High Speed Internet Factsheet

SACRAMENTO Sacramento’s city council has voted to end a contract with a technology company that was to have provided the city with free Internet access. It was the capital’s second failed attempt at blanketing the city with Wi-Fi. Sacramento Metro More Here

We warned you months ago that in-flight WiFi was coming, and now it’s here. This morning American Airlines launched airborne broadband service on 15 nonstop transcontinental flights, allowing passengers to send e-mail, chat by IM and browse the More Here

Share August 20, 2008 (Computerworld) American Airlines launched in-flight Wi-Fi service on three long-haul routes in the U.S. today, and it will decide in three to six months whether to expand the service to other routes. While there has been a More Here

Microsoft to buy up to $100M in Novell SUSE Linux support vouchers Wi-Fi in-flight comes to some American routes Apple: iPhone update improves 3G; users disagree Gag order against MIT students dissolved by judge Yahoo Buzz poses serious threat to More Here

The puffery got going in the spring of 2005, when the Airbus A380 took to the air for its maiden test flight. “The most anticipated flight since Concorde leapt from the pavement in 1969,” cried one news report. “Straight into the history books,” said More Here

The amazing Zen X-Fi has better sound, features, headphones, and storage options than the Apple iPod Touch–and for a lower price, too. The Creative Zen X-Fi is beyond question a better all-around digital music player than any of Apple ’s current More Here

KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced today that REDtone, Malaysia’s leading alternative communications, multimedia innovator and service provider, has launched East Malaysia’s first WiMAX Cont

On Friday, Ofcom told us that everybody in the UK should be able to get 50Mbps broadband so where is it, and who do we have to kill to get it? The main reason we don’t have such speeds right now is that there isn’t enough fibre in our digital Cont

The rehearsals are over and last-minute tweaks have been made. American Airlines’ new in-flight broadband service goes live starting today. For $12.95, passengers on AA flights using its Boeing 767-200 will be able to surf the Net, check e-mail Cont

Bhubaneswar: TAKING the e-Governance applications a step ahead, the Panchayatiraj De partment today signed a memoran dum of under standing with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) for develop ing an exclusive and reliable broadband Internet Cont

StarHub and MobileOne’s (M1) bid to build Singapore’s next-generation broadband network suffered a big blow on Wednesday after partner and consortium leader City Telecom (Hong Kong) pulled out of the group in a surprise move. The consortium, called Cont

Kevin Martin, chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, during a television interview in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 1. Highlights: Changed cable TV franchising rules, paving the way for AT&T and other phone companies to enter video Cont

PLEASANTON, Calif., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ — The Wi-Fi Alliance, the global, non-profit industry association, has selected Matthew Gast, an engineer in the Office of the CTO at Trapeze Networks, to chair two new, very important task groups. Gast will Read More

After spending summer vacation shooting the sights, many people face the same chore: labeling and organizing digital photos before forgetting what they are and where they were taken. Now there’s a way to upload photos that are already labeled with Read More

Ozmo Devices, a leading provider of low-power Wi-Fi Personal Area Network (Wi-Fi PAN) solutions, and Avago Technologies, one of the most important suppliers of analog interface components for communications, industrial, and consumer applications Read More

A year after releasing the 605 WiFi portable video player (a CNET Editors’ Choice), Archos is announcing plans to release three new devices in the following months: The Archos 5, Archos 7, and Archos 5g. Archos is also updating its DVR Station Read More

There’s been an explosion in growth of WiFi hotspots during the last several years. Best-guess estimates range from 33,000 WLAN hotspots worldwide to more than 250,000 at present. (That’s mainly because service providers, themselves, are unsure how Read More

Reports abound that the iPhone 3G isn t living up to its family name: it may be an iPhone, but ordinary owners, reporters, and pundits are saying that in regular usage its actual speed is far below the potential 700 Kbps to 1.7 Mbps claimed by AT&T Read More

