Comcast invested $8.5 billion towards Capex in 2015
Comcast Corporation said its revenue rose 8.5 percent to $19.24 billion in Q4 2015, and grew 8.3 percent to $74.51 billion in 2015.
Comcast CEO...
Comcast invests in DOCSIS 3.1-powered gigabit Internet service
Comcast has made investment in launching DOCSIS 3.1-powered gigabit Internet service to residential and business customers in Atlanta and Nashville in early 2016.
The world’s...
TRAI suggestions to revive India’s optical fiber project
Telecom regulator TRAI has recommended public-private partnership (PPP) model to revive Bharat Broadband Network (BBNL), India’s national optical fiber project.
The NOFN project aims to...
TDC to make investments in 1 Gbps broadband network in Denmark
TDC Group has decided to make investments to upgrade its coaxial network to deliver broadband speeds of up to 1 Gbps in Denmark.
The company has selected...
Digital India should not hide big corporate interests: Rahul Gandhi
Having failed so far to come up with a coherent policy on net neutrality, the Narendra Modi government must guard against allowing Digital India...
34 million Americans do not have 25 Mpbs broadband access
34 million Americans do not have access to broadband meeting the benchmark speeds of 25 Mpbs for downloads / 3 Mbps for uploads, said...
Railtel broadband to connect 500,000 homes in two years
Railtel Corporation said its broadband will reach 500,000 households through its Railwire network at the block level in the next two years.
The Broadband Highway...
Norrsken invests in networks to offer 100G services
Norrsken, a regional telecom operator in Sweden, has made investment in networks to offer 100G multi-service transport services.
Norrsken offers bandwidth over a network covering...
UK telecoms to share broadband speed details with business clients, will TRAI and DoT?
British telecom regulator Ofcom is set to revolutionize the broadband market by prompting operators to share more accurate and reliable information on the broadband...
RailTel, Google start free Wi-Fi in Mumbai Central
Internet search engine Google has made its investment in boosting Internet usage by starting free public Wi-Fi service in Mumbai Central – in association...
TRAI to share data pricing norms shortly as war with Facebook still on
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said its norms on the issue of differential pricing of data will be firmed up by January-end.
"We will...
Broadband network needs $450 bn investment to connect the next 1.5 bn
The estimated investment for broadband network infrastructure to connect the next 1.5 billion people by 2020 will be $450 billion, said ITU.
ITU revealed the...
Broadband advertisements are misleading UK consumers: Ofcom
Fixed broadband operators’ advertisements about their offerings are confusing the consumers in the U.K., said a study by telecom regulator Ofcom and ASA.
Ofcom will...
Facebook responds to TRAI on Free Basics
Social networking site Facebook India on Wednesday responded to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)'s letter regarding Free Basics, saying it tried to...
What TRAI ignored in broadband directions to telecoms
When the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Wednesday released draft directions on delivering broadband services, it missed several facts that negatively impact...
Swisscom makes investment in broadband network
Telecom network operator Swisscom announced its investment to expand its advanced broadband network.
Swisscom has made investment in DSL+LTE bonding technology to use the fixed-line...