Short for Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications
DECT is a digitalwireless
technology that originated in Europe, but is now used worldwide. DECT is a
radio technology for voice data applications
(such as cordless telephones, wireless offices and even wireless telephone lines
to the home). DECT uses time division multiple access (TDMA)
to transmit radio signals to phones and is best-suited to smaller areas with a
large number of users. It has been designed and specified to work with
many other types of network, such as the PSTN,
ISDN, GSM and others.
DECT was formerly an acronym for Digital European Cordless
Telecommunications, however the name of the technology has changed to
reflect the global usage and acceptance of the technology.
DECT Forum The Mission of the DECT Forum is to support a collaborative environment of the DECT industry and drive programs to develop and improve DECT wireless technology in order to exceed wireless communications expectations and meet the needs of a technology-shifting world.
DectWeb A resource of relevant, timely and useful information relating to events, products and services to the DECT - Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications - standards.
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