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:: November 2004 ::
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Government Abandon Broadband
Scheme |
| UK - The government has cancelled
its broadband aggregation scheme after only 1.75 percent of the projected
savings materialised. |
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BSNL to introduce Broadband in India |
| India - BSNL will introduce
by December end this year Broadband services at 198 cities in India, including
18 in Andhra Pradesh. |
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Ireland
Slipping Behind On Broadband, Cautions Report |
| Ireland - A new report, published
by Ireland's economic development agency, Forfás, compares Ireland's competitiveness
in providing broadband services with those of 21 other countries. |
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BT Still Dominates
Wholesale Broadband |
| BT maintains a 90% stranglehold
on the non-cable wholesale broadband market - despite intervention from the
new regulator Ofcom and constant pressure from the industry, according to a
report out today. |
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Broadband Over
Powerlines Trial |
| US - High-speed Internet
service is coming to about 120 homes in the Hill Country town of Burnet -- by
way of technology that carries Internet service via power lines. |
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Broadband
Is Reliable |
| Australia
- Broadband users across Australia are receiving reliable high speed internet
access, according to a study released by the Australian Communications Authority
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Korea
Points The Way For Broadband |
| Asia - Korea is widely considered
the world's most wired nation. According to survey data, out of 47 million Koreans,
more than 26 million are regular internet users, and Korea is in the top bracket
in international comparisons of users |
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UK Broadband Scales
Back Wireless Rollout |
| UK Broadband has denied reports
that it has abandoned a nationwide roll-out of its wireless broadband service |
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Telefónica
UK Dumps Narrowband |
| UK - Telefónica UK is to
stop providing wholesale narrowband services to ISPs because of dwindling demand
from end users. Instead, the UK subsidiary of the Spanish telco intends to focus
on the provision of broadband services to the ISP and corporate marketplace. |
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New Rules Open Up Radio Spectrum |
| UK - One of the UK's key
natural resources is to undergo a big shake-up. Radio spectrum plays a vital
role in broadcast media and telecommunications, as well as being essential to
emergency services and air traffic control. |
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ntl Ireland and ESB Telecom Agree Deal |
| Ireland - Cable operator
ntl Ireland and ESB Telecom have announced an agreement for the introduction
of ntl Broadband services to Galway and Waterford. |
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Broadband To Be
Offered Over Electrical Lines |
| US - Multiband Corporation
(NASDAQ: MBND) a provider of voice, data and video systems and services to business
and government clients, announced today that it has secured new agreements for
the deployment of Telkonet's (AMEX: TKO) broadband PlugPlus(TM) system.
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BT Trials
2Mb Consumer Broadband Service |
| UK - BT Retail today kicked
off a trial 2Mbps DSL service targeted at home users. The BT IP Stream Home
2000 consumer broadband service is four times faster than its current standard
512Kbps broadband offering. |
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The Market For Broadband Over Powerline |
| Business Wire - Research
and Markets has announced the addition of The Market For Broadband Over Powerline
to their offering. The 1st Edition; The Market For Broadband Over Powerline
report is a comprehensive 100-page study of the potential market for BPL technology. |
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Minister Rules Out Paying For Broadband |
| Ireland - Communications
Minister, Noel Dempsey, has said he is not willing to divert money from existing
schemes to help Eircom to reach 100% broadband internet coverage. |
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Retail Broadband
Alliance |
| Canada - New Edge Networks
has formed a Retail Broadband Alliance that provides retail merchants with a
place to go for broadband networking solutions they can trust to grow revenue,
cut expenses, and improve customer experience. |
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US Broadband Use
Doubles |
| United States - The number
of Americans using fast-Internet connections doubled from 2001 through late
2003, still below some expectations and especially low among minority groups |
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European Broadband
Prices Fall 23% |
| Europe - Broadband prices
in Europe have decreased by approximately 23 per cent across the three main
speeds, according to a report from market research firm Broad Group. |
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Hotel Group Plans Broadband In Rooms |
| Australia - An Australian
company that specialises in supplying broadband to the hospitality industry
has signed a deal to provide Internet access and video-on-demand to 1000 Rydges
hotel rooms in New Zealand. |
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BT Boss Tells Competitors To
Stop Moaning |
| UK - THE chief executive
of BT Group this weekend urged competitors to set aside their “culture of complaint”
so that Britain can seize the opportunity presented by Ofcom’s review of the
telecoms sector. |
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BT's Andy Green Interview |
| UK - Telecoms giant BT has
been at the centre of some colourful stories about executive infighting and
back-stabbing over the past few months. One name which has not been associated |
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Irish Government Announce €18m for Broadband in Schools |
| Ireland - The Irish Government
today announced a €18m package to help prepare schools for the planned broadband
roll-out in 2005. |
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Enron Broadband Trial Delayed Till
April 2005 |
| United States
- The March trial of five former executives from Enron Corp.'s defunct
broadband unit has been delayed a month, a judge has ruled. ... |
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Broadband Trade
Associations Merge |
| The Broadband Content
Delivery Forum (BCDF), a not-for-profit organisation, and the Service Creation
Community (SCC), an organisation to promote trade, announced that effective
1 January, 2005, the two organisations will merge to form the Broadband Services
Forum. |
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South Korea Allocates
Wireless Broadband Spectrum |
| Asia - South
Korea's government has announced that it has allocated bandwidth for a new breed
of portable internet service that will be able to deliver a broadband connection
to devices travelling at moderate speeds. |
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PlusNet Getting Tough With Heavy
Broadband Users |
| UK - PlusNet is getting tough
with its heavy broadband users who, it claims, are using up too much capacity
and making life unbearable for the rest of its customers. |
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