Social networks are used more often in poor neighborhoods than in affluent neighborhoods, while the latter tend to consume more information from traditional online media. This is one of the conclusions of a scientific study ...
Social Sciences
Jan 20, 2022
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Broadband fiber-optics carry information on pulses of light, at the speed of light, through optical fibers. But the way the light is encoded at one end and processed at the other affects data speeds.
Optics & Photonics
Oct 24, 2018
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The top US telecom regulator formally unveiled plans Tuesday to roll back "net neutrality" rules adopted in 2015 aimed at treating all online traffic equally.
Telecom
Nov 21, 2017
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Too isolated and with few inhabitants, the tiny village of Loewenstedt in northern Germany is simply too small to show up on the radars of national Internet operators. So the villagers took their digital fate into their own ...
Telecom
Jun 1, 2014
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A new development in fibre optic technology could soon bring atomic clock precision to any home or business with a fibre connection, according to researchers at The University of Western Australia and the University of Adelaide.
Optics & Photonics
Aug 5, 2013
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The former head of the United States' Central Intelligence Agency Michael Hayden said on Friday it "goes without saying" that Chinese telecoms giant Huawei spies for Beijing.
Internet
Jul 19, 2013
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Monash University researchers have played a pivotal role in the invention of an energy-efficient method of increasing the data capacity of optical networks to the point where all of the world's internet traffic could travel ...
Telecom
Mar 25, 2013
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The boom in the number of mobile Internet devices and tablet computers in use will help quadruple Web traffic in the coming years, a study said Wednesday.
Internet
May 30, 2012
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LightSquared Inc., which hoped to create an independent wireless broadband network in the U.S., filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday.
Telecom
May 14, 2012
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Recently, many U.S. Internet service providers have fallen in line with their international counterparts in capping monthly residential broadband usage. A new study by a Georgia Tech researcher, conducted during an internship ...
Telecom
May 7, 2012
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