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Military agency to use Microsoft's Virtual Earth
News Microsoft is collaborating with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), a division of the US Department of Defense, on its Virtual Earth technology. The NGA wants to use the Virtual Earth technology "to provide geospatial support for...
[May 19, 2006, 9:50]
No-brainer is the answer!
Talkback Let's put it this way: if NGA is provided at a reasonable (to the consumer) cost with high performance at all times and zero or very, very low contention ratios then we ALL want it in the UK. NGA fibre will provide far better service 24/7 - as long...
[October 1, 2007, 12:46]
Comms managers: UK businesses need fibre
News Although the backbone of the UK's broadband infrastructure is being upgraded to fibre, the current impasse over the provision of fibre access or next-generation access (NGA) to homes and businesses is preventing such speeds from becoming...
[July 4, 2008, 15:09]
BT Openreach unsure of fibre demand
News Next-generation access (NGA) refers to the last mile of the PSTN between telephone exchanges and homes or businesses. Chalfen said she was content with the pace of the NGA debate, which was spurred this week by the launch of an Ofcom consultation.
[September 28, 2007, 13:43]
Ofcom launches fibre-access consultation
News That takes care of the so-called "backbone" of the UK's broadband infrastructure, but next-generation access (NGA, or the local loop) is another matter entirely. The Broadband Stakeholder Group, an industry lobbying association, recently stated...
[September 26, 2007, 15:17]
BT: Fibre maps don't show the whole picture
Blog The decision on where to deploy NGA is made after consultation with our Communications Provider Customers and based on a range of factors including demand, network topology and geography. Making the business case for NGA investment in areas of...
[November 13, 2009, 11:56]
Report maps out Britain's broadband future
News BT recently announced a Ł1.5bn investment in rolling out NGA to 10 million UK homes, and Virgin Media is about to provide speeds of up to 50Mbps to its customers. Much of the debate surrounding the incentives for getting operators to roll out NGA...
[September 12, 2008, 16:10]
Maps show UK fibre rollout plans
News According to Point Topic, this map shows that BT's planned next-generation access (NGA) rollout "falls a long way short of covering even those areas where NGA should be economically attractive even without subsidy".
[November 12, 2009, 15:20]
Lack of 'killer app' stalling fibre rollout
News All-IP next-generation networks (NGNs) are being rolled out in the UK such as BT's 21CN but NGNs do not solve the problem of legacy copper wiring at street level, from exchanges to cabinets and homes an issue known as "next-generation access...
[November 22, 2007, 14:04]
PM's spending plans may pave way for fibre rollout
News The review said: "It is difficult to conclude that the UK is currently disadvantaged by the lack of NGA [next generation access, such as fibre]. This review has certainly found no application essential to public welfare that is being delivered by...
[January 6, 2009, 11:28]
Challenging eh..
Talkback "Making the business case for NGA investment in areas of lower population density remains challenging," As usual the only real challenge is getting BT's purse strings to open up a bit more than usual.
[November 13, 2009, 19:00]
BT to roll out fibre to 10m UK homes
News The move ends the long-running debate over who would be first to make a major investment in 'next-generation access' (NGA) in the UK. He added that "further detailed proposals" for NGA regulation would be published in September.
[July 15, 2008, 11:09]
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[January 3, 2007, 0:00]
Timms replaced with 'tough' new IT minister
News The move towards "next-generation access" (NGA) or fibre to the home (FTTH) will pose challenges for Vadera, as it is yet to be determined who will pay for the upgrade. Speaking at a BERR-sponsored event on high-speed broadband on Tuesday...
[January 30, 2008, 10:49]
Europe sets state-aid rules for broadband rollouts
News The new guidelines are not only applicable to next-generation access (NGA) a term that generally refers to fibre access as they also cover ADSL, cable and Wi-Fi networks. The Commission is still working on a separate draft NGA Recommendation...
[September 18, 2009, 13:15]
US politicians oppose tax on net access
News If a moratorium is made permanent, there is a slippery slope where other industries will seek their own pre-emptions of state laws," said David Quam, director of federal relations for the National Governors Association (NGA).
[May 23, 2007, 11:08]
Can Digital Britain survive a general election?
Blog Gilthorpe also had this to say about the 50p 'phone tax' next-generation access levy: "I have some concern that the NGA levy may not survive the next general election, particularly since the legislation that needs to be passed won't see the light...
[July 10, 2009, 16:34]
NavReference DVD
Downloads Some of the included references are: Bowditch - The American Practical Navigator (882 pages); Navigation Calculators to Accompany the Bowditch Reference (36 Calculators (8 sections, 36 calculators - one for each of the Bowditch Reference Tables...
[January 4, 2006, 7:00]
UK warned: Broadband speeds will dive without fibre
News Anthony Walker, chief executive of the Broadband Stakeholder Group, told delegates at the eForum: "We're not going to get one single monolithic NGA [next-generation access]. The UK needs to get its act together over next-generation broadband...
[November 7, 2008, 14:16]
MEPs propose Europe-wide telecoms regulator
News If approved and convened, BERT would co-ordinate mobile broadband spectrum and fixed-line next-generation access (NGA), as well as dealing with the spectrum that will be freed up by the digital switchover.
[July 9, 2008, 17:36]
