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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
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, Green IT, Small And Medium Enterprise, Information And Communication Technology, Broadband
Growing demand for fixed broadband to go on
News Number of subscribers of fixed-based services in Asia-Pacific region will continue rising despite demand for mobile broadband, says Frost & Sullivan.
Tags: DSL, Network infrastructure, Next-generation technology/networks, IP Television, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Australia, Broadband, South Korea, Japan
Asia is WiMax's best bet
News Region holds "best prospects" for adoption of wireless technology, but China's backing of 3G dampens WiMax's chances of success, says Frost & Sullivan.
Tags: Asia, India, Wireless Broadband, Asia-Pacific, Wireless, Broadband, Frost & Sullivan, 3G, WiMAX, China
Ultra-broadband to cause bandwidth divide
News Adoption of ultra-high speed residential broadband will create bandwidth divide among world regions, as well as within countries in three to five years, says Gartner.
Tags: Networking technology, Bandwidth, Mobile Broadband, TV, Video, Gartner Inc., HDTV, Broadband, Cable, cable television
UAE has Gulf's highest female Internet user base
News United Arab Emirates houses most female online users in Gulf region, making Arab state potentially lucrative market for online companies, study shows.
Tags: Female, Web sites, Internet advertising, online company, Bahrain, broadband quality of service, Web sites, Female, QoS, Broadband
Opposition mounts against P2P disconnection plan
News Proposals in the United Kingdom to disconnect the broadband service of suspected illegal file-sharers have come under fresh attack from ISPs, rights groups, and creative artists' groups.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Proposal, Consultation, Signatory, P2P, British Telecommunications, file-sharing, Internet Service Provider, lobbyist
Finland decrees Net access legal right
News Country becomes world's first to pass law making broadband access, at speeds of at least 1Mbps, a legal right for all its citizens by July 2010.
Tags: Regulations, Web sites, Finland, Telecommunications Company, International Telecommunications Union, mobile phone network, cell phone, France, Web sites, telecommunications
Singapore gets Microsoft hosted suite
News Country is first in Asia to get Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite, already launched in U.S. and Europe, at monthly fee of US$10 per seat.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, Google Inc., network, Microsoft Corp., Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Broadband, business productivity, Indonesia
S'pore, Taiwan among world's most competitive
News update Five economies in Asia-Pacific make top 20 list of world's most IT competitive nations in new study conducted by Economist Intelligence Unit.
Tags: Local Government, India, Business Software Alliance, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Broadband, Broadband Penetration, South Korea, Environment, vision
AT&T buys application developer
News Phone giant nabs Plusmo to help it build more apps and widgets for mobile phones, PCs, and TV.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Applications and tools, Apple iPhone, TV, Phone, cell phone, Web development, mobile, Business Strategies & Functions, Plusmo
Net neutrality back in spotlight for debate
Insight Clause in application for U.S. broadband stimulus grants has renewed the debate over Net neutrality, as new bill is introduced and discussion now focuses more on wireless services.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Web sites, Verizon Communications Inc., Wireless, Broadband, Net Neutrality, FCC, Internet, service provider, Mobile/Wireless
Calix raises US$100M in funding
News Founder and CEO Carl Russo sold his last company to Cisco for US$7 billion during the boom. Can he come up with another hit?
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Broadband, Latin America, networking equipment company, network, broadband service, acquisition, broadband network
Pacnet increases network capacity by 50 percent
News Telecommunications service provider boosts its subsea cable network with largest capacity upgrade to date, to meet Asia's growing demand for broadband.
Tags: Bandwidth, Optical networking, Business broadband, Pacnet Ltd., network, Asia, cable network, Hong Kong, Singapore, Stock
Broadband over power lines? Don't count on it, yet
Blogs Dominant carrier PLDT, as well as its high-profile chief executive Manny V. Pangilinan, have been in the news lately bec...
