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• Groups launch gigabit-per-second broadband project

  By Grant Gross | 23 May, 2012 15:48

  An Ohio startup company has raised US$200 million to fund gigabit-per-second broadband projects in six university communities across the U.S., the company announced Wednesday.

• VoIP provider files net neutrality complaint with FCC

  By Grant Gross | 23 May, 2012 04:16

  A Florida VoIP carrier has filed a net neutrality complaint against a Georgia utility and broadband provider, after the utility accused the VoIP firm of theft of service for using its network to deliver voice service without paying for it.

• Education group: Schools need 100 Mbps per 1,000 broadband users

  By Grant Gross | 22 May, 2012 07:23

  Schools in the U.S. will need broadband speeds of 100 Mbps per 1,000 students and staff members by the 2014-15 school year in order to meet a growing demand for Web-based instruction and a skyrocketing number of student-owned Web devices, according to a new report by a trade group representing state education agencies.

• Alcatel-Lucent offers managed service to improve mobile network performance

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 22 May, 2012 02:35

  Mobile operators that want help keeping their subscribers happy can get it through a new managed service from Alcatel-Lucent, the company said on Monday.

• Optus and NSW Dep. of Education sign $15m contract to improve satellite services

  By Stephanie McDonald | 17 May, 2012 09:36

  Optus will enhance its satellite services to improve services to students in remote areas in a five-year contract worth an estimated $15 million.

• Ericsson lets operators speed up mobile, fixed networks using caching

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 10 May, 2012 00:42

  Using caching technology from Akamai Technologies, Ericsson's Smart Cloud Accelerator, announced Wednesday, is designed to allow operators to improve performance in both fixed and mobile networks.

• Groups protest Verizon's proposed special access rate hikes

  By Grant Gross | 08 May, 2012 06:54

  Members of the NoChokepoints Coalition will ask the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to stop Verizon Communications from raising the rates for middle-mile broadband connections that many businesses rely on.

• Senator questions whether Comcast is following NBC merger conditions

  By Grant Gross | 08 May, 2012 04:55

  A U.S. senator has urged the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to investigate whether Comcast is violating conditions imposed in its early 2011 merger with NBCUniversal.

• Public Knowledge asks providers for details about data caps

  By Grant Gross | 24 April, 2012 04:50

  Mobile and wired broadband providers should disclose detailed information about data caps, and the U.S. regulators should "vigilantly monitor" so-called usage-based pricing for abuses, digital rights group Public Knowledge said in a white paper released Monday.

• Vodafone offers $1.68 billion for Cable & Wireless Worldwide

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 23 April, 2012 19:19

  Vodafone has offered to acquire Cable & Wireless Worldwide (CWW) for £1.04 billion (US$1.68 billion), as it aims to strengthen its enterprise offerings and network holdings, the company said Monday.

• Study: Entrepreneurs can save big money with broadband service

  By Grant Gross | 19 April, 2012 03:34

  Solo entrepreneurs can save more than $US16,000 in their first year by using broadband-based services such as printing and logo design instead of traditional vendors, according to a new study.

• Honeywell and Inmarsat to improve in-flight connectivity

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 18 April, 2012 23:35

  Honeywell and Inmarsat have signed a deal to cooperate on next-generation in-flight connectivity systems that will increase the maximum bandwidth to 50M bps (bits per second), they said on Wednesday.

• Chorus draws down on broadband fund

  By AAP | 12 April, 2012 09:00

  Chorus, the fibre network company spun out of Telecom, has made its first draw-down on the government's ultra-fast broadband funding to build high-speed internet links in Auckland.

• Verizon to stop offering standalone DSL

  By Stephen Lawson | 07 April, 2012 06:45

  Verizon Communications next month will stop offering so-called "naked DSL" -- high-speed Internet without landline phone service -- in a move that flies in the face of the trend of consumers ditching their home phones for mobile handsets.

• Option releases quad-band LTE modem for Europe

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 04 April, 2012 21:32

  Option has introduced a quad-band LTE USB modem called the Beemo that can fall back on 3G networks at 42Mbps, the company said on Wednesday.