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May 2011 |
SURGING demand for broadband services will see BT post further strong customer gains and a leap in profits this week as it continues its turnaround under chief executive Ian Livingston.
The Scotsman, who is just about to begin his fourth year in charge of the telecoms giant, is expected to unveil a 70 per cent increase in full-year profits as it also sees the fortunes of its global services arm recover.
Analysts have pencilled in a pre-tax figure of around 1.7 billion in the year to the end of March o... |
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May 2011 |
A combination of increased foreign direct investment into the sector, lowering of tariff, and extension of services to hitherto unreached areas of the country, has resulted in more than 100 per cent growth in the number of GSM subscriptions in Nigeria in the last three years, BusinessDays analysis indicates.
Active GSM lines in Nigeria grew from 40,011,296 in 2007 to 81,195,684 at the end of 2010. Latest subscription figures, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), stand at 83,453,999 ... |
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May 2011 |
Starting today customers throughout the country are now subject to the caps on AT&T's terrestrial broadband services. AT&T confirmed that the new caps have gone into effect throughout AT&T's broadband footprint.
Now AT&T DSL subscribers will be limited to 150 gigabytes of uploads and downloads per month for regular DSL customers and 250GB of broadband usage per month for U-Verse subscribers. AT&T's U-Verse service is its upgraded and enhanced broadband service with fiber deployed closer to individual hom... |
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April 2011 |
In a bid to see mobile telephone voice call rates leveled, Safaricom and Telkom Kenya were disappointed that their efforts to keep further reductions in prices were not successful. On Wednesday, the government announced it would not intervene to halt the further falling in call rates in the country.
The two mobile operators had hoped that there would be a price freeze on interconnection chargers those which operators pay rival networks for handling their calls ֖ and analysts said the rates are exp... |
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April 2011 |
Cloud storage and performance-boosting provider Akamai has published its State of the Internet report for the fourth quarter of 2010 (registration required), including year-on-year results comparing 2010 to 2009.
Among the report's highlights: average Internet connection speed increased in 162 countries year-on-year, with the United States seeing a 9.2 percent year-on-year improvement in average measured connection speed.
Akamai also saw sharp increases in mobile data traffic consumption, with peak ... |
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April 2011 |
Accredited sellers of Blackberry smartphones in Nigeria are engaged in a pitted battle with the grey (unofficial) market sellers of the device, who are threatening their business. This is on account of the popularity of the Blackberryђ device which is fast selling in Nigeria.
Market watchers say the BlackBerrys popularity is because of its large array of messaging features and instant access to e-mail and social and business networks, including Facebook, Twitter and MySpace and that these platforms... |
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April 2011 |
In a move to remain afloat in the fixed landline business, Telkom Kenya has announced plans to unveil Triple play technology solution by the end of this year.
If the plan materialises, the operator will become the second player in the market offering Triple play services after Wananchi Group.
Speaking to The Standard after a launch of double play technology solution, Telkom Kenya CEO Michael Ghossein hinted that they are looking for a triple play partner.
"Triple play is coming soon because if you ... |
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April 2011 |
Virgin Media has said it will shortly commence the trial of broadband speeds running at 1.5 Gbps, in what will be the worlds fastest cable broadband connection ever tested. The DOCSIS 3 trials will take place in Old Street, London, in an area dubbed ґSilicon Roundabout.
All four companies are involved in the creative industries and work extensively with video for online and mobile streaming, producing interactive applications for the web and bespoke broadcasting services for live programmes and eve... |
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March 2011 |
Verizon Communications plans to upgrade segments of its U.S. Internet backbone to 100 Gigabit Ethernet by the end of the second quarter, the carrier said today.
The upgrade to 100G will happen in three segments: Chicago to New York, Sacramento to Los Angeles, and Minneapolis to Kansas City.
The upgraded network can offer backbone speeds of 100 gigabits per second, up to 10 times faster than is generally now available. Verizon said the upgrade can benefit business customers that increasingly depend on ... |
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March 2011 |
The cost of home telephone and broadband services could come down after telecoms regulator Ofcom moved to reduce the wholesale price.
It has revised the list of rates that Openreach, which manages BT's network, can charge other providers for using its services.
In some cases, the wholesale price could fall by more than 10% per year.
The move will benefit companies such as TalkTalk and Sky, but not Virgin Media which uses its own cable network.
Under Ofcom's proposals the prices of two of the way... |
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March 2011 |
THE MAJORITY OF LONDONERS do not want WiFi on the Underground, according to the first independent survey.
It found that 55 per cent of those asked were not in favour of Mayor Boris Johnson's scheme, which is set to be in operation in time for the 2012 Olympics. An earlier survey by the public company that manages the tube, Transport for London (TFL) found that a majority wanted WiFi. TFL has also stated WiFi would be a money spinner.
The main reason for the new survey's respondents' opposition was pri... |
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March 2011 |
India is soon to become one of the top ten global consumers of broadband services, having added more than 2.5 million broadband connections in 2010 - according to experts speaking at the three day Convergence India Expo.
"Indias growth in broadband in 2010 - second only to China and the United States - is leading towards the country soon becoming one of the top ten users of broadband in the world," Robin Marsh, CEO, Broadband Forum told delegates in New Delhi. "There has been tremendous and consistent gr... |
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March 2011 |
The Australian National Audit Office has called on all government agencies to block free web-based email services like Gmail and Hotmail to mitigate security and information integrity risks.
An audit of electronic security at four Federal departments and agencies found one department - Prime Minister and Cabinet - allowed staff to access the free unsecured email services for business reasons.
Log files obtained by the auditor showed some department staff were using the free accounts regularly.
Howe... |
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March 2011 |
The industry knows that mobile data traffic is increasing, but by how much? CTIA is shedding some new light on the trend in new numbers from its semi-annual survey.
CTIA reports that 226.5 billion megabytes of data were transmitted over wireless networks in the United States during the last half of 2010, more than double the 107.8 billion megabytes transmitted during the same period in 2009.
The rise in data traffic corresponded with an increase in the number of active smartphones on the market, which... |
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March 2011 |
Breaking in to an encrypted router and using the WiFi connection is not an criminal offence, a Dutch court ruled. WiFi hackers can not be prosecuted for breaching router security.
A court in The Hague ruled earlier this month that it is legal to break WiFi security to use the internet connection. The court also decided that piggybacking on open WiFi networks in bars and hotels can not be prosecuted. In many countries both actions are illegal and often can be fined.
The ruling is linked to a case of a ... |
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