New net neutrality rules rejected by 22 states in US
A group of 22 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia asked a U.S. appeals court to re-instate the Barack Obama administration’s 2015...
ISP Common Networks secures $25 mn in financing
Common Networks, a wireless internet service provider in the US, has secured $25 million in Series B financing.
Common Networks will use the proceeds from the latest...
KT signs $47 mn deal to join Philippines’s $1.8 bn broadband project
KT, a telecom operator in South Korea, signed a 53 billion won or $47 million optical fiber network contract with the Philippines’s Converge ICT Solutions, a leading ISP.
The contract...
Reliance JioGigaFiber: What broadband customers want?
Reliance Jio, which disrupted Indian telecom market with free voice services to promote 4G, today began registration for optical fibre based fixed-line broadband service.
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ACT Fibernet launches Gigabit Internet in Chennai with new rates
Atria Convergence Technologies has expanded the 1Gbps wired broadband internet service to Chennai targeting both home and business customers.
The expansion to Chennai comes at...
BT to add 1,000 customer service jobs in UK
Telecom operator BT said it would add more than 1,000 customer service jobs in UK as part of the company’s strategy to provide the...
Telecoms asked to block Facebook / WhatsApp in case of misuse
India has asked its telecom operators to find ways of blocking applications such as Facebook and messaging app WhatsApp in the case of misuse,...
Open Fiber signs $4 bn funding for broadband network in Italy
Open Fiber said banks, state lender CDP and the European Investment Bank have signed a 3.5 billion euro or $4.05 billion project finance package...
Gigabit internet deployments surge 38% since May 2017
The volume of gigabit internet deployments has increased by 38 percent since May 2017, according to a report.
Gigabit internet is available to 301 million...
Ofcom to assist 30 million plus telecom users with new rule
Ofcom has proposed new rules to assist customers of landline, broadband, TV and mobile services from over-charging.
The new guidelines will ask UK-based telecom operators...
Deutsche Telekom offers 250 Mbit/s broadband to 6 mn homes
Deutsche Telekom today said it plans to provide broadband services with up to 250 megabits per second (Mbit/s) to six million households from August...
UK targets $6.6 billion investment in fiber broadband
UK announced a number of action plans as part of the proposed investment of $6.6 billion for bringing fiber broadband to its remote regions...
KT offers the world’s fastest mobile Internet in Seoul
KT Corp. said it is offering its 10 GiGA WiFi service, the world’s fastest mobile Internet, at three coffee shops of Starbucks in Seoul.
KT’s...
Why TRAI recommendations on data privacy will create big impact
Indian telecom regulator TRAI has released its recommendations on privacy, security and ownership of the data in the telecom sector on 16 July 2018.
TRAI...
Will Reliance Jio’s fiber broadband force new business models?
Reliance Jio’s fiber broadband will force BSNL, Airtel, Atria Convergence, MTNL, Spectra, Hathway Cable, DEN Networks and Siti Networks to come out with innovative...
OTE starts FTTH investment in Greece
OTE Group, a telecom operator in Greece, announced Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Internet plans.
The coverage of FTTH, which provides a direct fiber optic connection to the...
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