Work on the Welsh government's Superfast Cymru programme is under way, the Welsh business minister Edwina Hart has announced. The project looks to deliver high-speed and "world class" broadband access to 96 per cent of Welsh homes and ...
The idea that broadband projects face a struggle to find finance is a myth, according to the director general of non-profit organisation FTTH Council Europe, Hartwig Tauber. "Because of the financial crisis, people say there is no money ...
Tags: broadband projects, FTTH Council Europe, fibre broadband
Looking to converge its telecoms services, the UAE-based Du announced on Tuesday that it had partnered with Alcatel-Lucent to deploy the latest IP-routing technology. The move will eliminate the need for Du to manage multiple networks, ...
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In an effort to counteract the problems of an underdeveloped fixed communication infrastructure, Etisalat Group’s Atlantique Telecom Cote d’Ivoire on Monday announced that it has chosen Ericsson to upgrade Ivory Coast’s 2G ...
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BT is wrong to claim that the UK does not have the demand to justify rolling out a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) product nationally, according to the director general of the non-profit organisation FTTH Council Europe, Hartwig Tauber. The ...
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STMicroelectronics has announced that its “Liege” set-top box chipsets have received security certification from Conax, a supplier of conditional access solutions for digital TV. Conax's Contego content protection platform ...
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The benefits of simplifying business communications have led Servcorp to produce a series of YouTube videos outlining their innovative total business solution. SINGAPORE, January 18, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The benefits of simplifying ...
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Optoelectronic chip and module maker JDSU of Milpitas, CA, USA has appointed Rex Jackson as executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Susan Spradley as senior vice president with responsibility for the development and ...
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The Welsh government has invested 39m into faster broadband services for schools, the First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones has announced. The investment comes from a new "Learning In Digital Wales Grant" that aims to help students to ...
Cisco Systems has been sued in a federal court by East Carolina University (ECU) for the "Tomorrow Starts Here" tagline it adopted in December. ECU in Greenville, North Carolina, has used the mark 'Tomorrow Starts Here' for over a decade, ...
IDG News Service - IPv6, the next version of the Internet Protocol, could make life easier and battery life longer for electronics-addicted consumers. Much of the push for IPv6 has been focused on the requirements of enterprises and the ...
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LTE is set to become the most successful mobile phone standard with the fastest commercial deployment, according to the GSA mobile suppliers association. The GSA says that 145 operators have launched commercial LTE 4G services in 66 ...
Dish Network has offered to buy Clearwire for US$3.30 per share, throwing a wrench in Sprint Nextel's deal to buy its mobile broadband partner for $2.97 per share. Clearwire disclosed Dish's offer in a press release on Tuesday afternoon, ...
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Entropic today announced its Channel Stacking Switch and Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA(R))-based silicon and software have been selected by DIRECTV PanAmericana to enhance the way content is delivered into and connected throughout ...
Tags: Entropic, Channel Stacking Switch, Multimedia, Coax Alliance, software
IDG News Service - Former President Bill Clinton made a surprise appearance at the International CES on Wednesday, where he talked a little about technology and a lot about hot-button political issues like the environment and gun control. ...
Tags: politics, technology, Internet