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Mobile broadband isn't exactly known for its ability to transmit video in real time, but Mushroom Networks wants that to change with the ThirdEye. Not too long ago mobile broadband wasn't exactly the medium of choice for people who wanted to access the Internet. The wireless technology evolved, though, a... |
6 February 2012
03:22 GMT |
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If someone were to ask you to name the biggest internet markets in the world, China may spring to mind, but India probably doesn't. This despite the fact that it now has over 100 million internet users, making it the third largest market globally.The two biggest, by a large margin, are China with 485 million use... |
8 November 2011
15:31 GMT |
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Nielsen, the tracking firm well known for offering information on consumer products and how they are used, has released a new Cross-Platform report which shows that the overall time spent with game consoles by the public has increased by 14 percent during the last year.The firm also says that game console penetration... |
24 October 2011
09:22 GMT |
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As the year 2011 is drawing to a close, analysts are looking ahead to see what each segment of IT will bring, and ABI Research expects some interesting things on the LTE field.Long Term Evolution (LTE) is the next step in wireless broadband, providing wider bandwidth than what is available today, both on the enterpr... |
22 October 2011
05:49 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier O2 UK has just announced a special deal put in place for its loyal customers, namely six months of free broadband on their services. All they need to do is to have been with the wireless carrier for more than two years, to have a The All Rounder or The Works package, call the company, and be set... |
11 May 2011
10:35 GMT |
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Since Internet traffic is growing and higher-speed infrastructures with more bandwidth are required, it is surmised that the next few years will see large funds being invested in deployment of LTE wireless.
While it may not be immediately noticeable to consumers, the fact is that the worldwide Internet infrastruc... |
9 April 2011
06:20 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Three UK has just announced the launch of a new broadband device on its lineup, the Huawei E367 premium dongle, which can offer support for speed enhancements of up to 40% on the carrier's network. The new device should become available for purchase on the carrier's website, as well as... |
31 March 2011
07:42 GMT |
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Recently, mobile phone carrier AT&T has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of the last year, and posted 2.8 million increase in total wireless subscribers, which brought the number of subscribers in service to 95.5 million. For the entire year 2010, AT&T added 8.9 million subscribers, the company... |
29 January 2011
05:54 GMT |
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Akamai has released its quarterly State of the Internet report for the third quarter of 2010. Unsurprisingly, internet adoption and average broadband speeds all grew, but there were some drops as well, in certain regions. The US is still the biggest country in the number of unique IP addresses. In terms of speed thou... |
26 January 2011
09:37 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has unveiled at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) a new device to fit its new 4G LTE Mobile Broadband network, namely the Samsung 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot. According to the wireless services provider, the new device comes with support for both the new 4G LTE (L... |
7 January 2011
12:41 GMT |
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Today, wireless carrier AT&T announced a series of enhancements brought to its mobile broadband network, with the expansion of coverage in Selmer, offering access to advanced mobile services for more users.According to the company, the new launch would provide customers in the area with the possibility to enjoy bett... |
29 December 2010
16:51 GMT |
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Broadband growth is accelerating globally again, as the data for the third quarter of 2010 shows. After a slowdown in new broadband subscribers in Q2, the rate is picking up again and is expected reach record numbers in the current quarter."Across the major segments of DSL, cable and fiber, the number of new broadban... |
5 November 2010
13:51 GMT |
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While many ISPs are starting to introduce complete fiber-to-home connections, there are still plenty more which rely on aging phone lines. DSL has always had a speed disadvantage over fiber and even over cable connections, but a number of companies are working on making the most out of the pair of copper wires used b... |
26 October 2010
06:39 GMT |
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ITU (International Telecommunication Union), an UN agency expects 2 billion or more people to be online by late 2010.This means that no more than a third of the World's population will have direct Internet access by the end of this year.The agency, a neutral organization for information and telecommunication tec... |
20 October 2010
03:16 GMT |
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Akamai has released its quarterly State of the Internet report for Q1 2010. Its position as the largest content delivery network in the world means that it has a great perspective on global internet use. Its numbers are skewed in several situations, but, overall, they provide an interesting outlook. For the first qua... |
27 July 2010
11:32 GMT |
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The Internet is becoming a basic human right in some countries and there are plans to implement a minimum guaranteed connection in some, as well. Yet, around the world, the picture is less rosy. While there are well over one billion Internet connections around the world, less than 500 million of them are broadband co... |
9 July 2010
11:40 GMT |
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Australian broadband news website Whirlpool.net.au was the target of several Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks this morning. The hosting provider moved quickly to mitigate, but attackers evaded the restrictions, causing an aggregated downtime of around ten hours.Whirlpool.net.au is one of the most traffick... |
