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Oct 2008 |
The mobile generation demands access to the internet, email, and corporate networks wherever they roam in the office and around the city. To provide the always-connected access that people today want requires Wi-Fi hotspots both private and public.
RSA has conducted its annual Wireless Security Survey and dubbed London as the world's wireless network capital with a total of 12,276 access points detected. The number of access points detected in London exceeded those found in New York City by more than 3,0... |
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Oct 2008 |
The team tasked with developing a broadband infrastructure strategy for Uganda has handed over its report to the minister of ICT.
The Uganda Broadband Infrastructure Strategy Team (UBIST), which commenced work on the strategy in June, is made up of representatives from the government, the country's ICT regulatory body, voice and data operators, investors, consumers, civil society and academia.
The purpose of UBIST has been to come up with a well researched and informed position on the options for enab... |
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Oct 2008 |
MTN Swaziland will also feel the pinch during the global action week on Swaziland and Zimbabwe as its services will be boycotted.
The services of the only mobile company in the country will be boycotted by the organised labour groups. They will not be using their cell phones on Friday October 31, 2008.
The cellphones will completely be switched off on Friday from midnight.
In a press statement issued by Jan Sithole on behalf of the organised labour groups, he said during the global action week they... |
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Oct 2008 |
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said on Friday that a total 9.79 million telephone connections (Wireline and Wireless) have been added during September 2008 as compared to 9.03 million connections added in August 2008.
The total number of telephone connections reaches 353.66 million at the end of September 2008 as compared to 343.87 million in August 2008, said a press release from TRAI. With this growth, the overall tele-density has reached 30.64 per cent at the end of September 2008 as aga... |
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Oct 2008 |
A recent study has revealed that nine out of ten people are still confused about the usage limits on their broadband packages.
Conducted by uSwitch, the study found that nearly one million have reached or exceeded the limits imposed by their internet service provider (ISP).
A total of 6.2 million users wrongly believed that they had an unlimited broadband service with no cap on their usage.
The research conducted by uSwitch also examined a range of ISPs and the way that they advertise their package... |
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Oct 2008 |
India's much anticipated auctions for 3G and WiMAX licences look to have been delayed further and may now not take place until next year.
The hold up appears to be a result of the government failing to clear the relevant radio spectrum in nine circles, or operating regions, out of India's total of 22.
In the circles in question - Delhi, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, East Uttar Pradesh and West Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, North East and West Bengal - it appears that it is the defence forc... |
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Oct 2008 |
In Japan and South Korea, fiber-based consumer broadband connections now represent the most popular Internet access technology, ahead of DSL and cable, according to a report issued by OECD earlier today. Around 45 percent of connections in Japan use fiber, while in Korea that number is around 39 percent – about 12.2 per 100 inhabitants.
In 30 OECD countries, DSL is still the most popular technology, with a 60 percent market share, but fiber ... |
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Oct 2008 |
Some governments in East Africa are stockpiling business capacity in anticipation of the four submarine cables that are expected to bring unprecedented connectivity options and related business opportunities to the region, according to a study by IDC.
"For example, Kenya is already subsidizing communications costs for business process outsourcing providers and establishing a BPO zone," said Francis Hook, IDC East Africa regional manager. "This ensures that there will be a supply of labor in place once ch... |
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Oct 2008 |
Orange Mobile, the cellphone service provider, has sweetened the mobile phone pricing war by introducing a one shilling per minute tariff within its network, the lowest ever in Kenya’s telecommunication history.
Short messages across all networks will also be charged at the rate of one shilling.
Launching the two-month offer for Orange subscribers, Telkom Kenya CEO Dominique Saint Jean, said the low tariff will help to speed up subscriber acquisition.
“It is an appeal to customers to join our netwo... |
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Oct 2008 |
In the wake of Beijing's Olympics, London is preparing for what will be the most demanding multimedia Olympics ever in 2012.
The U.K.'s home broadcaster, the BBC, and operator BT are among the many stakeholders figuring out how to provide for a record amount of coverage for the Games as well as build a massive IP (Internet Protocol) network to support broadcasters and journalists from around the world.
The BBC has seen exponential growth in interest in Web-based Olympics coverage, said Ben Gallop, hea... |
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Oct 2008 |
Sandvine, best known for manufacturing the hardware that slowed down BitTorrent users on Comcast, has released an Internet traffic trends report today. The report shows that, on average, P2P traffic is responsible for more than half of the upstream traffic, but mostly the report seems an attempt to sell their traffic shaping products.
Over the years, many Internet traffic reports have been published. Back in 2004, long before the BitTorrent boom had started, studies already indicated that BitTorrent was ... |
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Oct 2008 |
Telkom Kenya plans to lay off hundreds of employees over the next one month, which could spark another show-down with the workers’ union.
The union is already weakened by a drastic reduction in its membership occasioned by similar lay-offs over the last decade, but the officials have vowed to resist the retrenchment programme.
The telecommunications firm says its intention is to offload some staff to give it space to hire more experienced workers and to help drive its new mobile telephony unit.
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Oct 2008 |
Comcast Corp. announced today it will roll out super-fast Internet service in parts of the region over the next few weeks.
The expansion from broadband to what it calls “wideband” – including a speed tier of up to 50 Megabits per second – will reach 10 major markets including the Boston area and southern New Hampshire.
“Wideband is a game changer in the industry,” Mitch Bowling, general manager of Comcast’s online services, said in a statement today. “With wideband running over our next-generation fib... |
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Oct 2008 |
Costs of Internet broadband in the country are expected to reduce from $3,000 to $25 for each Megabyte per second a government official has said.
Nkubito Bakuramutsa the Director General of Rwanda Information Technology Agency (RITA) said that Rwandans will purchase much cheaper Internet bandwidth after the country’s national Internet backbone is connected to the coastal submarine cables expected to be completed by 2010.
The five year project got a boost on Monday after the official signing of the $24... |
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Oct 2008 |
The calling price war among mobile telephony companies is still raging, with Telkom Kenya unveiling a Sh6 a minute rate across networks.
Barely two weeks after announcing the first ever Sh1 tariff, the company yesterday introduced an ‘off peak’ rate every day from 7pm to 7am applicable to Orange Fixed Plus, Orange Mobile or Telkom Fixed lines.
All its calls have now gone down to Sh3 a minute while off-net calls will go down to Sh6 a minute, making it the cheapest off-net tariff in Kenya.
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