News tagged with broadband infrastructure

Governor Kasich announces 10-fold boost to Ohio's broadband network

Ohio will soon see a ten-fold boost to its broadband network speeds, which will benefit research and job-creating assets statewide. Governor John R. Kasich made the announcement at his State of the State address in Steubenville ...

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created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wikipedia eyes India for language growth

Wikipedia on Wednesday said it was banking on growth in the mobile phone sector and increased Internet access to boost content in Indian languages ranging from Hindi to Telugu.

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created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Biggest 2 Australian telcos join broadband rollout

(AP) -- Australia's two largest telecommunications companies signed lucrative deals with the government to join the rollout of a fiber optic national broadband network that will be among the world's fastest.

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created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tests show wireless network could jam GPS systems

New government test results show that a proposed high-speed wireless broadband network being launched by a company called LightSquared could jam GPS systems used for aviation, public safety, military operations and other ...

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created Jun 11, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

APEC eyes high-speed broadband networks by 2020

Asian and Pacific countries agreed on Sunday to help establish next-generation high-speed broadband networks in their region by 2020, overcoming the "digital divide" between rich and poor nations.

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created Oct 31, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

UN: new group helps promote broadband

(AP) -- The International Telecommunication Union has set up a group headed by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim and Rwandan President Paul Kagame to help more countries get access to broadband connections.

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created May 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fiber-optic speeds achieved over copper lines

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent's research arm, has demonstrated industry record broadband download speeds of up to 300 Megabits per second using two traditional twisted pair copper telephone lines. ...

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created Apr 28, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (11) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

W.Va. city wants to be test site for fast Internet

(AP) -- Mayor Kim Wolfe has trotted out an old campaign prop to help the city's effort to win over Google and become a test site for the company's ultra-fast broadband experiment.

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created Mar 23, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NICTA demonstrates new interference-cancellation modem for 3G femtocell networks

(PhysOrg.com) -- NICTA, Australia’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence, has successfully demonstrated technology that reduces the amount of radio interference in 3G networks with ...

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Britain seeks to become world's 'digital capital'

Britain on Tuesday declared a goal to become the world's "digital capital" by building cutting-edge broadband, telecoms and media infrastructure to cement its role as a "global economic powerhouse".

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created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Australia announces $30 bln broadband plan

Australia announced plans to build a 30 billion US dollar broadband network, its biggest infrastructure project ever, opting to retain government control rather than contract out the deal.

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created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0