High Speed Internet Factsheet

Seattle Times – He realized he had taken enough science to become a high-school science teacher. He used the climate-change debate to teach critical thinking. His activism didn’t kick in until he and his wife, Jodi Coleman, 37, got high-speed Internet nine months ago Cont

Bloomberg – The acquisition of Neuf Cegetel, France’s second-largest fixed-line phone company, adds 3.1 million high-speed Internet users for SFR and more than 3 billion euros in annual sales. SFR, Paris-based Vivendi’s largest unit, has about 34 percent of the Cont

Access North GA – Additional giveaways will be available throughout opening weekend. Monkey Joe s caters to children ages 2-12, while providing a parents lounge with high-definition, big-screen TVs and free high-speed Internet access. On the Net: Monkey Joe’s Cont

Media Life Magazine – High-speed internet access can be found in more than 65 percent of households in Canada, and 42 percent of poll respondents say they access some form of online media for general news, while 21 percent use the internet to find breaking news. Cont

Bloomberg – Dec. 19 (Bloomberg) — Brasil Telecom Participacoes SA, the country’s third-largest fixed-line telephone company, bought a license for radio frequencies allowing it to expand high-speed wireless Internet services to Brazilian clients. Brasil Telecom Cont

Cincinnati Enquirer – How much is spent on cable television, cell phone service, or high-speed Internet access each month? Perhaps a trip or two less to the fast food drive-through could amass enough to insure a family’s property. In one case in the past, a customer Cont

Detroit News – Comcast, AT&T rivalry heats up Companies blitz Metro Detroit consumers with ads touting deals on digital TV, high-speed Internet. Nathan Hurst / The Detroit News DETROIT — Metro Detroiters are being courted by Comcast Corp. and AT&T Inc. in a Cont

Bloomberg – The fixed-line carriers, China Telecom and China Netcom Group Corp., are shifting focus toward broadband Internet services to compensate for their loss of subscribers. Unicom said yesterday its subscribers rose by 1.4 million to 158.9 Read More

MSN MoneyCentral – India, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — UTStarcom, Inc. UTSI , a global leader in IP-based, end-to-end networking solutions and services, today announced that Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) has successfully launched its multiplay broadband Read More

Guardian Unlimited – Philips is selling Pace its set-top boxes unit and connectivity solutions business, which specialises in broadband technology, in exchange for 70m shares in the British company. The deal will give Philips a 23% stake in Pace and means that between Read More

PC Magazine UK – Broadband video search and online advertising revenue will dominate digital media in 2008 as the battle between Google and Microsoft intensifies, according to a leading digital media analyst. Aleksandra Bosnjak, lead analyst at StrategyEye Digital Read More

ZDNet Blogs – It does have Bluetooth and WiFi as well. These wireless options makes me wonder if this could be the next device in the T-Mobile Shadow lineup. When the T-Mobile Shadow Windows Mobile Smartphone (see my first impressions ) it was passed along that this Cont

OregonLive.com – The game room also features a snack bar and a comfortable seating area and free WiFi for parents who bring their children in to play and want to stay close. Rhonda Uttecht, whose son Jonathan, 18, is one of many young volunteers helping out in the Cont

The Inquirer – Sadly, still no WiFi or WiMAX. Treo 755p still uses the Palm OS, however, according to crystal ball gazers a Linux version is supposedly planned for 2009. The 755p has a 1.3 mexapixel camera and voice dialing for an extra monthly charge from Verizon Cont

Dallas Morning News – We take our laptops and seek shelter (and WiFi) either elsewhere in the building, as Mr. Judkins does, or farther away in libraries and bookstores. The term “white space” implies a place set apart, physically and mentally. It Cont

MobileMag – The first Sony Mylo was an interesting device for a lot of reasons. While it took on a similar form factor as the hugely popular T-Mobile Sidekick, the Mylo wasn’t a cell phone at all. Instead, it relied completely on WiFi to connect to the world Cont

Forbes – Wall Street Washington CIO Network Enterprise Tech Infoimaging Digital Infrastructure Internet Personal Tech Sciences Security Wireless Bonds Commodities LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ — AtomicOnline (http://www.AtomicOnline.com), a diversified Read More

RTT News – Other stocks that are posting significant losses include wireless, internet and real estate stocks. The losses by wireless stocks have resulted in a 1.5 percent loss by the Amex Wireless Index, which hit a three-month low earlier in the session. On Read More

RTT News – Some internet, wireless, and software stocks are posting steep losses. Meanwhile, some housing stocks continue to buck the downtrend by the broader market, with the Philadelphia Housing Sector Index currently up 1.2 percent. Centex (CTX), D.R. Horton Read More

