High Speed Internet Factsheet

ABS-CBN – A religious group on Friday called on Cabinet members involved in controversial national broadband network (NBN) deal to leave their posts. abs-cbnNEWS.com (2/29/2008 11:20:25 PM) Cont

CNBC – NEW YORK (AP) – The New York attorney general’s office has requested information from Comcast Corp. on the company’s handling of Internet traffic. Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, is the subject of several complaints to the Federal Cont

Manila Bulleting Online – of more than 500 member schools in 17 regions, yesterday appealed to both the government and its critics for sobriety and strict observance of the rule of law in resolving the latest political crisis triggered by the controversial National Broadband Cont

Consumer Electronics Net – Allowing Internet-service providers to address capacity and piracy abuses is the best way of providing consumers with a dynamic, content-rich broadband experience,” the MPAA said in its filing at the commission. Cont

Forbes – Azuro, Inc. the provider of advanced clock implementation tools for nanometer chip design, today announced that Ikanos Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:IKAN), a leading developer and provider of Fiber Fast(TM) broadband solutions, has augmented their Cont

MSN MoneyCentral – RHD believes much of the issues are economic, but we think 2009 will also be tough as rising broadband and mobile search penetration continues to ratchet up the difficulty of selling print,” he said in a client note. Cont

Market Wire – An impressive array of high-profile musicians uses First Act’s instruments As the only true on-demand, secure Internet-based PLM service, Arena PLM provides a improve operational efficiencies , collaboration and speed time-to-market More Here

ITWeb – Johannesburg, 29 February 2008 ] – Wireless and Internet service providers, already under threat of It will also end what ISPA calls a rapid growth in dubious data-sharing practices facilitated by the increase in high-speed More Here

The Superficial – You know what gives him that speed? His penis. Yeah, it s like science or something. It’s a self-contained underground shelter with a high tech air purifying shelter. More Here

Earthtimes – In the first of these papers researchers developed an integrated high-speed receiver using DQPSK modulation that is about 1 For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/ More Here

Silicon Republic – This partnership will explore the newly emerging field of all-optical networking, which is aimed at developing high-speed and low-cost internet access using optical fibre. More Here

Sentinel & Enterprise – While others are concerned that weak competition between broadband Internet providers allows them to block certain content providers, Bosley argued it also allows them to block certain communities. Cont

Consumer Electronics Net – Coastal Broadband has continued its growth and solidified its position as the premier Wireless Internet Provider in Southern Georgia and now it is time for Podium Venture Group to expand its footprint in the Wireless Internet market. Cont

Consumer Electronics Net – At December 31, 2007, KPN served over 35 million customers, of which 27 million in wireless services, 5.4 million in wireline voice, 2.4 million in broadband Internet and 0.5 million in TV. Cont

Forbes – This comprehensive set of solutions support a range of architectures and applications such as LTE, fixed mobile convergence, IMS, broadband wireless access, WiMAX, VoIP and triple play, including IPTV. Cont

News.com.au – With secondly, that growth dynamic able to very effectively leverage off Telstra’s emerging dominance in both mobile and fixed broadband. Its unequalled 3G and ADSL2+ networks. Cont

MSN MoneyCentral – As the first of its kind, the Mercury 1U Dual Cell-Based System 2 (DCBS-2) employs two Cell Broadband Engine(TM) (BE) processors to boost applications that demand a low acoustic signature in combination with the added density of the 1U form factor Cont

Ars Technica – In the land where VC money flows, nary a drop for massive muni WiFi network EarthLink hangs “for sale” sign on municipal WiFi business Microsoft dewires Portland New Orleans to take city-wide WiFi network offline An ambitious but troubled WiFi Read More

Stockhouse Canada – Roaming solution provider Comfone, Alvarion and Iberbanda have developed roaming technology to take advantage of WiFi and mobile WiMAX. The partnership enables service providers to deliver wireless connections by using Intel’s WiMax Connection 2250 Read More

Consumer Electronics Net – This speech-enabled system is available on almost any mobile device offered by any carrier or WiFi network and offers the highest accuracy with little or no training. Read More

Zone-H – Recently Zone-H have been playing with VOIP, specifically the SIP protocol which is powering everything from VOIP hardware phones, wifi and software based “softphones”. We were always searching for new utilities and tools and ran across a freeware Read More

Lansing State Journal – New construction would include amenities travelers expect, including wireless Internet access. If approved, the hotel would represent Phase IV of the West Village development. More Here

Atlanta Journal Constitution – With the Internet it’s easy for people to find him, and they’re always coming up to him and telling him what an inspiration he’s been to them,” Motacki said. More Here

TechNewsWorld – Never use the Internet via an unsecured wireless connection. Password-protect your wireless access at home. Use an up-to-date antivirus product and install Internet browser security patches to keep out data-stealing Trojans and spyware. When entering More Here

Reuters – spokeswoman Sophia Tso said, referring to Internet reports that China United planned to raise 60 billion yuan ($8.40 billion) to 70 billion yuan from a new share offer. More Here

Rapid City Journal – There are a growing number of citizens who are not paying the 911 surcharge because they are using a prepaid wireless service or some type of voice-over-the-Internet service,” Rufledt told the committee. More Here

CNET News – of consumer advocacy groups that support Net neutrality regulations–including Free Press, Public Knowledge, Media Access Project, and Consumers Union–petitioned the FCC to proclaim that “degrading peer-to-peer traffic” violates federal broadband More Here

e-Travel Blackboard – The other two blocks of residential tower of 40 storeys known as Tower A and B, will feature fully equipped kitchens, broadband internet connectivity and 32-inch LCD screens. More Here

