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Broadband

Type: Keyphrase

Name: Broadband

description: A classification of the information capacity or bandwidth of a communication channel. Broadband is generally taken to mean bandwidth higher than 2 Mbps.

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 13 hours ago - 10 Documents (in New Business)

Cable & Wireless plc

Tesco plans to carpet bomb broadband market

Supermarket giant inks broadband deal with Cable & WirelessTescoâ€™s expansion into broadband, telephony and mobile stepped up a gear this week with the launch of a range of combined broadband and home phone packages for the first time. In a two pronged ... [Mobile Today - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Tesco PLC, Broadband, Cable & Wireless plc, The Carphone Warehouse Group Plc, Virgin Media Inc

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 9 hours ago - 4 Documents (in New Business)

Spain mandates affordable broadband for all

Spanish officials said earlier this week that the government will require service providers to offer broadband with speeds of at least 1 Mbps at regulated rates to residents living anywhere in the country.A frenzy over a new Sony Ericsson smartphone at ... [CNET News.com - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Broadband, Finland, Spain, United States, Federal Communications Commission

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 14 hours ago - 9 Documents (in Internet & IT)

South Africa reports broadband penetration at 2 percent

(Xinhua via COMTEX) -- South Africa's internet broadband penetration is 2 percent, far below the global average of 22.5 percent, The Star newspaper quoted the country's Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda as saying on Friday. 'The statistics put ... [TMC Net - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Broadband, South Africa, Siphiwe Nyanda

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 17 hours ago - 11 Documents (in New Business)

Tesco PLC

Tesco to offer cheap broadband

Tesco is aiming for turnover of £2bn a year from telecoms services after signing a deal with Cable & Wireless.The retailer will offer broadband and telephone packages with competitive pricing under the five-year deal with C&W."Tesco Telecoms offers simple, ... [Computer Weekly - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Tesco PLC, Broadband, Cable & Wireless plc

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 10 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Government plans broadband limits for Illegal downloaders

Internet users who illegally download films and music will run the risk of being cut off from the web under new laws published by the Government today.Others who abuse copyright laws could also have their internet connection slowed down as part of an ... [Belfast Telegraph - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Broadband, United Kingdom, Piracy, Pirate Party UK

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 21 hours ago - 10 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Telstra Corporation Limited

Telstra fires latest fibre optic broadside with $280m deal

Telstra (ASX:TLS) has signed on the NSW Department of Education (DET) as its latest major fibre optic customer in a deal worth $280 million.More than 2400 DET sites will be connected by over 4500km of fibre optic cabling under the four-year deal contract. ... [ARN - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Telstra Corporation Limited, Broadband, Education

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 16 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Internet & IT)

European Union

Broadband penetration continues to rise in EU

Broadband penetration has continued to rise in the European Union this year, according to a new report from the European Commission, which finds that 24% of the EU population had a broadband access line subscription in July 2009, up from 21.6% one year ... [Iptv News - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Broadband, European Union, European Commission, Continuance

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 4 Documents (in Internet & IT)

FCC chairman: Spectrum pinch a "main risk" to broadband plan

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said Wednesday that it would take a multipart solution to meet the nation's demand for wireless spectrum, but failing to do so would jeopardize the success of the agency's broadband plan. Genachowski said he doubted that ... [SmartBrief - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Federal Communications Commission, Broadband, Julius Genachowski

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Internet & IT)

TalkTalk launches M&S voucher offer

Broadband provider TalkTalk has launched a new deal which offers customers a special incentive to sign up to its internet services.From today (November 20th), the company is offering £30 of Marks and Spencer (M&S) vouchers to those who register to take ... [Top 10 Broadband - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Marks & Spencer Group Plc, Broadband

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 6 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Telstra unveils Australia’s fastest cable broadband

Telstra will launch Australia’s fastest cable broadband network in Melbourne on December 1 in a move to increase speed and bandwidth for multiple users within households.The upgrade of the telco's hybrid fibre coaxial broadband network will be able to ... [Computerworld Australia - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Telstra Corporation Limited, Broadband, BigPond, Holly Kramer, Australia

First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Internet & IT)

