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The deployment of fiber to the home (FTTH) networks in Spain is quite disappointing due to the lack of investment in next generation networks (NGNs) by most network operators. The number of FTTH subscribers is limited because FTTH is just offered only by small operators or under field trial basis from national incumbents. The only widespread [...]
On the earnings call (the press release is here) right now… highlights (or not-so-highlights) so far: – Clearwire reports 12,000 net subscription adds for Q2, down from 25,000 for Q1. Ouch. Execs on the call say this number is good and signups are strong, but no getting around the fact that 12,000 is not a [...]
In a separate announcement before its earnings call today, WiMAX provider Clearwire announced that China’s Huawei has joined its list of infrastructure vendors, specifically to provide radio access network (aka RAN) equipment. According to the press release: Specifically, Huawei will provide several key infrastructure pieces, including base stations, element management system (EMS) components, and related [...]
The New America Foundation’s Open Technology Initiative has published a report called Bandwidth Caps for Residential High Speed Internet in the US and Japan which reveals “a large discrepancy in the usage limits ISPs place on consumers in the two countries, with U.S. providers substantially limiting the amount of bandwidth their subscribers can consume . [...]
Mobilize 09 by GigaOM The Future of the Mobile Web The Age of Ultraband is coming — the era of an ulta fast, ultra connected mobile web. Mobilize 09 is a one-day conference that brings together the thought leaders and practitioners of the mobile web and telecoms ecosystem for talk, demonstrations and debate. We’ll examine [...]
To properly direct the potential success of the federal broadband stimulus, we need to look back before moving forward. Looking back, the need to create greater competition in the United States telecommunications industry was recognized by both the Democratic and Republican parties. The consent decree of 1982 that broke up American Telephone & Telegraph Co. [...]
Orange UK is offering its prepaid and contract customers a very sweet £5 a month rate for mobile data, but they have to sign up for an 18-month contract. What do they get for £5 a month? 500 MB of data and speeds of up to 3.6 Mbps (in reality you get much less). The deal includes [...]
Lawrence Freenet is providing free and paid Wi-Fi access to residents of Lawrence, Kansas. The coverage area is 16 square miles. Lawrence Freenet has been offering paid access for two years, but they’ve added free service, albeit for only 30 minutes each day and at slower speeds (384 Kbps downstream, 96 Kbps upstream). In addition, [...]
I came across an article in the Wall Street Journal about cafes in New York City turning of Wi-Fi access during lunch hours, covering electric sockets, and in some extreme cases, sending away people with laptops. The problem: customers who occupy tables for hours, nursing one cup of coffee, working away while other customers who actually buy [...]
From the LEX Column of the Financial Times: “[I]t is increasing hard to see a future for the mobile phone operators as anything other than low-margin suppliers of dumb piping . . . the industry is heading towards a role similar to that of a regulated utility.” (Read the rest of the column on US [...]
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