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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
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
Fujitsu to boost Asian undersea cable capacity
News Japanese electronics giant Fujitsu has clinched a contact to vastly increase the capacity of a Europe-to-Asia submarine cable, and will do so without replacing the cable itself.
Security groups link up in Chain of Trust
News Three computer-security organizatons have formed the Chain of Trust to link security vendors, researchers, technology companies, network providers and online-safety groups to share information and good practice about combating malicious software.
Tags: Data security, Malware, Security, Mozilla Corp., industry leader, GROUP, StopBadware.org, malicious software, technology company, Symantec Corp.
UK financial traders move to the sewers
News Optical fiber network provider, Geo, has opened a new high-capacity network for financial trading organizations to carry out automated trades more efficiently.
Tags: Network infrastructure, optical fiber, trader, Silicon.com, financial, network, financial service, network provider, spokesman, data network
Facebook botnet risk revealed
News Researchers created a demo "Photo of the Day" app that turned Facebook users' machines into a botnet. Social networks, they warn, are ideal for attack platforms.
Tags: Security, Web 2.0, Environment, social networking, denial of service, Facebook, network, researcher, network provider, authentication mechanism
Philippine carrier offers free 3G service
News Newcomer to the Philippine telecommunications market, CURE, says it would offer 3G services for free as long as subscribers allow ads to be served to their handsets.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile advertising, Subscriber, Mobile, Google Inc., Carrier, Advertisement, 3G, SIM card
Thai telco pledges to launch 3G this year
News TOT Plc will spend US$83 million to upgrade its 2G network to 3G and roll the new service out by year end.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Thailand, Bangkok, 2G network, consortium, TOT Plc., 3G, chairman, network, brand
Equant taps Cisco for network services
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FairMarket triples in first day of trading
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FairMarket triples in first day of trading
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Satyam readies S'pore as global control center
Techguide Indian IT services provider positions Singapore as an offshore center outside India; pledges to ensure business continuity for customers.
Siemens wins US$11m deal from SingTel
News Network solutions provider Siemens Information and Communication Networks Group announced today that it won a contract, worth at least S$20 million (US$10.95 milion), from Singapore Telecommunications Ltd to expand the latter fixed line networks in Singapore.
StarHub launches GPRS service...finally
News StarHub has unveiled its GPRS service, making it the third and last network provider in the Republic to do so.
Vodafone and Samsung strike HSDPA deal
News The move to provide handsets using Super 3G next year will pit the companies against O2, which launched the first European HSDPA network last month.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Networking technology, 3G (Third Generation), Next-generation technology/networks
