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Malaysia to get high speed broadband
News Government unveils US$4.5 billion high-speed broadband project, promising to fund 30 percent of the initiative. Telekom Malaysia is awarded the project.
Tags: Personal broadband, LANs and WANs
Cuba: We're forced to 'finance' the Internet
News Debate erupts at United Nations summit over Cuba's Net connection, including why it's expensive and whether it's censored.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, International governments
Bottleneck on the high-speed highway
News A few days from now, letters will go out to more than 50,000 people across 16 states--along with a few thousand dollars in cash--asking them to become owners of a new fiber-optic network.
Australia seeks to expand fiber network
News ICON, the Australian intra-government communications agency, will be expanding its operations next year to maintain and extend its fiber network.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Optical networking, Business broadband
Google revenue nearly doubles
News Search king beats analyst estimates, bolstered by strong advertising; stock rises in after-hours trading.
Tags: Search, Earning reports/forecasts
Short Take: Asia Global Crossing debuts high-speed Net service in Japan
News Regional fiber optic communications network builder and operator Asia Global Crossing Tuesday launched a high-speed Internet service for ISPs in Japan--signing up two big names at launch.
Telstra, PCCW venture valued at US$2b
News Telstra and Pacific Century CyberWorks' fiber-optic Internet "backbone" venture is worth US$2 billion, a fifth of the valuation the partners used in internal documents last year.
Japan launches anti-trust probe on NTT DSL unit
News Japan's financial watchdog reportedly said early yesterday it has launched an investigation into NTT East Corp for allegedly obstructing competitors from building high-speed Internet services.
Tyco buys Lucent unit for $2.5 billion
News Tyco International, a maker of electronic connectors, medical devices and other products, agreed to buy Lucent Technologies' power systems business for US$2.5 billion.
Agere to chop 4,000 more in second round of layoffs
News Optical component maker Agere Systems will get rid of 24 percent of its workers in the second round of firings.
Inno-Pac to roll out voice, data exchange services
News Inno-Pacific Holdings will roll out international voice and data traffic exchange services through its IPH Telcom unit.
Alcatel wins China telco deal
News French communications equipment maker Alcatel has bagged two new customers--China's Guangdong Telecom and Sprint.
Asia Pacific Cable Network lands ln Hong Kong
News The Asia Pacific Cable Network 2 (APCN 2) cable network has landed in Hong Kong, taking the network a step closer to becoming operational toward the end of September.
Motorola to buy Linux set-top box specialist
News Chipmaker plans to acquire Kreatel Communications to boost Internet-based TV services.
Tags: Linux, Mobile platforms, Web services
360networks gets FBO license in S'pore
News Vancouver-based network service provider 360networks Inc has been awarded a Facilities Based Operator (FBO) license to own and operate telecommunications infrastructure in Singapore.
