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Article | 13/10/2011 Coalition targets US broadband adoption gap
A coalition of IT vendors, online companies and nonprofit organizations have launched a wide-ranging program to drive up broadband adoption in the U.S...
Article | 12/10/2011 Cable group fears members will be left out of broadband fund
A U.S. Federal Communications Commission plan to redirect telephone subsidies to rural areas to broadband deployment could leave out cable-based voice...
Article | 11/10/2011 India releases draft of new telecom policy
Indian Minister for Communications Kapil Sibal announced a new draft telecommunication policy on Monday, aiming to give preference to domestic manufac...
Article | 7/10/2011 FCC chairman: End telephone subsidies, build broadband
The overhaul of an "outdated" U.S. Federal Communications Commission program that subsidizes telephone service in rural areas will lead to universally...
Article | 4/10/2011 EU wants to push telcos to ditch copper, lay fiber
Large telecommunications companies must stop using copper-network pricing as a barrier to deploying fiber networks, or Europe will not meet its broadb...
Article | 1/10/2011 Verizon files challenge to FCC's net neutrality rules
Verizon Communications has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules, the company said Fri...
Article | 1/10/2011 Citigroup questions if US spectrum shortage exists
For more than two years, the U.S. mobile industry has warned of an upcoming spectrum shortage, but two analysts at Citigroup don't buy it.
Article | 1/10/2011 ISP lawsuit: Net neutrality rules aren't strong enough
A North Carolina ISP has filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules, with the ISP arguing the regul...
Article | 29/09/2011 Free Press files lawsuit on FCC's net neutrality rules
Advocacy group Free Press has filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules, with the group arguing th...
Article | 28/09/2011 10,000 volunteers needed to assess Europe's broadband
The European Commission will put monitoring devices into 10,000 volunteers' homes to find out if ISPs are living up to their promises.
Article | 28/09/2011 Nokia Siemens demos HSPA at 336M bps
Helped by advanced antenna technology, Nokia Siemens Networks is pushing HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access) download speeds to 336M bps (bits per second)...
Article | 26/09/2011 Mobile broadband data is king to telcos
The amount of data generated by business technology systems, digital cameras and mobile phones has grown over the past several years.
Article | 22/09/2011 Judge sets trial date for AT&T merger case
A U.S. district court judge has scheduled a trial to begin on Feb. 13 in the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit opposing AT&T's proposed acquisi...
Article | 14/09/2011 Obama jobs bill includes spectrum auctions
New legislation pushed by U.S. President Barack Obama and intended to stimulate job growth includes proposals for mobile spectrum auctions and for a n...
Article | 13/09/2011 Qualcomm takes aim at enterprise with femtocell chipset
Qualcomm has expanded its product portfolio for femtocells with a chipset that will allow the small base stations to handle up to 32 active users, ope...