News tagged with broadband speeds
T-ray madness: Scientists score wireless data record
(Phys.org) -- Wednesday headlines trumpeted how "Japanese researchers smash Wi-Fi records" and "Scientists show off the future of Wi-Fi." The excitement is for good reason. A team of scientists have broken ...
May 16, 2012 |
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Verizon to auction spectrum worth billions
Verizon Wireless on Wednesday said it will auction a parcel of radio frequencies, which could be worth billions of dollars in an industry scrambling to offer consumers more cellular broadband.
Apr 18, 2012 |
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Bharti Airtel offers 4G service in India
India's Bharti Airtel said on Tuesday it had become the first company in the country to offer high-speed Internet services using fourth-generation (4G) telecommunications technology.
Apr 10, 2012 |
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China vows faster, cheaper Internet
China has said it will aim to bring faster and cheaper Internet access to more people, following complaints that a near monopoly by state-backed firms had hurt service.
Apr 02, 2012 |
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China broadband to get faster, cheaper
Two government-owned Chinese telecom firms said Friday they would raise the speed of their broadband services while lowering their costs over the next five years, state-run media reported.
Dec 02, 2011 |
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China probes telecom giants for internet monopoly
A Chinese government agency is investigating two telecommunications giants for allegedly monopolising Internet broadband services, state media said Wednesday, in an unusual public spat.
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Alcatel-Lucent: We've seen the future and it's (still) copper
(PhysOrg.com) -- Alcatel-Lucent is promoting a commercial broadband-over-copper solution. Its new equipment design will deliver better broadband speeds with standard VDSL2 (stands for Very-high-speed Digital ...
Oct 17, 2011 |
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Netflix unveils Latin America service in Brazil
(AP) -- Netflix launched its movie and TV streaming service in Brazil on Monday, the beachhead for a push into Latin America that is seen as key to the company's continued growth after recent setbacks in ...
Sep 07, 2011 |
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Google to expand ultra-fast broadband to KC, Mo.
More than a month after Kansas City, Kan., announced it would be the first place to get Google's ultra-fast broadband service, Kansas City, Mo., leaders declared their city the envy of the entire world after the search engine ...
May 18, 2011 |
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Kermit helps households monitor and manage their internet speed
For years, the relationship between Internet service provider and home user has been a simple, all-you-can-eat model: Pay a flat monthly fee and enjoy all the broadband you want, every byte of which streams ...
May 11, 2011 |
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Gov't says up to 10 pct in US lack good Internet
(AP) -- As many as one in 10 Americans can't get Internet connections that are fast enough for common tasks such as viewing photos, video and Web pages, and two thirds of schools have broadband connections that are too slow ...
Feb 17, 2011 |
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Virginia Tech engineers work with InterDigital to increase wireless speed, accessibility
In the first phase of a more than two-year study funded by InterDigital, Virginia Tech researchers have made great strides in the development of more reliable and efficient spectrum sensing techniques that ...
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Broadband usage growing even as gaps persist
(AP) -- The U.S. still faces a significant gap in residential broadband use that breaks down along incomes, education levels and other socio-economic factors, even as subscriptions among American households ...
Nov 08, 2010 |
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Broadband booms in Asia but regulations hinder growth
Asia is the largest user of broadband technology in the world and there is still plenty of room for growth but regulatory obstacles must be eased, industry leaders said Wednesday.
Jun 16, 2010 |
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FCC plans study to measure broadband speeds
(AP) -- The Federal Communications Commission wants to find out whether broadband providers are delivering Internet connections that are as fast as advertised.
Jun 01, 2010 |
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