Previous
Mobile networks could boost rural broadband
News Community broadband networks in rural areas could benefit from the need for mobile phone operators to improve their network coverage, two UK companies believe. Invisible Networks and ip.access have announced a plan to team up in a trial to show how...
[November 29, 2002, 12:05]
Wireless broadband threatened by licensing plan?
News Community broadband activists and some in the telecoms industry are concerned that the rollout of wireless broadband networks in rural areas could be hampered if, as widely expected, the government decides to license the use of part of the 5GHz...
[March 7, 2003, 9:27]
MPs register broadband concerns
News Over a hundred members of parliament have publicly called on BT and the government to do more to aid the rollout of broadband networks in rural areas. It also encourages government departments to work together to drive the rollout of broadband...
[February 26, 2003, 10:27]
Mesh radio trial could help rural broadband
News If the trial is successful then it is likely that BT will launch commercial mesh radio networks across the UK, probably targeting rural areas such as small villages. The telco announced on Friday that it has launched a mesh radio network in...
[June 28, 2002, 14:45]
Intelsat Case Study: VSAT-Based Rural Telephony
White Papers Satellite-based networks are often the simplest and most economical solution for quickly implementing communication infrastructures to link these areas to the rest of the world. Today's low-cost Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) technologies can...
[January 17, 2006, 23:00]
Library Wi-Fi trials primed to launch
News High-speed wireless networks will be set up at a number of UK libraries as part of a government experiment into methods of increasing broadband coverage in remote and rural areas. E-commerce minister Stephen Timms announced during his speech at the...
[January 28, 2004, 16:15]
BT trials wireless broadband service
News RABs were set up by the government to aggregate public sector broadband demand within Britain, and to ultimately boost the availability of broadband by encouraging telcos to deploy their networks in more rural areas.
[December 16, 2003, 16:40]
AT&T accuses Google of hypocrisy on net neutrality
News But in a practice known as traffic pumping, some of these rural carriers are sharing revenue with adult chat services, conference-calling centres, party lines, and others that are able to attract lots of incoming phone calls to their networks.
[September 28, 2009, 9:38]
MPs urge more action on wireless broadband
News Both the government and BT must do more to help the creation of high-speed wireless networks in the UK if Broadband Britain is to become a reality, MPs said on Tuesday. Richard Allan MP pointed out that the telco had the power to either help or...
[March 26, 2003, 8:05]
Satellite push to close Europe's broadband gaps
News By linking local wireless networks to two-way broadband satellite connections, the group hopes to develop services and applications for rural communities across the European Union, from Britain to Poland.
[February 17, 2004, 15:15]
China telecoms market to overtake Japan by 2014
News The growth of China's mobile industry will weather the economic decline, driven by the rollout of 3G networks and extended coverage into rural areas. Since the awarding of the country's 3G licences in January, China's operators have been working to...
[July 27, 2009, 9:51]
Broadband and the city
News Most of these networks so far have been built in rural regions where large phone companies and cable companies are reluctant to build out infrastructure. It seems like the incumbents are dragging their feet in aggressively building out high-speed...
[April 16, 2004, 10:35]
Rural broadband conference sunk by funding squeeze
News Some of whom had set up their own high-speed networks replacing BT, which they deemed uneconomic for broadband. A government-backed conference, called The Broadband Britain Summit is taking place on Monday and will discuss how the UK can best take...
[November 21, 2005, 10:30]
Support grows for rural DSL alternative
News However, WiMAX's initial push is among high-speed networking companies that want to expand into areas such as rural districts or sparsely populated areas where it's not economically feasible to build DSL (digital subscriber line) or cable networks.
[April 9, 2003, 9:17]
New Wi-Fi challenges 3G
News Communications equipment maker Proxim became the latest company to sell high-powered Wi-Fi networks that travel long distances, essentially providing buyers with an "ISP in a box", the company's chief executive, Jonathan Zakin, said last week.
[September 30, 2002, 7:50]
Intel plugging away at wireless networks
News Intel hopes to make (wireless networking) something that is common in all businesses and homes, and they are investing in innovation on the infrastructure side to get people interested in wireless LANs (local area networks).
[November 7, 2002, 9:10]
Mobile standard comes in from the margins
News The 100-kilobit-per-second cellphone technology was meant as a stepping-stone for cellphone carriers as they progress toward 3G, or third-generation, telephone networks that -- at 2.4 megabits per second -- rival landline broadband service.
[January 27, 2004, 14:25]
Mobile can fill in UK broadband gaps, says 3
News A key issue for mobile networks seeking to invest in new infrastructure is that of 'refarming' 2G spectrum, which is of a lower frequency than current 3G spectrum, for 3G services. At Thursday's eForum, BT complained about the idea of wireless...
[July 10, 2009, 16:32]
BT plans trial for broadband fixed wireless bid
News The trial will involve around 100 homes in the Cardiff area, with BT working in partnership with Radiant Networks, a Cambridge-based high-tech company. Cable companies, which offer broadband services, have concentrated on building their networks in...
[November 7, 2001, 14:28]
US to begin broadband policy overhaul
News Several consumer groups have already suggested that the government impose requirements on any money given as part of the stimulus package to ensure that internet service providers keep their networks open.
[April 7, 2009, 12:15]
