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June 2008 |
Laptops packing 3.5G+ for mobile broadband access could be the answer to European mobile phone operators' ARPU (average revenue per user) prayers. But they could just as well prove a network nightmare, warns industry analyst Berg Insight.
Berg predicts laptops with HSPA/LTE (high speed packet access/long term evolution) mobile broadband connectivity will grow from 8.4 million in 2007 to 49 million in 2013 - a compound annual growth rate of just over a third.
The analyst said growth will be driven by c... |
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June 2008 |
Although CDMA appears to be showing substantial subscriber growth rates, its lifespan may be cut short as the world moves toward 4G.
According to James Person, COO of the CDMA Development Group (CDG), the CDMA network is strong and growing.
"CDMA is alive and healthy," Person proclaimed during a presentation at this week's imbX show.
Person said the CDMA network has 451 million subscribers spread over 109 countries. However, half of those belong to Asia, which has 231 million subscribers. This figu... |
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June 2008 |
While the undoubted highlight of the iPhone 3G launch was its move to a subsidised price model it could well be that Apple is cashing in more than ever...
According to analysts Portelligent Inc it believes Apple may be building its second generation handset for just $100 (£51) having tracked down bulk prices for known (and heavily speculated) iPhone 3G components. Equally staggering, based on its calculations, the manufacturing cost of the 16GB version is only $20 more than the standard 8GB, despite the ... |
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June 2008 |
Fibre optic cables are to be put into the sewers, providing residents with high-speed connectivity and broadband.
The new system will be capable of providing speeds of more than 100 Mbps (megabits per second) to homes, businesses and organisations.
The technology, by company H2O, has already been used by the council and Dundee University, but should be available to 55,000 homes by 2010.
Work on installing the system will begin in early 2009.
'Inclusive solution'
Where the sewers are not viabl... |
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June 2008 |
While most schools in the United States (in fact, 98 percent) have basic Internet access, for many that access is cripplingly slow--too slow to accommodate technology-driven educational initiatives--according to a new report from the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA). The group is recommending certain baseline figures for adequate bandwidth for schools and proposing policy changes to effect upgrades over the next five to seven years.
SETDA, an education technology advocacy group... |
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June 2008 |
According to Tipping Point's Zero Day Initiative, the vulnerability, which it rates as critical, was reported within the first five hours of Firefox 3's release.
"Once the vulnerability was verified in TippingPoint's DVLabs and acquired from the researcher, the vulnerability was promptly reported to the Mozilla security team," said a representative.
Although the Zero Day Initiative team does not offer specifics until the vendor has a chance to patch it, the blog post did say this vulnerability, which ... |
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June 2008 |
The companies listed below represent the ten largest national and regional licensed wireless carriers based on subscriber numbers at the end of the first quarter of this year.
There were no changes in rankings among the top 10 carriers, and AT&T Mobility continued to top the list. However, the company did note that its first-quarter net subscriber additions were reduced by about 330,000 due to the shutdown of its TDMA network in February.
Verizon Wireless held its strong second-place spot. The carrier... |
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June 2008 |
Sweden's Parliament narrowly approved a law Wednesday that gives authorities sweeping powers to eavesdrop on all e-mail and telephone traffic that crosses the Nordic nation's borders.
Critics have slammed the law as an invasion of privacy and an infringement on civil liberties. Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Parliament Wednesday, some handing out copies of George Orwell's novel "1984," about a fictional futuristic police state.
The right-leaning government's slim majority helped secure 143-13... |
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June 2008 |
Verizon Communications is boosting speeds for its Fios fiber-to-the-home service, the company plans to announce Wednesday.
The company's COO Denny Strigl is expected to announce the speed upgrades during his keynote speech at the NxtComm trade show here. The upgrades come as Verizon customers use more bandwidth intensive applications such as video downloading and photo sharing.
"The appetite for bandwidth shows no sign of slowing down," Strigl said in a statement. "Neither will we. We've already had s... |
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June 2008 |
The case for Net neutrality is significantly being challenged as the combined rise of video demand and broadband growth, fails to fuel an equivalent growth in backbone capacity.
Ray Owen, head of technology at Motorola Asia, described Net neutrality as the need to preserve the ability of any Internet user to connect to a Web site or service, without interference or discrimination by the carrier providing that connection.
But during his presentation, "Net neutrality in a wireless world", at this week's... |
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June 2008 |
Tata Communications' Singapore-based wholly owned subsidiary Tata Communications International Pte Ltd has signed an agreement with the shareholders of China Enterprise Communications Limited (China Entercom / CEC) to acquire a 50-per cent equity stake in the Chinese firm.
This is a first-of-its-kind agreenment in the Chinese telecom sector after China joined the WTO. The joint venture requires approvals from the Chinese government and regulators.
Zhu Jian Hua President & CEO"The strategic cooperatio... |
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June 2008 |
Ghana has lost its number one position in internet connectivity in the sub-region. A research report commissioned by the Ghana Internet Service Providers Association (GISPA), with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) dubbed ‘Communication Policy and Research/Advocacy Report’ has placed Ghana at the third position.
The survey, which was carried out from January 2006 to March 2008 showed that the country was trailing behind Nigeria and Senegal.
Despite being the fi... |
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June 2008 |
Think of 3G and advanced mobile data services such as streaming television and high speed broadband replacement, one of the last countries that comes to mind is Cambodia. But the kingdom's new QB network is promising to deliver these advanced services to a public that has no traditional alternative so to speak, and by doing so leapfrog the competition and bypass a decade of development.
QB (cube), the brand used by Cambodia Advance Communications or Cadcomm, is the fifth entrant to what is rapidly becom... |
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June 2008 |
Carrier executives pushed telecommunications as a powerful driver of economic growth at the NXTcomm trade show on Tuesday, and their progress reports on building out their own networks indicated they may be right.
"Connectivity is, always has been and always will be the foundation for commercial velocity and economic growth," said Randall Stephenson, chairman, president and CEO of AT&T, in the first keynote address of the annual telecommunications industry gathering. Telecommunications, and especially mo... |
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June 2008 |
The European Union will not oppose plans by telecommunications companies to have mobile phone users begin paying for calls they receive. But politicians warned that consumers could oppose the move.
Some European telecommunications companies would like to begin charging cell phone customers every time they receive a domestic call from outside their provider's network. Currently, Europeans pay to make mobile calls, but are generally only charged for receiving them when they come from outside the country or... |
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