By the end of 2012, South Korea intends to connect every home in the country to the Internet at one gigabit per second. That would be a tenfold increase from what is already the fastest in the world and more than 200 times as fast as the average household set-up in the US. A pilot […]
MTN has unveiled InternetOnTV, bringing affordable Internet access to South Africa’s unconnected masses. MTN InternetOnTV is a home phone and Internet device in one, including a built-in 3G modem that supports 7.2Mbps connectivity. The package includes a keyboard, RCA cable and mouse. The MTN InternetOnTV device can be used with a PayAsYouGo SIM card and […]
Heads of telecommunications and Internet companies will gather in Brussels in March and July to discuss plans to provide all European Union citizens with fast broadband by 2020, a spokesman for EU Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes has stated. “I can confirm that Kroes has invited CEOs from the companies in the telecoms networks, telecoms […]
In a record-beating attempt, Liberty Global-owned cable company cablecom has achieved a hitherto unprecedented Internet speed of 1.37 Gigabits per second – over a conventional coaxial television cable. In doing so, it sent data down the line almost 70 times faster than is possible with the fastest DSL options; proof that cable networks have a […]
Ericsson and Akamai Technologies have confirmed an exclusive strategic alliance focused on mobile cloud acceleration solutions aimed at improving end-user Internet experiences such as mobile ecommerce, enterprise applications and Internet content. The companies will jointly develop solutions for the fast-growing market of content and applications delivered to mobile devices. Ericsson and Akamai bring together the […]
ActiveVideo Networks will demonstrate how its CloudTV Platform can uniformly bring Smart TV functionality and applications to any set-top box or television equipped with CI Plus (Common Interface Plus) modules at the Cable Congress. ActiveVideo will show how CloudTV can build value for cable system operators, programmers and third-party developers by enabling the limitless delivery […]
Sigma Systems has introduced its new Telco Services Accelerator, a residential service fulfilment solution that enables telcos to capitalise on the growth of triple-play services over fibre. This next-generation OSS platform enables telcos to create service bundles and seamlessly provision, activate and manage residential Internet, SIP-based VoIP and IPTV services over a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network. […]
Virgin Media, the UK’s leading broadband provider, has launched a new 30Mb broadband service, due to replace the existing 20Mb service effective immediately. Virgin Media said customers can expect to receive speeds close to the stated headline 30Mb speed, and aren’t subject to the “speed lottery” that plagues broadband delivered over telephone wires. The new […]
Marvell Semiconductor has joined HomeGrid Forum and has been appointed to the organisation’s board of directors. Marvell will join Best Buy, BT, Intel, Lantiq, Sigma Designs, Telefonica, Texas Instruments and others on the board. Marvell’s addition to the board reinforces the growing importance and broadening adoption of G.hn as the next-generation global standard for wired […]
The UK Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts has announced £7.2 million (€8.35m) of investment for the Photonics HyperHighway project ‘that could ‘revolutionise’ the Internet. The six-year project will bring together scientists from the University of Southampton and the University of Essex with industry partners, including BBC Research and Development, to pioneer new technologies […]