Broadband

Telekom Austria in pact with Eutelsat to expand satellite broadband

Telekom Austria Group has tied up with Eutelsat Communications to expand satellite broadband in Central and Eastern Europe. The telecom operator with 23 million customers...
Telecom minister inaugurated BSNL Wi-Fi in Varanasi

Telecom minister inaugurates BSNL Wi-Fi offer in Varanasi

Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has inaugurated BSNL Wi-Fi offer in Varanasi. The launch in Varanasi is part of BSNL’s plan to offer Wi-Fi across 2,500 cities...
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FCC raises broadband speed benchmark to 25Mbps for downloads

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today updated broadband speed benchmark to 25Mbps for downloads and 3 Mbps for uploads against 4 Mbps/1 Mbps standard set...
Google fiber-optic network

Google Fiber to expand gigabit Internet to 18 cities

Dennis Kish, vice president, Google Fiber, said Google’s fiber-optic network will be expanded to 18 cities across four new metro areas: Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville and Raleigh-Durham. Google Fiber promises...
Time Warner

Time Warner offers 10 Gbps broadband at One World Trade Center

Time Warner Cable has completed an investment to expand its advanced communications network to One World Trade Center. The company has invested substantially to connect...
Vodacom

Alcatel-Lucent powers Vodacom to build GPON solution

Telecom network vendor Alcatel-Lucent will support Vodacom to build a gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) solution to expand its customer base in enterprise and residential markets in South Africa. Vodacom aims...

Songbird Telecom Bangladesh deploys VoIP switches from WTL

Songbird Telecom Bangladesh is using VoIP switches from World Telecom Labs (WTL) to improve call quality, increase capacity and reduce the cost of international...
BSNL offers free Wi-Fi

BSNL to offer free Wi-Fi in 2,500 cities over 3 years

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led India government is planning to offer limited period free Wi-Fi service in 2,500 cities and towns across the country over...
Liberty Global Chief Transformation Officer Dana Strong

Liberty Global names Virgin Media COO Dana Strong as chief transformation officer

Liberty Global has appointed Virgin Media Chief Operating Officer Dana Strong as chief transformation officer. Dana will report to Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries to...

Convergence India 2015: BINATONE demos telecom products

Telecom network vendor BINATONE today said it is showcasing the latest technologies at the 23rd Convergence India 2015 in Delhi, India. The company’s wireless broadband solutions --...

Airvana appoints Jay Hilbert as head of Global Sales

Small cell solutions vendor Airvana has appointed Jay Hilbert as head of Global Sales and Business Development. Hilbert will be responsible to develop and expand...
BT Capex in Q3 up 2 percent to $957 million

BT must maintain sufficient margin between wholesale and retail broadband prices: Ofcom

Ofcom today said British telecom operator BT must maintain a sufficient margin between its wholesale and retail superfast broadband charges to allow other providers...
Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Telecom minister: foreign firms eye broadband biz via cable

New Delhi, Jan 14 Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Wednesday said foreign firms are showing interest in providing technology for broadband through...
Telecom and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Kerala district gets first 100 Mbps rural broadband network from NOFN    

Telecom and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today commissioned India's first 100 Mbps rural broadband network (NOFN) in Idukki district of Kerala. The investment in...
Broadband speed

Broadband speed of 2.0 Mbps in India lowest against 4.5 Mbps global average

Broadband speed in India in Q3 2014 continued at 2.0 Mbps against global average of 4.5 Mbps, said Akamai Technologies. You can watch and subscribe:...
Top Indian broadband (wired+wireless) service providers

Top 5 broadband service providers in November

Top 5 Indian broadband service providers (wired and wireless) include BSNL, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular and Reliance Communications in November 2014. The broadband market...

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