BT's superfast broadband to London Olympic village

BT to offer free superfast broadband to London Olympic village Computer Business Review BT has announced it will provide free broadband access to athletes based at the Olympic Village during next summer's Games in London. BT Infinity will provide Internet access at speeds up to 100Mb/s as part of an agreement between the communications ...

Verizon Wireless Offers 4G Secaucus New Jersey News The largest cellular company in Nebraska began its 4G LTE service in Omaha just last August 18. However, it hasn't yet announced when it will open its 4G cellular service in Lincoln market. Verizon Wireless said 4G LTE services will be available on ...

Broadband for America Highlights Broadband Industry Job Creation PR Newswire (press release) 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Broadband for America (BfA) Honorary Co-Chairmen Harold Ford, Jr. and John Sununu today issued the following statement in response to the August 2011 Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report: John Sununu, ...

HTC unveils Jetstream tablet supporting 4G China Post HTC Corp., a leading smart phone manufacturer, yesterday unveiled the HTC Jetstream, a tablet supporting 4G LTE/HSPA+ access technology. The firm will team up with AT&T to retail the product at AT&T stores throughout the United States and the telecom ...

Tata Teleservices Launches Tata Photon on Rev B Wireless Broadband (PR) IGYAAN We have been the clear market leaders in the mobile broadband access space for more than a while now, and the launch of Tata Photon on Rev.B is the next step in carrying that legacy forward. Tata Photon on Rev.B will provide our customers with ...

Bell to release the LTE Samsung Galaxy S II and Galaxy Tab 8.9? MobileSyrup.com Bell announced they will deploy LTE before the end of 2011, but gave no dates or insights into which Canadian cities. In a recent internal Bell document on April 29th stated that “Bell has completed 4G LTE trials and we are currently deploying LTE as...

Verizon Motorola Xoom LTE launching on September 8 for $499.99, HTC Rhyme leaked Unwired View By Vlad Bobleanta on 02 Sep 11 Don't tell owners of Verizon's non-LTE Xoom, but the LTE-enabled Xoom is about to be released. Yes, before those early adopters who purchased the original Xoom will be receiving their hardware upgrade to LTE. ...

Telecom Italia Will Invest At Least EUR1 Bln In 4G Mobile - COO Wall Street Journal Italy's government said it had received initial offers worth a combined EUR2.3 billion for the 4G mobile frequencies in the auction, which started Wednesday. Telecoms operators that are participating in the auction--including Telecom Italia, ...

Verizon Wireless CTO David Small on LTE, the Launch of the iPhone and All Things Digital In addition to reminiscing about the past, Small also talked about Verizon's future, including the rollout of its LTE-based 4G network, as well as how Verizon plans to distinguish itself now that AT&T is launching an LTE network of its own. ...

Quit call as wi-fi project fails BBC News Swindon Borough Council had a 35% stake in Digital City on the project which would have involvedwi-fi points being mounted on lamp-posts. But the rollout - beyond the pilot which took place in Highworth - did not happen. Labour's Jim Grant said it was ...

Telstra to drop prices for LTE launch ZDNet Australia Telstra's commercial launch of long-term evolution (LTE) devices later this year will coincide with a drop in price of the telco's existing mobile broadband offerings, according to a source. The telco plans an overhaul of its Liberty mobile broadband ...

SaskTel wants 700 MHz access for rural customers Regina Leader-Post "LTE technology will significantly improve the customer experience and will provide our customers with data speeds of up to five times faster than our existing 4G network," Bill Boyd, minister responsible for SaskTel, said in a press release. ...

Toshiba Unveils Industry's First SDHC Memory Card with Wi-Fi Functionality. X-bit Labs by Anton Shilov Toshiba Corp. on Wednesday announced that it will launch the world's first SDHC memory card with embedded wireless LAN functionality to meet the SD memory card standard. The new FlashAir card has 8GB capacity and supports both ...

Plusnet reveals half of customers want businesses to provide Wi-Fi WebWire (press release) With increased competition in the hospitality and retail markets, it's important for small businesses to understand how investing in customer broadband has the potential to really boost sales. With over one in ten (12%)** respondents estimating that ...

Research and Markets: Papua New Guinea - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband 2011 Bradenton Herald Subsistence based agricultural products and petroleum products are among the largest export industries The massive mineral developments needs fast broadband and communications to interact on the world stage as by end 2011 over 30 million oz of gold and ...

Q&A on T-Mobile deal now: effect on jobs, customers, 4G The Seattle Times (blog) Meanwhile, the industry is moving to a fast, robust new 4G technology called LTE, or Long-Term Evolution. Verizon and AT&T already offer LTE service in some areas. Sprint offers another wirelessbroadband technology called WiMax, but it's eventually ...

MTS' new broadband service 'MBlaze Ultra' promises speed up to 9.8 Mbps Digit Sistema Shyam TeleServices (SSTL), which nationally operates its telecom services under the MTS brand, has announced a faster version of its popular broadband service MBlaze. The new MTS service, known as "MBlaze Ultra", promises speed up to 9.8 Mbps ...

