among their web-hosting customers or offer those customers differentiated classes of bandwidth service will soon be available with Packeteer's PacketShaper bandwidth-management device.
Tags: network, Packeteer
Research articles 1997-08-19
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