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Article | 23/05/2012 Groups launch gigabit-per-second broadband project
An Ohio startup company has raised US$200 million to fund gigabit-per-second broadband projects in six university communities across the U.S., the com...
Article | 23/05/2012 VoIP provider files net neutrality complaint with FCC
A Florida VoIP carrier has filed a net neutrality complaint against a Georgia utility and broadband provider, after the utility accused the VoIP firm ...
Article | 22/05/2012 Education group: Schools need 100 Mbps per 1,000 broadband users
Schools in the U.S. will need broadband speeds of 100 Mbps per 1,000 students and staff members by the 2014-15 school year in order to meet a growing ...
Article | 22/05/2012 Alcatel-Lucent offers managed service to improve mobile network performance
Mobile operators that want help keeping their subscribers happy can get it through a new managed service from Alcatel-Lucent, the company said on Mond...
Article | 10/05/2012 Ericsson lets operators speed up mobile, fixed networks using caching
Using caching technology from Akamai Technologies, Ericsson's Smart Cloud Accelerator, announced Wednesday, is designed to allow operators to improve ...
Article | 8/05/2012 Groups protest Verizon's proposed special access rate hikes
Members of the NoChokepoints Coalition will ask the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to stop Verizon Communications from raising the rates for m...
Article | 8/05/2012 Senator questions whether Comcast is following NBC merger conditions
A U.S. senator has urged the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to investigate whether Comcast is violating con...
Article | 24/04/2012 Public Knowledge asks providers for details about data caps
Mobile and wired broadband providers should disclose detailed information about data caps, and the U.S. regulators should "vigilantly monitor" so-call...
Article | 23/04/2012 Vodafone offers $1.68 billion for Cable & Wireless Worldwide
Vodafone has offered to acquire Cable & Wireless Worldwide (CWW) for £1.04 billion (US$1.68 billion), as it aims to strengthen its enterprise offe...
Article | 19/04/2012 Study: Entrepreneurs can save big money with broadband service
Solo entrepreneurs can save more than $US16,000 in their first year by using broadband-based services such as printing and logo design instead of trad...
Article | 18/04/2012 Honeywell and Inmarsat to improve in-flight connectivity
Honeywell and Inmarsat have signed a deal to cooperate on next-generation in-flight connectivity systems that will increase the maximum bandwidth to 5...
Article | 7/04/2012 Verizon to stop offering standalone DSL
Verizon Communications next month will stop offering so-called "naked DSL" -- high-speed Internet without landline phone service -- in a move that fli...
Article | 4/04/2012 Option releases quad-band LTE modem for Europe
Option has introduced a quad-band LTE USB modem called the Beemo that can fall back on 3G networks at 42Mbps, the company said on Wednesday.
Article | 28/03/2012 NTIA: Gov't and mobile operators may need to share spectrum
The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration has identified 95 MHz of wireless spectrum now used by government agencies that co...
Article | 21/03/2012 Study: US broadband adoption levels off
Adoption of broadband service in the U.S. has levelled off since 2009, and the U.S. government and the tech and broadband industries will need to work...