GEORGETOWN — So you’d like to play hooky from work on a pleasant day, but the e-mails are pouring in and piling up? Here’s a possible compromise: Take your laptop outside and surf the Net for free in the scenic Circle. The town and county have Read More

Qwest Communications International has reached a tentative agreement with two labor unions averting a potential strike that could have disrupted service for the Democratic and Republican national conventions to be held in the next few weeks. On More Here

Lenovo today announced the ThinkPad X301 notebook PC, taking the thinnest and lightest full-function notebook in its class 1 , to new heights in performance. Like its predecessor, the industry-acclaimed ThinkPad X300 notebook , the ThinkPad X301 More Here

High-Speed Network Gives Verizon Wireless Customers Access to Fast Wireless Internet, E-mail, Mobile Music, Videos and More GALION, Ohio , Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ — Verizon Wireless announced today that it has expanded the national rollout of its high More Here

MUMBAI: Time Broadband Services Pvt Ltd (TBSL) has announced that it will launch a slew of TV channels on GPRS-enabled mobile phone. By the end of this month, TBSL will introduce 15 free-to-air, digital entertainment and news channels on cellular More Here

TELCOS Vodafone and Optus have simultaneously announced USB modem solutions to boost mobile broadband usage but have employed starkly different sales tactics. Vodafone’s cheapest “internet-ready” plan will start at $19.95 monthly for 1GB over 24 Cont

Read up on the latest ideas and technologies from companies that sell hardware, software and services. Options for wireless broadband and Internet access have expanded with Optus announcing it will offer a pre-paid wireless broadband service in what Cont

SEATTLE – Spotty wireless broadband connectivity for some of Apple Inc.’s new iPhones most likely results from a hardware problem introduced during mass production, a Swedish technical magazine reported Wednesday. Ny Teknik, Sweden’s foremost Cont

Mobile phone operators look set to be second-tier players in the fixed-line broadband market. Orange is the mobile operator with the largest number of fixed-line broadband customers, at 1.1m, but it has been suffering significant problems. In March Cont

The Mountain State ranks 37th in a state-by-state report released Tuesday of real-time Internet connection speeds, with a median download speed of 1.99 megabits per second (mbps). The national report is based on aggregated data from nearly 230,000 Read More

Customers coast to coast turn to Qwest’s industry-leading national fiber-optic network and world-class Spirit of Service to meet their communications and entertainment needs. For residential customers, Qwest’s powerful combination of award-winning Read More

Web-surfers are flexing those index fingers and clicking that Search button more than ever. According to a study released last week by the Pew Research Center, just under half 49 percent of Internet users use search engines regularly Read More

WASHINGTON , Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ — Just in time for the start of the new college year, students can take advantage of special pricing from Verizon for its High Speed Internet plans, which boost connectivity and save money. Students and other Web Read More

When it comes to choosing broadband Internet providers, you can’t always get what you want. But with certain limitations, you can get what you need. If you use the Internet regularly, chances are you already have broadband — that is, a high-speed Read More

This morning, the contract between Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE:Q) and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) expired as talks stalled over wage and health care issues. Qwest is fully operational. At this time, Qwest understands Read More

The British internet TV market could generate revenues of 1.78bn by 2011, according to research carried out by technology company Alcatel-Lucent. Although the industry is in its infancy, several British companies, including TV website Joost Cont

Telstra’s rising profit has spurred CEO Sol Trujillo to seek greater growth in the face of the global economic downturn. This week Mr Trujillo delivered a full year profit of $3.7 billion dollars, an increase of more than 13 per cent. Broadband and Cont

Verizon Broadband Connection Puts Fans in Virtual Control Booth; Choice of Camera Feeds – Plus Chat, Game Statistics, Highlights and More NEW YORK, Aug. 15 /PRNewswire/ — Football fans who subscribe to video and wireline broadband services with Cont

SEATTLE – Spotty wireless broadband connectivity for some of Apple Inc.’s new iPhones most likely results from a hardware problem introduced during mass production, a Swedish technical magazine reported Wednesday. Ny Teknik, Sweden’s foremost Cont

