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GSMA: Cellular coverage to reach 90 percent
News But industry body says this can be further boosted if governments reform the way they allocate subsidies in network expansion.
Tags: Cellular phones, Legal, Regulations
Malaysia: Online users to jump 85% by 2005
News The number of Malaysia’s Internet subscribers is expected to increase by 85% over the next five years, said its Energy, Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Amar Leo Moggie.
US Federal appeals court weighs Internet phone taxes
News Vonage and an industry group argue that new rules imposed by the FCC discriminate against voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, Regulations
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, Public Service, U.K., liberalization, mobile network, fiber, Business broadband
US to begin broadband policy overhaul
News The Federal Communications Commission will begin hearings to detail a road map for improving U.S. broadband access using federal stimulus money and future taxpayer dollars.
Tags: Personal broadband, Telecommunications, High-speed Internet, Broadband, Cable, phone, network, FCC, U.S., telephone company
Broadband and mobile not your right, says EU
News The universal service obligation covering fixed landline telecoms won't be extended to cover broadband and mobile services, says the European Union.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Networking technology
Japan may sell NTT shares to fund Net use
News Japan may use money raised through a sale of Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp shares to help the former domestic telephone monopoly promote greater use of the Internet, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported.
M'sia pushing to close digital gap in Southeast Asia
News The Malaysian government is now pushing for a concerted ASEAN-wide Universal Service Program (USP) to help bridge the digital gap within the region's premier political and economic organization.
NTT declines telephone line to Aum Shinrikyo cult
News NTT East Japan, the local access provider of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT), is declining to install a telephone line in a premises owned by Japan's notorious Aum Shinrikyo.
US broadband policy a bust?
Insight Consumer advocate organizations say U.S is trailing in broadband and that inequality is increasing.
Tags: Business broadband, Personal broadband
Malaysia wants broadband for all
News The government is taking a more active role in bridging the country's digital divide.
Tags: Personal broadband
Government may boost Universal Service Provision fund
News The Energy, Communications and Multimedia Ministry may also contribute funds to the Universal Service Provision (USP) under the 8th Malaysia Plan to speed up Internet penetration in the rural areas.
States slow to grab subsidies for telecom service
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Special phone plans aren't for everyone
News Long distance telephone firms are engaged in a heated price war, with advertised rates dropping as low in some cases as 3 cents a minute. But these low rates can be deceiving, consumer advocates say.
FCC to weigh in on VoIP regulation
News The FCC this week will weigh in on the hotly contested issue of regulating Net phone calls.
