Will TRAI take up poor broadband quality issue?
TRAI (The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) is yet to take up the poor quality broadband services offered by telecoms in the country.
Incidentally, TRAI...
Tamil Nadu announces Rs 3,000 crore broadband project
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said the government will invest Rs 3,000 crore to connect village panchayats through optical fibre with assistance from...
Chunghwa Telecom deploys G.fast broadband network
Telecom network vendor Alcatel-Lucent said Chunghwa Telecom of Taiwan has deployed its G.fast ultra-broadband access technology.
Huawei and ZTE are the main broadband network vendors...
PocketiNet selects Huawei FTTH solutions for Gigabit Internet
PocketiNet Communications, a broadband Internet provider, has selected Huawei for rolling out its Fiber to the Home (FTTH) to bring Gigabit Internet to Walla...
Singtel, Orange, Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica to support start-ups
Telecom network operators Singtel, Orange, Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica have joined hands to support the start-up ecosystems across Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America...
Calix signs deal with 10 new municipal broadband providers
Calix announced its deal with 10 new municipal broadband providers in North America to support their network rollouts.
Owensboro Municipal Utilities (OMU) in Kentucky is launching...
BSNL upgrades landline broadband speed to 2 Mbps
Telecom service provider BSNLhas decided to upgrade landline broadband speed to minimum 2 Mbps at no additional cost for all the broadband customers on...
New Call Telecom plans WiFi networks in northeast
New Call Telecom, one of the fastest growing residential telecom service providers in Britain, announced its plans to invest in India's northeastern region to...
Ooredoo Maldives starts Smart City initiative and free Wi-Fi
Ooredoo Maldives announced its Smart City initiative in the country.
As part of Smart City initiative, the telecom service provider introduced Ooredoo Wi-Fi Hangout Areas...
Comcast appoints Myrna Soto as chief information security officer
Comcast has promoted Myrna Soto global chief information security officer (GCISO) -- responsible for the development of cyber and data security strategies.
She will focus...
AT&T expands U-verse with AT&T GigaPower
American telecom major AT&T today announced the expansion of U-verse with AT&T GigaPower to Brookhaven, Dunwoody, Milton and Woodstock.
U-verse with AT&T GigaPower already is available in...
Kerala invites tender for free Wi-Fi service project
Kerala has invited tender for offering free Wi-Fi services in select public places in the state.
The initiative is part of digital India mission in...
DTC buses to offer free Wi-Fi service in Delhi
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced that free Wi-Fi facility would soon be provided to commuters in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses.
Kejriwal made...
Delhi to float tender for free Wi-Fi project soon
Several international firms including Google, Facebook and Ericsson along with some domestic firms have shown interest in Delhi government's free Wi-Fi project.
The Wi-Fi project...
Alcatel-Lucent 100G fuels Telefonica for undersea cable upgrade
Alcatel-Lucent said Telefonica will utilize 100G network for upgrading the PENCAN-7 and PENCAN-8 undersea cable systems.
The 100G upgrade at PENCAN-7 and PENCAN-8 undersea cable...
Delhi to re-float tender for free Wi-Fi, relief to Reliance Jio
New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has decided to re-float the tender for providing free Wi-Fi to residents via some 18,500 street poles.
The tender was...