Business Broadband
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Next-gen network small threat to incumbents
News Allowing new service providers to offer high-availability broadband will not pose significant threat to existing operators in Singapore, according to analysts.
Tags: Business broadband, Bandwidth, Starhub, Mobile Broadband, SingTel, Video Conferencing, Polycom Inc., Singapore, Broadband, network
Bing needs to improve when news breaks
News Minutes following reports last month that Michael Jackson had been rushed to hospital, Microsoft's search engine buried news results for searches on his name.
Tags: Web sites, Web servers, Business broadband, Software engineering/development, Google Inc., Search Engine, Server, job, Internet, blog
Wireless@SG: A cuppa to success?
News Singapore's free wireless broadband service is most accessed at fast food outlets and cafés, but food and beverage stores are mixed on how the scheme has helped.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Personal broadband, Business broadband, Starbucks Corp., SingTel, Spokesperson, Singapore, Broadband, food, wireless Internet
Telcos: Don't mess up the Internet with regulation
News A congressional staffer said Net neutrality and broadband legislation will surely be reintroduced in the next Congress, but representatives of the telecom industry say there are better ways to keep the Internet open.
Tags: Regulations, Business broadband, Personal broadband, Web sites, Verizon Communications Inc., Telecommunications, Regulation, Wireless, Net Neutrality, Comcast Corp.
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, health service, treasurer, Spokesperson, Western Australian Government, Australia, Broadband, Government, network
In-flight broadband 'to take off this year'
News The fledgling in-flight broadband market is set for serious growth this year, with the number of Web-enabled aeroplanes to surge from 25 in 2008 to 800 by year's end.
Tags: Business broadband, Smart Phone, wireless service, Broadband, handheld, British Airways Plc., SMS, handheld device, analyst, accounting
Cloud services to get supercharged
News New parallel networking technology increases throughput for Internet-based services by up to 40 times.
Tags: Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), SaaS, Business broadband, IP, networking technology, Video, Storage, Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS)
UK makes its broadband splash
News U.K. government lays out its vision for digital future of Britain over coming years, covering topics such as broadband access, security, ICT literacy and copyright enforcement.
Tags: Business broadband, Personal broadband, Taxes, Universal Service, U.K., Public Service, liberalization, mobile network, fiber, benefit
Net neutrality gets boost from US govt
News The Obama administration includes the FCC's net neutrality principles as conditions for some of the funds it will allocate as part of the economic stimulus package.
Tags: PKI (public key infrastructure), Service level management, Federal Government, Network administration/implementation, Business broadband, Democrat, Broadband, Cable, Net Neutrality, Government
Axia-led consortium makes S'pore NBN bid
News update Group comprising Canada's Axia, SingTel, Singapore Press Holdings and SP Telecoms submits bid for country's next-gen National Broadband Network.
Tags: Business broadband, Personal broadband, Next-generation technology/networks, Starhub, SingTel, Fiber, Hong Kong, Singapore, Broadband, consortium
Cisco technology powers M'sian smart town
News The i-City intelligent community being developed in Selangor is reputed to be the country's only commercial property with last-mile fiber optics to units.
Tags: Business broadband, Personal broadband, Security, Cisco Systems Inc., Real Estate, Malaysia, networking company, job, network, Kuala Lumpur
T-Mobile sues Starbucks over Wi-Fi deal
News T-Mobile says the coffee giant "secretly" developed a plan with AT&T to provide Wi-Fi at its cafes, despite an exclusive partnership with T-Mobile.
Tags: Lawsuits, 802.11/Wi-Fi, Business broadband, Personal broadband, Starbucks Corp., AT&T Corp., Wi-Fi, T-Mobile, partnership, U.S.
WiMax patent group seeks industry support
News Six tech giants that include Intel and Cisco, want more involved in making WiMax patents "inexpensive and accessible to anyone".
Tags: WiMax, Patents, Business broadband, Personal broadband, Cellular phones, Patent, Internet Access, phone, video compression, Lucent Technologies Inc.
Tech giants plan WiMax patent pool
News Six technology companies are teaming up to jointly license patents that cover WiMax in an effort to prevent costly royalties from hampering adoption.
Tags: WiMax, Business broadband, Personal broadband, Patents, Patent, Internet Access, Cable Broadband, wireless technology, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Lucent Technologies Inc.
Next-gen broadband 'critical' for UK economy
News Research by a U.K. government advisory body has found the long-term benefits of a high-speed broadband network would exceed the cost of deployment.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Business broadband, Personal broadband, Broadband, Environment, London, Silicon.com, CEO, U.K., network