FCC outlines seven biggest barriers to broadband adoption

Almost two-thirds of adults have broadband connections at home, but that's a long way from the ultimate goal: universal adoption of high speed Internet throughout the United States. Depending on which study you believe, we're everything from number 11 ... [ArsTechnica - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Broadband, Federal Communications Commission, Adoption

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents (in Internet & IT)

First finland, now spain makes broadband access a legal right.... (TheNextWeb via TechNews AM)

Last month we brought you newsof Finland’s intention to make broadband a legal right for its five million population.Now Spain is following suit and from 2011, Telecom companies that are part of Spain’s “universal service” system will have to make broadband ... [TechNews.AM - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Broadband, Spain, Finland

Quotes

...Krishnamurthy told ET that the company is soon going to set up its hubs in potential cities like Raipur, Bhopal, Bhubhaneshwar, Vizag and Nagpur. "These cities have great untapped potential."

IBM eyes tier II, III cities for expansion [TMC Net - 4 hours ago]

...is in dire need of competitive differentiators,' said Bill Demuth, senior vice president and chief technology officer of SureWest Communications. "SureWest's commitment to innovation led us to discover Laszlo's open source development approach and their professional services arm, which resulted in the best array of online application offerings we've seen to date. It's with great excitement that we announce our online portal that will offer our valued customers something new and truly unique in today's market."

SureWest Announces Broadband Web Portal [Light Reading - 4 hours ago]

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Comcast Spotlights takes sales circulars to VOD [CED Magazine - 1 hour ago]
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'Sky open to 'bolt-on' acquisitions - CEO' [Individual.com - 2 hours ago]
'Thuraya extends broadband services in Europe' [Individual.com - 2 hours ago]
Government plans broadband limits for Illegal d... [Belfast Telegraph - 3 hours ago]
Digital Bill Gives Mandelson Power Over Copyrig... [Eweek Europe - 3 hours ago]
E-Com Set To Ring Up Sales [Yahoo! Canada - 4 hours ago]
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Siblings get their own computers for the first ... [Asiaone - 4 hours ago]
IBM eyes tier II, III cities for expansion [TMC Net - 4 hours ago]
iiNet first on national broadband network [Sydney Morning Herald - 4 hours ago]
ZigBee Evaluation Kit targets home network desi... [Industrial News Room - 4 hours ago]
Flash MCUs suit inverter- and motor-control app... [Industrial News Room - 4 hours ago]
Telenor trims capex estimates by Rs 3,500 cr [TMC Net - 4 hours ago]
The week Liz Jones tried to live on £65 [Mail Online UK - 4 hours ago]
SureWest Announces Broadband Web Portal [Light Reading - 4 hours ago]
IBBS Hires SMB Czar [Light Reading - 4 hours ago]

Blogs

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Motorola Buys RadioFrame Division For Undisclos... [MocoNews - 4 hours ago] ... (NYSE: MOT) said it is buying a division of privately held RadioFrame ...
Russia: Local Authorities Slow Broadband Develo... [Global Voices Online - 6 hours ago] Town of Kraskovo coat of arms (from the official site) Russian activists gathered in Kraskovo, a small town near Moscow, to call for increasing broadband Internet ...
Spain mandates affordable broadband for all [CNET News.com - 9 hours ago] Spanish officials said earlier this week that the government will require service providers to offer broadband with speeds of at least 1 Mbps at regulated rates ...
Would you care if AOL were to disappear? [Stephen Foley - 9 hours ago] If you wanted to read about Oprah Winfrey quitting her chat show, or Michelle Obama’s wardrobe, you could go to AOL’s website. But of course you don't have to. There’s ...
Spain mandates affordable broadband for all [CNET News.com - 9 hours ago] The country's government is following the lead of Finland and making affordable broadband a legal right. ...

Audio/Video

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WSJ Tech Briefing Early Edition, Nov. 18, 2009 [Wall Street Journal Tech News Briefing - 11/18/2009]
East Africa Report - Outsourcing & Contact ... [ABN Digital - YouTube - 11/16/2009]
WSJ's Tech Briefing, Early Edition, Nov. 11, 2009 [Wall Street Journal Tech News Briefing - 11/11/2009]
Broadband Investments - 15 [House Small Biz (D)- YouTube Channel - 10/28/2009]
Broadband Investments - 14 [House Small Biz (D)- YouTube Channel - 10/28/2009]

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