Create alert10008 results for "Personal broadband"
StarHub confident of home broadband retention
News Singapore telco expects bundled tripleplay consumer deals to stave off oncoming competition from country's next-generation broadband network.
Tags: Business broadband, Cable, 3G (Third Generation), Starhub, Cable Broadband, revenue, handset, Singapore, Broadband, FTTH
APAC IPTV subscribers to hit 9.4M
News Number of Asia-Pacific Internet Protocol television users will grow 51 percent by year-end, predicts analyst, making region second-largest IPTV market in world.
Tags: Personal broadband, IP Television, SingTel, PCCW Ltd., Hong Kong, Singapore, Broadband, South Korea, Frost & Sullivan, pay-TV
Google extends personalized search to all
News Previously, Google would only alter search results based on search history for those signed into Google accounts. Now, it plans to do that for everyone.
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Cookie, Google Inc., Personalized Search, advertisement, Internet search, accountant, Boston, Search Result
First '4G' services go live in Norway, Sweden
News TeliaSonera has brought out the first commercial LTE broadband services in the world, inviting early adopters to try out the successor to 3G.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Cable, TeliaSonera, Mobile Broadband, mobile, Broadband, Service, 3G, 4G, Oslo
Global fixed broadband connections up
News Some 422 million households will be wired up by 2009, with Asian markets such as South Korea and Hong Kong, among most connected, new report reveals.
Tags: Personal broadband, Fiber, Gartner Inc., Broadband, South Korea, FTTH, China, Internet, broadband service, DSL
Service restored in Silicon Valley after fiber cut
News AT&T said that service is back up in the San Jose, Calif., area after four of the company's four fiber-optic cables there were cut last week.
Tags: Cable, Twitter, Sprint Communications, Fiber, Wireless, landline phone, phone, AT&T Corp., network, Silicon Valley
US to begin broadband policy overhaul
News The Federal Communications Commission will begin hearings to detail a road map for improving U.S. broadband access using federal stimulus money and future taxpayer dollars.
Tags: Personal broadband, Telecommunications, Broadband, Cable, phone, High-speed Internet, network, FCC, U.S., telephone company
Ericsson claims 500Mbps speeds over copper
News The communications company says it has demonstrated speeds of more than 500Mbps over copper infrastructure, using a new technology called 'vectorized' VDSL2.
Tags: DSL, Mobile, British Telecommunications, Fiber, Telecommunications, Cable, VDSL2, U.K., Internet Service Provider, R&D
Will more govts go universal Net access?
News As more countries, especially in Asia look to deploy next-generation broadband networks, governments will have to address digital divide issues, say industry watchers.
Tags: Bandwidth, Next-generation technology/networks, Networking technology, Business broadband, Personal broadband, IP Television, Ovum, Australian Government, Fiber, Internet Access
Aust state bins US$713M broadband network
News The Western Australian state government says its plan to roll out a statewide broadband network is not viable, and could duplicate efforts of Australia's National Broadband Network.
Tags: Business broadband, Personal broadband, treasurer, Spokesperson, Australia, Broadband, health service, Government, Western Australian Government, network
Aust govt goes public-private on fiber to home
News The National Broadband Network tender process gets terminated in favor of the Australian government establishing a public-private fiber-based partnership, to reach 90 percent of citizens.
Tags: Business broadband, Government, Personal broadband, Fiber, Telecommunications, Australia, Broadband, economic activity, fiber-to-the-home network, Optus
Fixed line still of value in homes, businesses
News Despite rising use of mobile phones as sole device for voice calls, low cost and bundling with other services make landlines still attractive, say Singapore telcos.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Networking technology, IPTV, Cable, Starhub, IP Television, SingTel, TV, Phone, IPTV
OpenNet appoints OSS/BSS SI
News Singapore's next-generation broadband network consortium picks systems integrator for its operations support systems/ business support systems.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Personal broadband, Business broadband, Alcatel, Fiber, BSS, Fiber Network, Lucent Technologies Inc., systems integrator, network company
Survival tips for mobile broadband providers
News As these providers grapple with phenomenal network growth, they can better manage escalating costs by not repeating mistakes of fixed services peers, says analyst.
Tags: Business broadband, Personal broadband, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile Broadband, Mobile, P2P, Cost, Broadband, tariff, Frost & Sullivan
M'sia wins votes for green IT incentives
News Industry players welcome US$443 million fund in 2010 budget to drive green IT, but opposition party unimpressed with government's initiatives to boost broadband.
Tags: Local Government, Taxes, Business broadband, Personal broadband, Funding, Business, Small And Medium Enterprise, Green IT, Information And Communication Technology, Broadband