29 June 2010
02:31 GMT |
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Today, wireless carrier T-Mobile USA announced that its super-fast mobile broadband network was set for further expansion in the country. According to the company, its HSPA+ network should be able to offer connectivity to more than 75 million Americans in over 25 markets by the end of June. At the same time, the T-M... |
16 June 2010
04:00 GMT |
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The Word Cup seems to be on everyone’s minds and on their computers as well. As the grand sporting event gets underway, reports are showing that Internet usage is reaching all-time highs, as people flock to get the latest action from news sites or to check it out for themselves on video sites. Akamai, the opera... |
12 June 2010
06:17 GMT |
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The European Commission has announced the adoption of a Decision aimed at the harmonization of technical rules for Member States on the allocation the 800 MHz band of radio frequencies. The Decision aims at making these frequencies available for wireless broadband applications, and, although they do not require for ... |
7 May 2010
06:36 GMT |
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This year at the Shanghai Expo, Motorola's Networks business announced that the Phase I TD-LTE field trials with China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) were completed. Various tests were made in order to determine the performance and functionality of the TD-LTE trial in different env... |
4 May 2010
09:43 GMT |
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When it comes to Internet connections, the future is bright. As in, it’s made of light, fiber optics, to be exact. But fiber optics is still pretty expensive and if there’s one thing that telecommunications companies hate, it is spending any of their hard earned money. Why fix it if it’s not broken ... |
22 April 2010
11:39 GMT |
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To say that the Internet is getting faster is like saying the Earth revolves around the Sun, it’s not going to surprise anyone. But to say how much faster and what countries lead the pack, that’s another story. Thankfully, we have Akamai’s State of the Internet quarterly report to help us out. The r... |
19 April 2010
09:25 GMT |
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The first stage of Google's ultra high-speed broadband roll out plan is over with the application period for the 1 Gbps fiber-to-home infrastructure project now closed. The company has tallied the final results and the response from communities across the US was very positive, as expected. 1,100 cities and towns... |
27 March 2010
06:14 GMT |
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Sweden is now considered the most networked country in the world, according to the latest Global Information Technology Report from The World Economic Forum. The report doesn't rank countries by their information and communication technology capabilities alone, though that certainly plays an indirect role, but l... |
26 March 2010
08:38 GMT |
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Google announced last month that it wanted to deploy 1 Ggps fiber-to-home connections to up to 500,000 Americans. It asked local authorities interested in getting Google to bring the super-fast broadband connections to their town to submit applications for consideration. Plenty of towns got excited at the prospect, s... |
26 March 2010
08:16 GMT |
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Even as it moves to get more people offline, the UK government is now pushing to get more people online. That may sound peculiar, to say the least, but it is pretty much what the British government is doing in two separate moves, one to satisfy lobbyists, another to satisfy the voting public. The Digital Economy Bil... |
22 March 2010
09:59 GMT |
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The New Zealand Government has approved plans to sponsor and build a national rural broadband network to supply 5 Mbps connections to people and institutions in rural areas. The plan is to be carried out by Telecom New Zealand, and will be aimed at providing high-quality Internet access for schools, students and home... |
16 March 2010
10:46 GMT |
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In the not-so-distant future, people could benefit from the fast navigation speed of a broadband Internet connection by simply turning on the lamps on their desks. A group of researchers envisions using this medium to broadcast the connection, and are scheduled to make a presentation of their proposed system at the u... |
10 March 2010
08:47 GMT |
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Broadband is rather widespread today in the developed world and most Internet users have access to at least decent speeds. But the definition of broadband is very loose and the fact that what is seen as fast now may become obsolete in a year or two only makes it harder. So, while a new 100 megabits per second servic... |
26 February 2010
09:21 GMT |
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Considerably lagging behind in broadband adoption, the US fails to provide cheap and freely accessible broadband connections to the majority of its citizens. Trying to fix this issue, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) announced that its National Broadband Plan would be submitted to the US Congress on March ... |
23 February 2010
10:17 GMT |
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Saying the people at Google are bit obsessed with speed is beginning to sound quite repetitive, but they seem to want to prove it every week or so. This time it's YouTube's turn, with a speedier and lighter redesign in the works, the video site has unleashed a new tool for those bitten by the speed bug amo... |
12 February 2010
05:07 GMT |
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Google is now building its own phone, albeit with more than a little help from HTC, so there’s not much it can do that will truly be surprising. Just like the mythical GDrive, talks about Google offering its own internet connections have been around for years, but they are only now becoming a reality. The comp... |
11 February 2010
04:17 GMT |
