Tag: broadband
LONDON (Reuters) – British telecoms provider BT has offered to invest up to 600 million pounds ($778 million) to provide faster broadband services to remote parts of the country, Britain’s government said on Sunday. Under the proposal, BT would ensure all households in Britain can access speeds of at least 10 megabits per second, typically […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will provide 400 million pounds ($500 million) of funding to spur the building of more fiber-to-the-home broadband connections, the “gold standard” of speed in excess of The government said the finance would be targeted at emerging network providers to encourage a ramp-up in the delivery of full-fiber broadband. “The UK is […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal appeals court said on Wednesday the U.S. Federal Communications Commission could not block two states from setting limits on municipal broadband expansion, a decision seen as a win for private-sector providers of broadband internet and a setback for FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. Cities in Tennessee and North Carolina had sought […]
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s largest mobile operator Advanced Info Service Pcl (AIS) said on Friday it plans to invest 7 billion baht ($198.53 million) this year to expand its fixed broadband network to serve 6.5 million households by the end of 2016. AIS, 23 percent owned by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd , aims to be one […]
The US, Singapore and Sweden lead the way in digitising their economies. So says Huawei’s newly released 2016 Global Connectivity Index (GCI). However, as I reported, there have been global improvements — and a few declines — in national levels of economic digitisation. The greatest improvements worldwide have been seen in broadband coverage and speed, but countries […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday advanced a proposal to ensure the privacy of broadband Internet users by barring providers from collecting user data without consent. The proposed regulation from FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler won initial approval with a 3-2 vote to require broadband providers to obtain consumer consent, disclose data […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is set to unveil details of a proposal on Thursday to protect consumers’ internet privacy, safety advocates and industry officials said. FCC chairman Tom Wheeler is expected to unveil a long-awaited plan for new broadband privacy rules that be voted on initially by […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission circulated Tuesday a final proposal seeking approval for a $9.25 monthly subsidy for low-income Americans to get broadband Internet access. Since last year, the FCC has been considering revamping the $1.5 billion annual program, called Lifeline, which has helped lower income Americans get access […]
You can sympathise with almost anyone when it comes to rolling out broadband. AT&T and other ‘telcos’ have to roll out broadband on a nice, equal, regulated city-wide basis. Google – and others – have the luxury of either being able to hook onto what is already on poles or in the ground, or can […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A coalition of U.S. groups on Wednesday urged the Federal Communications Commission to write sweeping privacy protections for the nation’s broadband users. The groups want providers of broadband internet services including mobile and landline phone, cable and satellite TV firms to be subject to tough privacy regulations. Among the firms that would […]
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