ABC News – It sounded like a great idea: big cities would offer wide-area wireless Internet access as part of their infrastructure, the same as roads, traffic lights, and sewers. A cheap, fast Net connection anywhere within city limits, 24/7. What’s not to love Read More

Forbes – ACS is the leading integrated communications provider in Alaska, offering local telephone service, wireless, long distance, data, and Internet services to business and residential customers throughout Alaska. More information can be found on the Read More

CNBC – HOUSTON (AP) _ KBR Inc., the military contractor and construction and engineering company, said Monday it expects to post earnings of $1.30 to $1.60 a share for 2008. NEW YORK (AP) _ Chinese wireless content provider and Internet portal operator Read More

CNBC – NEW YORK – Chinese wireless content provider and Internet portal operator KongZhong Corp. on Monday increased its fourth-quarter revenue outlook due to stronger-than-anticipated wireless content sales. KongZhong American Depositary Shares rose $1.23 Read More

MSN MoneyCentral – Among their offerings are the world’s most advanced IP-based business communications services and the nation’s leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and Read More

MSN MoneyCentral – ADDvantage distributes are used to acquire, distribute, and protect the broad range of communications signals carried on fiber optic, coaxial cable and wireless distribution systems, including television programming, high-speed data (Internet) and Read More

Raleigh News & Observer – This broadband wireless network provides high speed wireless access for Internet-based applications available to guests in the resort rooms and villas. BelAir worked with Sprint to install the network, and Sprint provides the management and Read More

Forbes – Wall Street Washington CIO Network Enterprise Tech Infoimaging Digital Infrastructure Internet Personal Tech Sciences Security Wireless Bonds Commodities Mobile phones stand to become the primary Internet appliance for people worldwide, according to M/C Read More

MSN MoneyCentral – BroadbandAccess, the enhanced high-speed wireless service that equips Verizon Wireless’ business customers with a truly untethered mobile office experience, enabling them to wirelessly access their calendars, the Internet, email and critical business Read More

Florida Times-Union – CHRIS VIOLA/The Times-Union Latasha Belin Josey, Waycross city grant coordinator, and Frank Baugh, city engineer, look forward to the results of a feasibility study on making high speed wireless Internet access available throughout the city. Baugh Read More

Boston Globe – Thanks to the rise of WiFi wireless Internet technology, there’s an infinite supply of music and video streaming through the ether all around us. And now a bunch of new digital music players make it possible to plug in and listen. You’d expect Apple Read More

DailyTech – While the Internet has a wealth of good things going for it, there are some bad points as well. Social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook illustrate these points well. Most users of MySpace and Facebook use the sites as they were intended Read More

American Reporter – You can’t imagine a phone company acting with the boldness of Microsoft jumping into the consumer electronics business, or Google offering WiFi networks to communities. Technical issues: What Are Telcos Betting On? Maybe you don’t approve of my Read More

Washington Post – Five Cool Tech Stocking Stuffers (Not Your Usual Holiday Gifts!) Our top 5 holiday selections include a hub for oversize USB plugs, a wearable WiFi-detecting t-shirt (very fun), and a superportable MP3 player. PC World Friday, December 14, 2007; 2:19 AM Read More

PRWeb – Satellite-WiFi convergence provides new model for serving Global Broadband Market. WiFi is transforming the worldwide access business and converged satellite-WiFi deployments now promise to carve out several niches of the access market that can not be Read More

Tech Dirt – One way was WiFi and “beaming” songs amongst the Zune’s. Well, in order to get content providers (read: RIAA members) to buy off on the (oh noes!) sharing of music files was to give them a chunk of money for Read More

Sports Illustrated – Though if yours is without a 2MB Camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, or a Web Browser, seriously consider upgrading. Then check out 30+ Uses for Your Camera Phone , How To Access Your Computer from Your Cell Phone , Zyb , and the illustrious Mosquito Ringtone . Oh Read More

The Independent – It is not clear whether these services make any money, but the long-term benefit for retailers of electronic equipment and broadband providers will come from a more digitally competent public that want better networks and computers. Tesco’s potential Cont

Manila Bulleting Online – It used to be that the wireless broadband tiff in the country was confined only to WeRoam of PLDT and Visibility of Globe Telecom. However, the introduction of a mobile version of Smart Bro is expected to change the complexion of the game. With a Cont

Financial Times – The BBC is throwing its weight behind Ofcom, the communications watchdog, in pushing for a faster broadband network to be built across Britain. Ashley Highfield, the BBC s director for future media and technology, said he was concerned that without Cont

CNN – I think that probably through the Web and e-mail and broadband, I handle three times what I did when I first started out. In my first business in 1992 I was using a fax machine and a telephone and a computer — for my clients I was actually Cont

