BT suffers major broadband outage

BT suffers major broadband outage
BBC News
BT has confirmed that a "power failure" at a major exchange in Birmingham is causing problems for broadband customers across the UK. Problems have been reported from as far afield as Belfast, Edinburgh, Swansea and London. ...
Sharp to make LTE smartphones & tablets for LightSquared network
BetaNews
By Tim Conneally LightSquared, which could become the newest built-from-scratch nationwide mobile broadband network if it can achieve regulatory approval, has partnered with Japanese consumer electronics maker Sharp for the network's 4G LTEconsumer ...
PRIVATE WiFi Announces Its "Hide Your Face on Facebook" Contest
MarketWatch (press release)
PRIVATE WiFi, in conjunction with the ITRC, is sponsoring a contest for Facebook users to help remind them to keep their online identities safe. Four lucky winners will receive a yearly subscription and one grand prize winner will receive an iPad 2! ...
How AT&T can help you track down a Wi-Fi hot spot (Inside Apps)
CNET
Take AT&T's Smart Wi-Fi app, which is available today for free on the Android Marketplace (unlike other carrier apps, this one does not come preloaded). The app lives up to its name in finding Wi-Fi hot spots. It also has a number of nifty extra ...
Bharti Airtel calls up China's ZTE for 4G rollout
Economic Times
The absence of a device ecosystem remains the prime impediment to broadband penetration, and Bharti proposes to overcome this by unveiling a host LTE-ready devices in the coming months. But technology experts are skeptical about 4G adoption levels in ...
Cavium hears micro LTE base station call
EE Times
Cavium Networks will go up against giants including Freescale and Texas Instruments in the market for chips that will run a new generation of miniaturized base stations for 4G networks. The company's new Octeon Fusion family comes with software ...
Powerwave Technologies Unveils New Multi-Band Optical Distributed Antenna ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Powerwave's product line supports all wireless network protocols and frequencies including Next Generation Networks in 4G technology such as WiMAX(TM) and LTE(R). Powerwave solutions, products and services also help wireless operators and OEMs reduce ...
Europe to invest €9.2 billion in broadband
thinkbroadband.com
Talking in Brussels today at The Digital Agenda Summit, Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, said that broadband development could help boost the European economy by over one trillion euros in ten years, if we get it right. ...
MetroPCS Expands 4G Portfolio
Zacks.com
MetroPCS remains focused on increasing the capacity of its CDMA network to efficiently manage voice and data traffic and expand its footprint in the 4G LTE market. The company has already deployed 4G services in most markets, thus joining the elite ...
EVO 4G
CNET (blog)
HTC Android smartphones including the Evo 3D, the Evo 4G, and the Thunderbolt contain a flaw that gives Internet-connected apps installed on the devices access to personal information such as text message data, location info, e-mail addresses, ...
Walmart Adds 4G Prepaid Plan By T-Mobile
Twice
Customers will be allotted up to 5GB of data over T-Mobile's HSPA+ 4G network, but throughput will be throttled back to 2G speeds thereafter for the remainder of the month. Talk is priced at 10 cents per minute after the first 100-minute allotment. ...
Verizon Stacks up the Samsung Stratosphere Against the 4G Competition
Gotta Be Mobile
The Stratosphere will be a 4G LTE device, which when compared to its Sprint cousin will offer faster mobile broadband speeds. However, the difference is that Sprint does not cap nor meter its WiMax plans, meaning you can still get reasonably affordable ...
Aussie National Broadband Network Launches Monday in Tasmania
International Business Times AU
By Vittorio Hernandez | October 3, 2011 1:33 PM EST The National BroadbandNetwork (NBN) was launched in Tasmania on Monday, with 90000 homes expected to be connected to the network. However, the roll out was overshadowed by reports that the initial ...
CenturyLink Introduces Internet Basics for Low-Income Consumers
MarketWatch (press release)
According to a study on broadband adoption by the Federal Communications Commission, 60 percent of low-income households, which are defined as having annual incomes of less than $20000, do not subscribe to High-Speed Internet service, compared to 35 ...
Publication of NBN Co's Wholesale Broadband Agreement delayed
TeleGeography
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is reporting that NBN Co, the public-private company set up to oversee the construction and management of the National BroadbandNetwork (NBN), is seeking further comments on a revised draft of ...
Speedy 4G phones from Sprint
San Francisco Chronicle
The good: The Nexus S 4G offers a brilliant display, WiMax support and agreeable performance. It gains a number of improvements from the Gingerbread OS, and its Google interface will appeal to Android purists. The bad: The Nexus S 4G feels rather ...
4G smartphones compared
Computerworld
By Sharon Machlis With Apple rolling out a new iPhone soon, would-be buyers will be comparing it to a variety of rival smartphones -- many of which now offer 4G. If you're trying to keep track of all the different 4G smartphones on the market, ...
Economic limitations hampering broadband development - IIC conference
Bizcommunity.com
SA, a country where the Internet seems to be costing an arm and a leg compared to less developed economies on the continent, has embarked on an aggressive campaign to achieve universalbroadband access by 2020. This, the minister said, ...
Cincinnati Bell Launches the HTC Sensation(TM) 4G Smartphone
MarketWatch (press release)
One of the most powerful smartphones available in the market, the HTC Sensation 4G comes equipped with Android(TM) 2.3 (Gingerbread), a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, and the HTC Sense(TM) user experience. "Today's consumers and businesses want speed, ...
