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June 2008 |
In a few hours from now, there is a good chance that as part of The Steve Jobs Show, Apple will introduce a brand-spanking new, 3G iPhone. It has some folks I know in the wireless world not really looking forward to the big surge of traffic such an 3G-capable iPhone will bring to their networks. Think of it as an iPhone-inspired stress test for their high-speed wireless networks.
In July 2008 June 2007, when Apple released the original iPhone, it ran on the 2G networks using a technology called EDGE. Des... |
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June 2008 |
The world is at an all time digital high. In the Philippines, a huge number of hotels, cafes and restaurants have started following the Wi-Fi trend. Schools have also begun offering free Wi-Fi connection at designated areas, if not the whole campus. However, this connection also has a habit of popping out where you least expect it.
If you’re a Wi-Fi nut who’s feeling a bit religious, you’ll be glad to know that some churches are now equipped with accessible Internet connection. Although it would be best ... |
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June 2008 |
More than 30 broadband providers including BT, Virgin Media and TalkTalk have signed up to a voluntary code of conduct designed to prevent consumers being mis-sold high-speed internet access packages.
Broadband advertising has become increasingly controversial because internet service providers (ISPs) often promote the theoretical maximum speeds achievable on their networks rather than the speed most customers can actually get.
A recent survey by the comparison website Broadband Expert found that actu... |
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June 2008 |
Broadband competition in New Zealand has heated up, with Vodafone today introducing its new, high-speed 'Red' network.
The launch of the ADSL2+ network has been made possible by 'local loop unbundling' - allowing companies to install their own equipment in Telecom exchanges - which began last year.
Vodafone chief executive Russell Stanners said the company had already unbundled over half of Auckland's exchanges, and would have completed all 41 by the end of the October.
The network, expected to run... |
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6
June 2008 |
China overtook the United States as the largest fixed broadband subscriber market in the first quarter, according to market research firm Dittberner Associates.
With 28% growth over last year, China ended the quarter with 71.6 million subscribers, 1.4 million more than the United States. Subscriber growth in the United States was 12% over the first quarter of last year.
Overall, global fixed broadband subscribers increased 5% in the first quarter of 2008 to reach 355 million.
After China and the U... |
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June 2008 |
Verizon Communications agreed on Thursday to buy Alltel for about $28.1 billion, including the assumption of debt, creating the nation’s largest cellular telephone provider.
The deal catapults Verizon’s wireless business ahead of AT&T Wireless, which falls to No. 2, followed by Sprint Nextel and Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile. The combination of Verizon, based in New York, and Alltel, based in Little Rock, Ark., will create a company with more than 80 million subscribers. Verizon adds coverage in Midwest an... |
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June 2008 |
BT has persuaded more than 100,000 of its Total Broadband customers to share part of their capacity as a wireless hotspot via the BT Fon network.
In return for sharing their own connections using their BT Home Hub, participants can access broadband through other Fon hotspots, along with BT Openzone hotspots, the UK's 13 wireless cities and 90,000 other Fon hotspots worldwide.
Customers signing up to the BT Total Broadband Anywhere package are automatically registered on the Fon network.
The service... |
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June 2008 |
As we noted yesterday, one of the fondest dreams of the recording industry is to get Internet service providers to help them police the content flowing across their networks. Now, British ISP Virgin Media has taken a halting step in that general direction by agreeing to work with the BPI, the UK equivalent of the RIAA which represents the interests of the recording industry in that country. The agreement will have Virgin sending out warning letters to those who the BPI has identified as sharing copyrigh... |
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June 2008 |
Bellevue-based T-Mobile USA Inc. is suing Starbucks Corp., alleging that the world's largest coffee chain breached a contract by letting a rival company supply customers with free wireless Internet service.
In its 12-page complaint, filed Thursday in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, T-Mobile alleged breach of contract, interference with contract and unfair competition over a recent Starbucks Wi-Fi promotion with AT&T Internet Services Inc., which T-Mobile claims risks overloading its lines and ... |
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June 2008 |
Just as a cellular industry trade association released a scathing letter against a proposal that would deliver free wireless Internet access across the country, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission decided not to vote on the proposal next week as planned.
The FCC had expected to vote on June 12 on a proposal to auction a 25MHz piece of spectrum in the 2155Mhz band and require the winner to use a specified amount of spectrum to deliver free wireless Internet access. The plan would also require the o... |
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June 2008 |
The man appointed to examine why the UK has been left behind many other countries in the roll-out of super-fast broadband believes there is no need for a panic-stricken attempt to catch up.
Francesco Caio, who is shaping government policy on next-generation internet infrastructure, said yesterday mounting concern about the lack of high-speed broadband connections in the UK might be misplaced.
The results of a review lead by Mr Caio, a former chief executive of Cable & Wireless, will not be published f... |
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June 2008 |
Surging demand for wireless broadband access is already hampering the growth rate of fixed-line broadband in Australia.
The rapid growth of wireless, helped by pricing pressure among the four mobile carries, has persuaded Goldman Sachs JBWere to increase its market penetration estimates for wireless broadband for the next three years.
As part of its new estimates, GSJBW has raised its Telstra share price target from $5.27 to $5.41 - 71c higher than yesterday's closing price of $4.70.
The boost to T... |
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5
June 2008 |
Leaked images and specifications have led to much speculation about the new Samsung SGH-i900, a Windows Mobile 6.1 PDA-phone. We had one in our hands for a few brief moments, and bring you this quick and dirty hands-on.
When we put it beside an iPhone (see more pictures of that after the jump), it was uncanny how similar its shape was to Apple's product. It's thicker than the iPhone but shorter in length. Typically Samsung, the i900 feels solidly built and has a brushed metal finish all around.
Most o... |
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June 2008 |
Best Buy's Speakeasy broadband division is offering quite a deal for businesses that need more than DSL can offer in most markets, the service-level commitment of a T-1 (1.5 Mbps up/down) line, and high symmetrical bandwidth: what they're calling Business Ethernet, with 10 Mbps upstream and downstream starting at $1,295 per month.
While that's no co-location speed--where 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps Internet backhaul is common--it's still plenty good enough for moderately busy Web sites, and for companies that nee... |
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June 2008 |
In the two years since becoming the major cable provider in the Los Angeles area, Time Warner Cable has drawn sometimes colorful criticism from its subscribers.
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles City attorney, Rocky Delgadillo sued the company in Los Angeles County Superior Court accusing it of engaging in “unlawful, unfair and fraudulent business acts and practices and deceptive advertising.” The suit says that the company has subjected subscribers to delayed repair appointments, deceptive pricing and Inter... |
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