India moves closer to 4G The Mobile Indian By Nilabh Jha, The Mobile Indian, New Delhi, September 02, 2011 4G will soon be launched. Consumers using 4G (LTE) networks will be connected even where the LTEnetwork is unavailable as the new devices will switch to 3G or 2G, depending on which is ...

Sony Reader Wi-Fi announced Coolest Gadgets by Edwin - on September 2nd, 2011 Sony has just announced their latest entry into the world of e-book readers, what with the Sony Reader Wi-Fi – and if you are a natural fan of model numbers, you can always call it the PRS-T1. ...

Telecom faces limited competition in wholesale broadband, regulator says New Zealand Herald Telecom faces limited competition in wholesale broadband markets and its cabinets that are used to provide fast broadband over the ageing copper network will continue to be monitored by the antitrust regulator. The Commerce Commission has ruled ...

Should You Make the Jump to 4G? Radio World Our early testing shows LTE working well deep within offices, elevators and basements. Sprint was the first to market with 4G solutions, based on a competing technology called WiMax. To get to 4Gquickly, Sprint partnered with (and now owns part of) ...

Bell prepping its LTE network, Samsung Galaxy S II LTE and Tab 8.9 ... By Brad Molen We've known that Bell's intended to make the jump to LTE for nearly three years, but the Canadian carrier has kept incredibly silent about when. ... If we're to believe an unnamed source, that silence may be soon coming to an end: supposedly the company will be launching its 4G network "soon" and is rumored to have a phone and a tablet prepped for launch right away. The suspected devices? None other than the Samsung Galaxy S II LTE and Galaxy Tab 8.9. If this happens ... Engadget

Super Wi-Fi or white spaces, what's up with unlicensed broadband ... By Stacey Higginbotham The UK's telecom regulator laid out plans to use white spaces broadband, and expects to see networks in use by 2013, according to a report issued Thursday. If the UK is moving forward, what the heck has happened to efforts in the U.S.? GigaOM

10.7: Monitor your Wi-Fi with Wi-Fi Diagnostics - Mac OS X Hints It allows you to monitor Wi-Fi networks your computer is connected to and ... Particularly when aWiFi network had been created using a MBP as a means to ... hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20110807084920307 Wi-LAN sues Apple over Wi-Fi, HSPA wireless technology patents Apple Insider It is related to Wi-Fi and 4G long-term evolution technology. The complaint was filed in US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division. Patent infringement lawsuits are frequently filed there in hopes of a favorable outcome for ... Shaw Says No To Wireless Daily Markets Instead, the company will now build a cheaper Wi-Fi network, which will enable offloading 3G/4Gwireless data traffic across a short distance from landline Internet access points, such as homes, offices, snacks bars etc. Wi-Fi network will enable ... Why white-space Wi-Fi won't wash ZDNet UK Low-power, longer-distance, unlicensed broadband or narrowband wireless networking. They're similar, in the way cats and dogs are similar in the fur, legs, head and tail departments but, crucially, they are not the same. Wi-Fi is more than a network. ... Welcome to the bear pit: Sims steps into the spotlight Sydney Morning Herald The press statement slashed 5.5 per cent off Telstra's share price as news circulated that if the structural separation plan was rejected it would cast doubt on the wider deal between the telco and NBN Co and throw the entire broadband network project ... Samsung Galaxy S2 to be 'Dethroned' by Motorola Photon 4G? International Business Times 3G: The Photon 4G has Rev.A up to 3.1 Mbps along with 4G LTE support whereas Samsung's support for 4G is yet to be revealed but it has HSDPA 21 Mbps and HSUPA 5.76 Mbps support. WLAN/Bluetooth/USB: Samsung's phone has Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi ... 4G, 3G services to mature parallelly in India ITvoir It is reported that Swedish telecom equipment manufacturer Ericsson is working with many players in India on long term evolution (LTE) technology. The company has already conducted field trials of 4G LTE mobile technology with Reliance Industries ... UP economist doubts new gov't broadband project ABS CBN News MANILA, Philippines - The Aquino administration's efforts to revive the aborted National BroadbandNetwork (NBN) project has received failing marks from a University of the Philippines economics professor. Dr. Raul Fabella, one of 2 UP economics ... SES and Sea&Space Reach Agreement for the Distribution of Its Satellite ... MarketWatch (press release) ASTRA2Connect, Europe's most successful satellite broadband network serving 80000 end-users, is offered via distribution partners to end-customers and businesses in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. SatADSL will provide this reliable and affordable ... Shaw shuns cellphone network for Wi-Fi boost Calgary Herald By Kim Guttormson, Calgary Herald September 2, 2011 8:47 AM CALGARY — Shaw has decided to offer customers a more extensive Wi-Fi network — one that can be accessed from C-train lines and neighbourhood arenas — rather than wade into the expensive ...