Barron’s Online – IT’S NOT OFTEN THAT SCOTT BLACK TRADES in telecommunication stocks. But the chief of Boston’s Delphi Management made an exception in the case of Citizens Communications. Based on the company’s solid growth in cash flow, strong margins and hefty Cont

TSN – Fantasy Hockey on TSN.ca See who TSN’s panel of experts picked for their 2007-08 fantasy pool, and stay informed with the latest insight and analysis on TSN Broadband from TSN.ca’s Scott Cullen and Nic Sulsky. Dec. 14: Holiday Bargains 2007-08 TSN Cont

Forbes – At the user level the 3300 ICP supports the industry’s largest range of desktop devices including entry-level IP phones, Web-enabled IP devices, wireless handsets (WiFi or IP-DECT) and full-duplex IP audio conference units. Mitel premierPARTNER Read More

PR Inside – Barco is a distributor of wireless technologies operating in 2,4GHz / 3,5GHz/ 5GHz bands based on WiFi or WiMAX standard. Barco delivers solutions for wireless transmission, broadband access and high-capacity backbone networks for telecommunication Read More

Chip Design Magazine – MIPS Technologies provides the number one processor architecture worldwide in high-growth markets such as digital television, broadband access, WiFi, cable set-top boxes, DVD recorders, HD DVDs, and VoIP. The company offers the broadest array of Read More

PR.com – The service uses both Bluetooth and P2P WIFI enabled mobile devices to interact with a user s online profile and record relative matches to other users they come into close proximity with (within 300 metres). At next log on, users are then Read More

e-Travel Blackboard – Bali Spa and fully fitted fitness centre and outdoor pool. The hotel was the first in Thailand to offer complimentary WiFi and internet access in guest rooms and all public areas. Parking for 900 cars. For further details see www.chaophyapark.com Read More

The Register – Intel says that sometime next year it will introduce a version of Centrino that includes both WiFi and WiMAX modules. This contraption is codenamed “Montevina.” The company insists that WiMAX is the future of broadband wireless internet, choosing to Read More

MobileMag – The radios found inside include GPS, and 802.11b/g WiFi. We also hear that there’s a 5 megapixel CyberShot camera, 160MB internal memory, M2 and microSD expansion, and a 360 MHz processor. Like I said, these are all rumored specs, but we hope to hear Read More

BBC News – Widespread broadband may be too expensive to install in some developing communities, leading to greater reliance on wireless and satellite-based connectivity. Users may use mobile devices as their primary way to connect to the internet Read More

ScrippsNews – In September, Alaska Airlines said it would test a satellite-based in-flight wireless Internet system next year and may equip its entire 114-aircraft fleet. Passengers with Wi-Fi-enabled devices will connect to the Internet through a device mounted Read More

Sequim Gazette – and two private rooms outfitted like an emergency room with an EKG machine, spirometer, suture lamps, orthopedic equipment for fractures, sprains and strains, a cast cart, portable oxygen and a computer for each patient bed with wireless Internet Read More

Forbes – The company’s service offerings include wired and wireless telephone, high-speed Internet and cable and IP television. In addition, the company operates a telephone directory publishing business. For more information, please visit www.hargray.com. Read More

MSN MoneyCentral – I see a tremendous opportunity for Internet America to establish a leading position in the rural wireless Internet access market,” said Mr. Mihaylo. “I intend on being an active participant in the Company’s growth and aim on directing my forty Read More

Associated Press – The wireless communications software maker will buy PCTEL Inc.’s cell-phone and wireless Internet software unit for $59.7 million in cash. 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or Read More

MacNewsWorld – It is necessary in this environment.” Free WiFi Hotspot Locator from TechNewsWorld Wondering where to find the nearest publicly available WiFi Internet access? Our global directory of more than 100,000 locations in 26 countries is a terrific tool for More Here

WebWire – The storage port can be configured so designers can select up to two SDIO devices such as Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, and SD cards, making Astoria ideal for applications such as data cards and dongles. Astoria also supports other types of storage from a More Here

Slate – And given how little they understand technology, it will be a while before they realize it, and will then have to make a deal for access to their network. Since t-mobile is already offering free phone calls over wifi (if you have their standard More Here

MacNN – Rokland recently unveiled the RokAir WiFi USB adaptor for Macs using OS 10.3 or higher. The RokAir is billed as an Airport alternative, and uses 802.11b and g to communicate with routers. Rokland says that users can expect to see a 100- to 200-foot More Here

CNW Group – TORONTO, Dec. 10 /CNW/ – IRISTEL Inc., one of Canada’s leading voice and data service providers is pleased to announce that it is now adding Hybrid Phones to its VoIP Solutions. Hybrid phones grant users the opportunity to make connections using a More Here