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A staffer in the Obama administration is signaling that devices like Apple’s iPad will spell trouble for the future demands on networks. Phil Bellaria offers examples such as the network outages occurring when AOL first introduced unlimited Internet access in 1996. “Apple’s iPad announcement has set... |
4 February 2010
06:08 GMT |
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The Internet is increasingly viewed as a necessity rather than an optional luxury and the political landscape is changing to reflect this view. Broadband deployment issues are becoming the topic of political debate in more and more countries and none more so than in the UK, where the issue has been disputed for a co... |
1 February 2010
06:56 GMT |
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What better time for an update on the market with the highest number of Internet users in the world, China, than now that Google is threatening to leave it. Unsurprisingly, the number of people online continued to surge reaching 384 million at the end of 2009, a huge 13.6 percent increase from just six months earlie... |
20 January 2010
05:44 GMT |
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Unsurprisingly, Internet connection speeds continue to grow worldwide as proven by the latest State of the Internet report from Akamai, the distributed computing and content delivery provider. The data is based on the connections to the Akamai network from various countries and cities, so it's not a comprehensi... |
18 January 2010
09:47 GMT |
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A bit of a Nordic rivalry is heating up between Sweden and Finland, but a type of rivalry anyone can get behind of. Just a couple of weeks after Finland announced its plans to make broadband connections a legal right, Sweden is following suit with plans of its own. Regardless of whether it's national pride or a ... |
4 November 2009
07:17 GMT |
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The Internet is now an integral part of life in many countries and we rely on the web for anything from the banking system to entertainment. Despite this there are a great number of people who don't have access to the Internet even in the most developed countries. There are of course those who don't really ... |
15 October 2009
05:49 GMT |
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Broadband speeds in the US lag way behind countries like South Korea or Japan, a new study by the Communications Workers of America shows. The study showed that the average speed for Internet connections in the US is at 5.1 Mbps just 1.6 Mbps higher than two years ago. At this growth rate it would take the US 15 year... |
26 August 2009
04:25 GMT |
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It may be 2009 but some government agencies are just now getting their feet wet when it comes to this new fangled contraption called a blog. The US Federal Communications Commission, the independent government agency that regulates all communications in the country including Internet ones, is looking to overhaul its ... |
19 August 2009
04:18 GMT |
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The Internet has become an integral part of everyday life for a large percentage of the population, especially in the more developed regions, and Europe is no exception. Nearly half of European citizens use the Internet on a daily basis now but one third of them still have never gone online. The findings are part of ... |
5 August 2009
06:43 GMT |
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Akamai, the largest content delivery provider in the world, has released its quarterly State of the Internet Report for Q1 2009, which looks at traffic levels, security issues as well as broadband and Internet coverage around the world. Some of the findings include the fact that Japan now has more “higher broad... |
9 July 2009
10:43 GMT |
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A new study by analyst firm Strategy Analytics ranks the US in the 20th place when it comes to Internet broadband adoption. South Korea leads the pack with a 95 percent rate, compared to the US' 60 percent. Asian countries have some of the higher scores, with 5 countries out of the leading 10 being from that reg... |
19 June 2009
06:43 GMT |
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The Internet is becoming an increasingly important part of everyday life and it's being viewed, by both the public and governments, as a necessity, in line with electricity and running water. A new study by Pew Internet & American Life Project is confirming this perception showing that US citizens value their br... |
18 June 2009
06:16 GMT |
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The highly anticipated Digital Britain report was released today by the UK government, confirming some of the speculation. The biggest expected decision was the government's intention to provide every UK household with a minimum Internet connection of 2Mbps, something it has now pledged to do by 2012. Currently,... |
17 June 2009
04:20 GMT |
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Clearwire Communications, LLC, the operating subsidiary of Clearwire Corporation, has announced today the launch of its 4G WiMAX wireless broadband network Atlanta. Through this launch Atlanta becomes one of the fastest unwired cities in the South, while the CLEAR service is available for more than three million peop... |
16 June 2009
09:07 GMT |
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While the Internet may seem like an essential service for many, with even the British government marking it as one, others wouldn't have any use for it even for free. According to research by the UK Communications Consumer Panel for regulator Ofcom, 42 percent of adults in the UK who currently aren't connec... |
10 June 2009
09:42 GMT |
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Google indicated that it remained committed, as strong as ever, to Net neutrality. In this regard, Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel, said that “Broadband providers – the on-ramps to the Internet – should not be allowed to prioritize traffic based on the source, ownership or destin... |
17 December 2008
03:21 GMT |
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Microsoft was one of the tech giants quick to welcome the news that the channels not delivering broadcasting television programming of the US TV airwaves are free to deliver wireless broadband Internet connections. In this manner, the Redmond giant, along with additional technology companies that have lobbied intensi... |
5 November 2008
05:27 GMT |
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