- Media Strategies for CTIA Cheryl Delgreco 617-723-4004 cdelgreco@msipr.com or Karen Blondell 310-325-6405 kblondell@msipr.com CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2008(R) has announced details of the mobile marketing sessions comprising this year’s Read More

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. , Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ — Wireless phone customers who call their provider when experiencing a problem are waiting on hold longer than in the past to speak with a service representative, according to the J.D. Power and Read More

An EV-DO-enabled hotspot will be installed as an option in 2009 models of Chrysler, Jeep, and Dodge vehicles, as well as some earlier models, the auto maker announced yesterday. Chrysler itself will not install the Mopar-produced devices direct from Read More

BURLINGTON, Mass . -(Dow Jones)- The wireless networking industry has had a lively summer, with major deals being inked and competition raging among providers as consumers turn in ever greater numbers to mobile devices for connectivity. The sector Read More

EBENSBURG – Cambria County officials say the ”core network” of their wireless communications system is online, allowing residents and businesses to log in for high- speed Internet service. The network will allow the county, months after switching Read More

T-Mobile USA could put the new HTC Android phone on sale for select customers as early as the middle of September, according to the blog TmoNews . The news comes as other rumors circulate that Android phones could be delayed into 2009 . But TmoNews Read More

Delta Air Lines will roll out wireless Internet on a majority of its planes next year. Any Wi-Fi-capable device (laptop, PDAs, etc.) will be able to access the service. The cost will be $9.95 on flights less than three hours and $12.95 on flights Read More

What Asus started with the EEE PC has been continued by firms like Acer, Dell and HP and now even MAPLIN is in on the act. The electronics high street store has its own-branded seven-inch screen model with 2GB of storage and WiFi for just 169.99 More Here

We all know that DAB radio (DAB stands for digital audio broadcasting) has never really enjoyed such a high level of success, apart from several regions around the world (Korea and UK, in particular). However, it would seem that British companies are More Here

CAPE MAY – The venerable Chalfonte Hotel, with its frothy gingerbread railings and ornate porches stacked like decks of a ship, has been likened to everything from a wedding cake to an ocean liner. But the 132-year-old queen is a time machine more More Here

If you re looking to stream your iTunes collection to up to 30 friends, a new app called SimplifyMedia from a company of the same name will let you do just that. According to the company , SimplifyMedia will let Mac, Linux, and Microsoft users take More Here

Previous Post: Several hands-on photos of the HTC Touch Pro appear Next Post: Qik now available for jailbroken iPhone and iPhone 3G devices Rumored BlackBerry 8350i to include both WiFi and GPS More Here

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug 15, 2008 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ — Internet-enabled service provider, Hotgate Technology Inc (Hotgate Inc) (OTC Bulletin Board: HTGT), has picked Indonesia to take the lead in its expansion plans as part More Here

The decision by Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. to join the government’s high-stakes auction for wireless spectrum hurt profitability in the past quarter, the company said. MTS saw profit drop by one-third, due in part to one-time auction expenses More Here

Airlines are pitching new technologies to woo the flying public, even as they raise fares and charge fees on everything from checked baggage to soft drinks. Delta Air Lines on Tuesday announced plans to outfit its domestic fleet of more than 330 More Here

Tel Aviv—- June 28 .. UbiFone, a global VOIP solutions provider today launched MoVoIP (Mobile Voice over Internet Protocol). This much anticipated turn-key solution connects mobile phone users to Internet telephony without the need to have a PC More Here

TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian regional communications firm Manitoba Telecom Services (MBT.TO: Quote ) reported a lower quarterly profit on Monday even as it cut costs and had strong growth in its wireless, high-speed Internet and digital television More Here

NEW YORK, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ — JupiterResearch, a leading authority on the impact of the Internet and emerging consumer technologies on business, has found that wireless subscriber growth is slowing due to market saturation, with US carriers More Here