Standards and affordability are proving two of the most decisive factors in efforts to drive up broadband adoption and close the digital divide, according to a new report from UK research firm Point Topic.
The UN’s Broadband Commission for Digital Development has set four new targets for governments across the world to ensure citizens have sufficient broadband access. The targets, which the UN described as “ambitious but achievable” address broadband policy, affordability and uptake.
The latest State of the Internet report from Akamai Technologies has revealed that there were 21 per cent more unique IP addresses in the second quarter of this year than 12 months previously.
Metro-land: For Londoners, it’s a swathe of leafy commuter suburbs built alongside the Metropolitan Railway in the early 20th century. Marketed as an escape from cramped urban life, Metro-land even inspired poems from poet laureate John Betjeman:
Global Village Telecom (GVT), a major Brazilian telco with operations in 17 states, has selected Motorola Mobility’s EDGE Manager platform to remotely manage and troubleshoot its residential broadband subscribers’ connections.
Swedish equipment vendor Ericsson turned in a strong set of figures for the third quarter, notching up an increase in net sales of 17 per cent year on year to SKR55.5bn (€6bn), while net income edged up six per cent to SKR3.8bn.
We speak to Wim Sweldens, President of wireless solutions at Alcatel-Lucent, which won the category ‘Broadband Access Network Technologies and Services – Wireless’ at this year’s Broadband InfoVision Awards for its lightRadio portfolio of solutions.
We speak to Khulud Abu. Homos, SVP Programming at Dubai-based satellite TV operator OSN.
Ulrich Schoen, Head of Technology – Business Services, Nokia Siemens Networks, talks to telecoms.com at Broadband World Forum 2011, about using analytics to turn knowledge and data into action so carriers can offer greater quality of service.
Wim te Niet, VP – Global Sales, LG-Ericsson, talks to telecoms.com at Broadband World Forum 2011 about the rise of the ubiquitous access network.
When Netflix decided to separate DVD delivery from its video streaming service, consumers rebelled. Many dropped both services and the company lost half its value on Wall Street. Trouble like this is commonplace for cable TV and satellite providers, which, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), both consistently rank low in customer satisfaction surveys.
Malaysian broadband provider Packet One Networks (P1) has signed an agreement with Telekom Malaysia whereby the latter will provide P1 with access and transmission services over the country’s fibre-based High Speed Broadband (HSBB) network.
We speak to John Cioffi, CEO of US firm ASSIA, which won the category ‘Broadband Access Network Technologies and Services – Fixed’ at this year’s Broadband InfoVision awards for its DSL Express software product.
The Swedish Post and Telecom Agency (PTS) will begin a spectrum auction on Wednesday to award block licences for use of the country’s 1800MHz band.
The Australian government has awarded Emerson Network Power a AUS$100 million contract to supply key infrastructure to the National Broadband Network (NBN) project in Australia. Emerson, said that it will be designing, supplying and installing cooling and infrastructure management systems at ten network centres to support the NBN roll-out across Australia.
There will be $ 213.8bn of new revenues up for grabs in high-potential telecoms segments between 2012 and 2015, according to a report from UK consultancy Ovum this week.
UK network operator BT Openreach has made three announcements which together will provide a major boost to its fibre broadband project, and potentially propel the UK up the broadband league tables.
US network technology startup SpiderCloud, which has developed a miniature 3G RAN, says it has solved the problem of in-building offload for enterprise use in commercial 3G cellular networks. The firm’s CEO, former Flarion exec Mike Gallagher, told Telecoms.com that none of the femtocell solutions on the market can compete with his firm’s new solution, and said he was prepared to have a “bake-off” with any vendor that claimed to have a product that could deliver the same performance.
EU Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes has announced a public consultation looking for ways to make copper-based telecommunications networks less attractive to operators in a bid to spur investment in fiber.
Telecoms.com’s Dawinder Sahota reports back on last week’s Broadband World Forum event, where vendors and operators alike were proclaiming 2012 as the year of the Internet of Things. The show highlighted the increasing importance of ubiquitous connectivity to consumers across the world.
