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Feb 2011 |
The introduction of pan-European satellite broadband services could be blocked by legal obstacles
Neelie Kroes, the European Commissions vice president for the Digital Agenda, has written to 21 of the EUҒs 27 member states - including the UK - urging them to remove the legal obstacles to the introduction of satellite broadband as a matter of "urgency".
In 2009 the EC selected two operators to provide pan-European satellite services, with a deadline of May 2011 for the services to go live. Howeve... |
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Feb 2011 |
TELSTRA will use quality-of-service technology on its planned LTE wireless network to prevent heavy bandwidth users from clogging the network.
While it has a theoretical maximum of an NBN-like 100Mbps, Telstra's long-term evolution network will deliver more modest performance, but we won't know its real-world performance until Telstra field tests it later this year.
Like any other radio network, bandwidth is contested on LTE so the more users per cell, the slower it goes.
While LTE should be fine f... |
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Feb 2011 |
In what amounts to the next initiative undertaken by the Obama Administration towards its ever-expanding program of government expansion and nationalization of various aspects of the lives of the American people (such as the government takeover of health care, intervention in banks, and the nationalization of various automobile companies, such as General Motors), the federal government is now embarking upon a program of government-directed wireless internet (Wi-Fi) delivery.
President Obama outlined his ... |
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Feb 2011 |
Two Zimbabwean telecommunications companies have linked up to the SEACOM and EASSy undersea fibre-optic cables. This development is set to bring high speed broadband internet connectivity to the Southern African country and comes as a major boost to the country's telecommunications backbone infrastructure.
The state owned fixed telephone network operator, Tel One, has invested US$ 7.7 million into the fibre-optic project which will link the capital Harare to Beira in Mozambique via the eastern border cit... |
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Feb 2011 |
Mobile phone services operator, Safaricom, has denied claims it is seeking State protection from price wars being witnessed in the industry.
On Wednesday, members of Parliament put prime minister Raila Odinga to task over the now popular "Price Wars", wanting to know the measures being taken by the government to address what they termed as unfair competition from Airtel Kenya.
This move was viewed by some as an effort by Safaricom to have the government step in to review current pricing by its rivals.... |
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Feb 2011 |
Canadian lawmakers, the big communications carriers, small ISPs and their customers are engaged in the public policy equivalent of a gloves-off hockey brawl over Internet usage caps.
On Feb. 8, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) suspended a plan to allow large carriers to impose usage bandwidth caps i.e. usage-based billing (UBB) on small ISPs' residential customers and assess fees for going over them. The caps and fees would have gone into effect March 1. The regulato... |
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Feb 2011 |
In another sign of the growing importance of broadband in people's lives, a study has revealed that the availability of superfast broadband can actually increase house prices.
A poll by ISP Review questioned 733 people between mid July and February of this year. It discovered that nearly two thirds (68.8 percent) of UK internet users would be put off from buying a beautiful new house if it lacked a fast broadband connection.
"Would you pay more for a house with faster broadband?" the poll asked? 50.4... |
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Feb 2011 |
More people are trying to tap into unsecure but easily available Wi-Fi networks around them, according to the results of a poll from the Wi-Fi Alliance.
Conducted by Wakefield Research in conjunction with the Wi-Fi Alliance, the results out this week found that 32 percent of those polled admit to trying to hop onto an unsecure Wi-Fi network that wasn't theirs. Some say they've done it only once while others reveal they've done it many times. That percentage compares with the 18 percent who admitted to bo... |
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Feb 2011 |
The first quarter of the 2010/2011 financial year has witnessed an upswing in mobile penetration with the Communications Commission of Kenya reporting a 9.5 percent increase in mobile subscribers.
In the period between July and September the number of subscribers rose from 20.1 million to 22 million.
This is the highest growth that has been recorded over the last three quarters,Ӕ the CCK said in its report.
The growth in subscribers could be attributed to a steady decline in mobile tariffs du... |
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Jan 2011 |
There will be a leap in the number of super-fast broadband connections rolled-out in the UK during 2011, analysts have predicted.
Telecom analyst firm PointTopic has predicted that the total number of telephone lines supporting super-fast broadband will rise from only 45,000 in 2010 to over 600,000 by the end of 2011, as BT and the UK government strive to update the country's broadband infrastructure.
The analyst also notes that by the end of 2011, 3 per cent of telephone lines in the UK will support ... |
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Jan 2011 |
The decision last week by the Indian government to overhaul its existing telecommunications policy could usher in a new era of transparency and help it jump to the next level of the mobile boom, industry experts say.
The National Telecom Policy 2011 (NTP 11) is expected to be rolled out in the next three months, Kapil Sibal, India's telecoms minister, said on Saturday.
The decision to implement the new policy comes as Indian authorities investigate the role of Mr Sibal's predecessor, Andimuthu Raja, w... |
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Jan 2011 |
More than 1,000 homes in Liverpool are participating in a trial using smart metering technology to deliver broadband Internet access, according to the Liverpool Daily Post.
The trial, being carried out by Scottish Power and Plus Dane Homes, began in the summer and will see the installation of smart meters in 1,200 homes in Toxteth in the spring, according to the paper.
The companies will reportedly then use the technology to experiment with providing broadband at speeds of up to 200 Mbps.
Scottish... |
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Dec 2010 |
Rural New Zealanders are in line for a mobile telecommunications boost under three proposals shortlisted to bring them high-speed broadband.
The bids from a Telecom and Vodafone collaboration; Woosh, Kordia pooling infrastructure with fibre specialist FX Networks; and Torotoro Waea, a Maori-backed consortium aided by telecommunications specialist Opto Network, all feature high-speed wireless technology linking farming households.
Binding contracts to connect rural households at speeds of at least five... |
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Dec 2010 |
Mobile operator Three has scrapped its mobile data caps in an effort to gain more smartphone customers.
It said users needed all-you-can-eat data plans in order to make the most of their devices.
Demand for data is increasing as more people use their handsets to connect to the web as well as make voice calls.
Experts say it could force other operators to rethink data limits, introduced this year as networks struggled to cope with demand.
But it could put also put strain on Three's network.
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Dec 2010 |
Telstra has completed the trialling of Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile technology, completing a six month trial that demonstrated downlink speeds of 149.4Mbps.
Telstra's six month test, starting in May, was supported by Ericsson, Nokia-Seimens networks and Huawei and ran in 2.6GHz and 1.8GHz spectrums. While peak downlink speeds reached nearly 150Mbps, peak uplink speeds reached 59Mbps, altogether more than triple the speeds seen on current 3G technology.
According to a study by telecom analyst, Ovum... |
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