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Three APAC countries have fastest broadband
News Akamai report highlights South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong's connection speeds, and notes origins of online attacks spreading to many more countries.
Tags: Bandwidth, Next-generation technology/networks, Networking technology, Spam and phishing, Anti Phishing Work Group, Connection Speed, Banking, Akamai Technologies Inc., Attack Traffic, malicious software
M'sia on cusp of 'true' high-speed broadband
News Content players welcome boost to services market, but Net service providers express concerns over lack of details regarding wholesale access pricing and service terms.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Networking technology, Competitive advantage, CommunicAsia 2009, broadband service, pricing strategy, service provider, network, Internet service, Malaysia
Asia powers home with fiber deployment
News Region continues to surpass Europe and North America in adoption of fiber-to-the-home, with Asian economies in top four positions of global rankings.
Tags: Optical networking, Personal broadband, Network administration/implementation, Fiber, Broadband, FTTH, Sweden, Kuala Lumpur, Internet, U.S.
Fiber broadband demands more bandwidth
News A study by the FTTH Council Europe has found households with fiber-to-the-home currently drive three times more traffic than those with ADSL.
Tags: Business broadband, Personal broadband, Fiber, Europe, Broadband, ADSL, London, FTTH, Bandwidth, Silicon.com
Asia's broadband subscribers to hit 170M
News Number of broadband subscribers in Asia-Pacific will grow 31.5 percent to hit 171 million by year-end, predicts market analyst.
Tags: Business broadband, Personal broadband, Network administration/implementation, India, Broadband, Japan, Frost & Sullivan, social networking, FTTH, Facebook
Malaysia threatens to revoke WiMax licenses
News Minister warns licensees to adhere to agreements or risk losing their right to deploy WiMax services in Malaysia. One operator denies missing Aug. 31 launch deadline.
Tags: WiMax, Regulations, Next-generation technology/networks, Mobile, Broadband, Service, phone, FTTH, financial, network
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'sian operator to offer WiMax services in S'pore
News Malaysia's Packet One signs deal that, if approved, will allow company to assume WiMax license to operate facilities and offer wireless broadband access in Singapore.
Tags: WiMax, Personal broadband, Pacnet Ltd., network, mobile, Wireless Broadband, Wireless, Singapore, Malaysia, FTTH
First Singapore home gets next-gen fiber
News First home gets wired up to fiber infrastructure, as Singapore inches closer to its planned next-generation national broadband network.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Business broadband, Personal broadband, Fiber, Singapore, Worker, FTTH, CEO, network, service provider
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, economic activity, fiber-to-the-home network, NBN, Australia, Broadband
DiGi enters M'sia mobile broadband market
News Although a late entrant, the operator expects to capture one-third of market in three to five years, says CEO.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Personal broadband, Mobile Broadband, Mobile, Broadband, HSPA, Malaysia, DiGi, 3G, FTTH
City Telecom drops out of S'pore NBN bid
News Hong Kong-based telco has left Infinity consortium bidding for tender in Singapore's national broadband network project. Local carrier StarHub takes over as lead.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, LANs and WANs, Starhub, Mobile, Telecommunications, Singapore, consortium, computer telephony integration, FTTH, financial
Report maps out Britain's broadband future
News An independent report says now is not the time for public investment in next-generation access in the United Kingdom, but there is plenty to be done by government and regulators.
Tags: Business broadband, Personal broadband, IT strategy, Mobile, Fiber, Broadband, phone, Lehman Brothers Inc., FTTH, wireless technology
Verizon is still on a roll
News Verizon Communications saw big first quarter gains thanks in large part to demand for wireless and its Fios fiber service.
Tags: Revenue recognition, Verizon Communications Inc., Mobile, Wireless, Broadband, phone, Customer, 4G, FTTH, job
Alcatel-Lucent grows Australian business
News Telecommunications vendor's Australian revenues in calendar year 2008 grew US$35 million to reach a total of US$700 million.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, LANs and WANs, Sales/revenue, Alcatel, Telecommunications, Sales, FTTH, Telstra Corp., internal network, network
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