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Interest in S'pore digital media staying strong
News update Exhibitors at upcoming Infocomm Media Business Exchange conference drop by 16 percent, but digital media sector still strong, says show organizer.
Tags: Digital media, CommunicAsia 2009, IP Television, Conference, Fiber, Telecommunications, digital media industry, Singapore, NBN, Broadband
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
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
NBN could cost Aust taxpayers US$8.6B
News The Australian government will foot about a quarter of its A$43 billion (US$33.5 billion) National Broadband Network proposal, and adds implementation study will determine private sector investment.
Tags: Business broadband, Government, Study, NBN, U.S. Senate, equity, financial, network, asset, network infrastructure
Willcox leaves Telstra board early
News Telstra director Peter Willcox has stood down from the Telstra board three months early due to his involvement in the James Hardie asbestos law suit.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business development/management, Telstra Corp., chairman, audit, telecommunications company, secretary, director, board, Business development/management
Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent to manage S'pore NBN
News update Huawei and Alcatel-Lucent will run Singapore national broadband network's "active infrastructure" by its operating company, Nucleus Connect.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Optical networking, Alcatel, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Fiber, BSS, Information And Communication Technology, Singapore, Broadband, Lucent Technologies Inc.
A look back at Arroyo's ICT term
Blogs As I watched the State of the Nation Address (Sona) of Pres. Gloria Arroyo last Monday, I noticed that she peppered her ...
More redundancy needed for global links
News Ongoing and planned network upgrades between Asia and U.S. sufficient for bandwidth demands, but ISPs need redundancy to better manage outages.
Tags: Bandwidth, Ethernet, Pacnet Ltd., BGP, network, Asia, Broadband, Cable, Internet Service Provider, network provider
NBN to lead pay TV way for SingTel
News update Singapore's next-gen broadband network will play key role in boosting local carrier's competitive edge in pay TV market, says top company exec.
Tags: IPTV, Next-generation technology/networks, Mobile applications, Starhub, IP Television, SingTel, CEO, network, Mobile applications, IPTV
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
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
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
Cisco unveils next-gen services testbed
News The networking giant's Singapore facility will offer public and private sectors a platform to build and deliver services over the country's enhanced broadband network.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Business broadband, Personal broadband, Innovation, Cisco Systems Inc., Training, Singapore, Service, EPIC, financial barrier
StarHub wins Singapore OpCo role
News Singapore government appoints StarHub as "operating company" to provide wholesale broadband connectivity for country's planned next-generation national broadband network.
Tags: Personal broadband, Business broadband, Next-generation technology/networks, Starhub, SingTel, Cisco Systems Inc., Fiber, IntelliNet Technologies, Singapore, Singapore OpCo