Broadband Era Through a Time Warner Cable Prism
Multichannel News
By Leslie Ellis -- Multichannel News, 10/3/2011 12:01:00 AM If you've ever been pushed into the dreary corner that is defending the innovative nature of the cable industry, check out Making Connections: Time Warner Cable and the Broadband Revolution, ...
Broadband provider Omnicity files for bankruptcy
Indianapolis Business Journal
Rushville-based Omnicity Inc., which had big plans to snap up rural broadbandsystems throughout the Midwest, has landed in bankruptcy court. The company, which filed for Chapter 11 protection on Thursday, has been in a financial slide for months. ...
Verizon files lawsuit against FCC's 'net neutrality' rules
Computer Business Review
US cell phone carrier Verizon Communications has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) new Net neutrality regulations for broadband providers. Last week, the FCC made new Net neutrality rules official, placing restrictions ...
Tekelec Policy Server "Sets the Standard in the Industry" With Five-Star ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Customer deployments: "The Tekelec Policy Server is deployed in over 50 networks, including several prominent mobile operators, such as Vodafone, Telefonica, and Verizon Wireless' groundbreaking LTE network." The report states that "the Tekelec Policy ...
Hughes Introduces Class 2 Portable BGAN Terminal
Sacramento Bee
Users can connect at IP broadband speeds up to 464 kbps, taking advantage of built-in, multi-userWi-Fi access and automatic context activation (ACA) -- including the ability to transmit SMS messages via the integrated user interface (IUI) without ...
BT broadband investment in Dumfries and Galloway hailed by MSPs
BroadbandChoice.co.uk
The company is set to bring fast copper broadband to over 23500 properties in the region. News that BT is planning to increase high-speed broadband provision in Dumfries and Galloway has been welcomed by local politicians. More than 23500 homes and ...
Fibre up, broadband up, IPTV up in Europe
Register
By Faultline • Get more from this author Broadband World Forum Numbers announced at theBroadband World Forum point to a continued rise in fibre deployments, with the dual conclusions that Lithuania and Norway are the most fibred up countries and that ...
Spreadtrum Completes Majority Acquisition of WCDMA Provider MobilePeak
Sacramento Bee
The acquisition of MobilePeak allows Spreadtrum to enter the global 3G and LTE markets with WCDMA/HSPA+ technology. MobilePeak's 3G technology combined with Spreadtrum's advanced 40nm baseband platform will enable Spreadtrum to deliver low-cost, ...
UPC Broadband reels in Red Bee for multi-year metadata deal
Rapid tv news
In an exclusive multi-year deal with Liberty Global's European cable division, UPC Broadband, the multi-platform media management technology provider will create and deliver rich metadata services including richer and deeper information to help ...
ZTE claims LTE interoperability gain
Mobile Europe
The successful ZTE test idemonstrates that a cost-reducing step-by-step transition from 2G or 3G toLTE is possible. 2G and 3G networks are well-established and have a substantial amount of subscribers. Currently, when telecommunications operators ...
PNBL delivers affordable broadband in 344 municipalities, paper says
TeleGeography
A number of Brazilian telecoms operators have started providing low-cost high speed internet access under the remit of the state's National Broadband Plan (PNBL). From 1 October, Telemar Norte Leste (Oi), Telefonica Brazil, Algar Telecom and Sercomtel ...
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 review
MyBroadband
To get connected, you have WiFi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 (according to the site), and HSPA+ up to 21Mbps. For photos and videos, there's a 3 megapixel rear-facing camera capable of 720p video recording and a 2 megapixel front-facing camera. ...
Broadband Penetration vs. Album Sales, 2000-2010... - Digital ...
By paul
Broadband Penetration vs. Album Sales, 2000-2010... paul. Sunday, October 02, 2011. The album sales data comes from the RIAA, the broadband percentages (per total households) come from Pew Internet. US-based data, left axis in ...
Digital Music News
Bharti begins 4G roll-out in India
By Jon Russell
Bharti has made plans for its initial 4G roll-out in India. ... Bharti, India's largest operator, has asked Chinese telcom equipment giant ZTE to begin phase one of its TD-LTE network roll-out initially in the Kolkata region only, according to a report from Economics Times in India. The report cites an official source which ... Though there is no timeline or date specified for the work, it is widely believed that4G wireless broadband will be available in India from early next year. Though Bharti ...
The Next Web
T-Mobile and Walmart Intro No-Contract 4G Plan
By Kevin Krause
T-Mobile and Walmart have teamed up to provide quite the deal on unlimited 4G data. For only $30 per month, customers can sign up for no-contract coverage.
Android Phone Fans
Kindle e-Reader with Wi-Fi, 6" Display
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Motorola Xoom 3G tablets finally get mail-in 4G upgrades - latimes ...
Beginning Thursday, Xoom 3G tablets can be upgraded with new antennas that will enable the devices to run on Verizon's 4G LTE network. And while it took ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com/.../motorola-xoom-4g-upgrades.html
AppleInsider | iPhone, iPad now represent 83% of WiFi mobile devices
Chinese carrier says Apple's iPhone 5 will support 4G-like HSPA+ ... "Given the latest numbers, I think it's safe to say 2011 is the year Wi-Fi became an essential ...
www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=17106

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