Since VANETs are targeted to support applications such as safety and emergency information delivery, entertainment, data collection, reliable data dissemination would be one of the critical requirements of such networks.
As the variety of data and entertainment options grows in the car, manufacturers are increasing the safety features that help drivers avoid accidents.
That sort of thing sits ill with India's vision of itself as a knowledge-industry superpower, which expects cable to deliver much of the data and entertainment needed to justify that ambition.
SAN DIEGO — When Paul E. Jacobs took over from his father as chief executive of the chip maker Qualcomm in 2005, mobile phones were just beginning their transition from tools for talking to hand-held computers delivering data and entertainment.
The Dorchester Hotel in London, which opened in the 1930's as a swanky, hip alternative to the fusty grand hotels of the 19th century, is equipping rooms with what hotel officials say is the most advanced interactive data and entertainment system available anywhere.
Ray Burgess, director of strategy and marketing for Motorola's semiconductor operations, said in an interview last week that the technology could cut costs and design time for companies who are already established in the industry and give potential new entrants a quick way to introduce phones with novel data and entertainment features.
In addition to the broad trend of convergence between voice, data and entertainment services, and the networks and companies that deliver them, the term is also used in at least two other senses that are worth a brief glance.The first is the convergence between the worlds of telecoms and computing, otherwise known as information technology (IT).
So should carriers stop putting so much time and money into data and entertainment?
This range can be constrained in case stricter privacy policies are required in some critical data, e.g., entertainment vs. health applications.