CNN Money – CAMBRIDGE, Mass . -(Dow Jones)- Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said he was “troubled” by the serious allegations made against Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) over its broadband network management practices. Martin made the comment in More Here

Gulf Times – The $329mn contract for a national broadband network has been scrapped, but the Senate is still investigating the kickbacks scandal. DPA More Here

Gulf Times – The latest corruption allegation again Arroyo involves a now-defunct $329mn national broadband network deal with China s state-run ZTE Corp. More Here

Outlook India – S andhya Jain, a Delhi-based author, says she’s had enough of high-speed Internet. The promised 128 kilobits per second (kbps) is never more than 56-65 kbps. Apart from the crawling speed, there are mysterious drop-offs several times a day, just when More Here

Dallas Business Journal – Local nonprofit gets $50,000 grant from AT&T [Jacksonville] AT&T expands wireless broadband coverage [Jacksonville] AT&T enhances small-business resource site [San Antonio] Bank of America chosen for Dow Jones Industrial Average [Greensboro] Big oil More Here

MSN MoneyCentral – The company owns 13 television stations, more than 40 Web sites and two broadband channels. Des Moines-based Bankers Trust has about 300 employees. More Here

ABS-CBN – The answer to the growing calls of civil society for an independent probe and prosecution of those involved in the overpriced national broadband deal with Chinese company ZTE may come from loyal administration ally, newly elected Speaker Prospero More Here

MSN MoneyCentral – Proxim Wireless Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXM), a leader in core-to-client solutions for metro-scale broadband wireless networks, today announced that it supplied broadband wireless equipment for the 50th running of the Daytona 500 during the DIRECTV More Here

DailyTech – Sony touts the Cell broadband engine in its Playstation 3 consoles; IBM uses the Cell processor in high performance computing clusters. Toshiba has vowed to now use the Cell in its upcoming products. More Here

Chattanoogan – EPB filed a motion Friday asking the Davidson County Chancery Court to dismiss the lawsuit brought by the Tennessee Cable Telecommunications Association that seeks to block EPB from providing advanced broadband services to the Chattanooga area Read More

TSN – 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. Read More

Mac Central – Streaming local media: While you could store media on the Apple TV s hard drive, the device s ability to stream music and audio quickly over a fast broadband or Ethernet connection was impressive enough that savvier Apple TV owners kept their Read More

CNBC – Telstra , Australia’s largest phone company, beat expectations with a 13 percent increase in first-half profit, helped by rapid mobile phone and broadband subscriber growth, and lifted its 2008 guidance. The former government monopoly upgraded its Read More

The Australian – The Rudd Government is banking on deals with telecommunications companies to connect each of the 2650 senior schools across the nation to broadband – with the prospect of free connections if they sign up to particular companies for continuing service Read More

Forbes – Following our strategic acquisitions in the areas of interactive television, broadband Internet and advertising media, we now offer our customers an expanded suite of services and solutions that connect, inform and entertain guests and patients. Read More

The Independent – Francesco Caio, former chief executive of Cable & Wireless, is no doubt a talented chap who knows an awful lot about modern telecommunications. The future of broadband Britain is an equally worthy cause. Yet is it really necessary for the Department Read More

TMCnet – In VoIP phone service, users are able to make telephone calls using their broadband Internet connections. In many parts of the world, local telephone services are being replaced by VoIP services and the customers and the end users are not complaining Cont

Forbes – VZ), headquartered in New York, is a leader in delivering broadband and other wireline and wireless communication innovations to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Cont

MSN MoneyCentral – A decade into the broadband era and the high-quality easy-to-watch streaming media we were promised is nowhere in sight. YouTube and other sites use 1995-era video-encoding algorithms — they work on almost all computers, but they’re bandwidth hogs Cont

ABS-CBN – Arroyo’s ouster were renewed recently after top government officials, including the President’s husband, were linked to a graft-marred broadband deal between the Philippine and Chinese governments. Cont

Christian Science Monitor – The expansion of broadband access, which makes the streaming of digital content practical, is also driving the trend: As of October, more than 50 percent of US adults had broadband, up from 9 percent in 2001. Cont

CNBC – 2008-02-20 07:55:28 Redline launches 2 new broadband wireless public safety applications LONDON (Thomson Financial) – Redline Communications Group Inc said it has launched two new broadband public safety and military communications applications Cont

DailyTech – More HDD space, integrated Wifi, built in BD drive. It still is the better value, even with the price drop considering the Wifi alone for the 360 costs another $100. More Here

CNN Money – Panmure ’sell’ Dana Petroleum 1,320 down 51 Credit Suisse cuts tgt to 1,661p from 1,720 & reduces estimates Balfour Beatty 449-1/2 down 7-3/4 FY results Mar 5 Other risers Spectrum Interactive 16-3/4 up 3-3/4 Launches new WiFi & Blackberry printing service More Here

MSN MoneyCentral – We are very pleased with the performance of the Airspan WiMAX, WiFi and VoIP solutions. As a new carrier, we are committed to provide our customers with a broad range of telecommunication services with high, carrier-grade quality. More Here

WebWire – their own have the key that will enable them to unlock the opportunities promised by Home Networking, whereas the stakes are massive: in Western Europe alone, the Strategy Analytics research firm is forecasting that 65 million homes will have a Wifi More Here