SBC announced a $6 billion initiative to transform the company over the next three years into the largest single provider of advanced broadband services in America. The company's goal was to make super-fast, always-on Internet access available to nearly all of its wireline customers and create a platform to deliver...
The majority of people in 2004 still use dial-up. But that is too pokey, especially if your work is dependent on the Internet. People who use the Web heavily are more likely to depend on broadband. In most cases, you have two decent broadband choices: cable and Digital Subscriber Line...
As bad as the crisis in the telecommunications industry may be, things may be about to get worse. That's because Wi-Fi wireless fidelity Internet access - which is significantly cheaper than its DSL and cable modem alternatives and can be faster - is threatening the business models of cellular carriers,...
Vonage is still losing money, but the bottom line is moving in the right direction. The company also signed a deal with Covad to offer DSL service. The VOIP provider on Thursday reported a first quarter net loss of $9 million, or 6 cents a share, compared...
Digital Subscriber Line DSL and cable modem are two of current major broadband access services. Both offer advantages to the home and small business customers. This report gives their basic concepts, provides literature survey for these two technologies, and performs detail comparative analyses between them on speed, cost, security, availability,...
Digital subscriber line DSL penetration has steadily increased through aggressive bundling strategies of the ILECs, and wireline operators are winning an equal share of new subscriber additions compared with cable modem service. DSL growth should continue to be strong in 2005 with penetration levels of total access lines still in...
The rise of DSL as a preferred Internet access technology is creating new challenges and opportunities for telecom operators and ISPs alike. DSL represents a significant source of additional revenue for incumbents and ISPs, but at the same time their traditional business is threatened by the rise of DSL Service...
The rise of DSL as a preferred Internet access technology is creating new challenges and opportunities for telecom operators and ISPs alike. DSL represents a significant source of additional revenue for incumbents and ISPs, but at the same time their traditional business is threatened by the rise of DSL Service...
With the ADSL explosion, the take-off of new generations of very high speed DSL technology SDSL then VDSL, the recent compression technologies that allow the simultaneous broadcasting of several television stations, telephone communications and ultra-quick Internet access. In addition, the growing speeds, the increasing digitalisation of exchanges, the omnipresence of...
As DSL deployment in central offices continues, new demands arise, driven by the increased penetration rate: the demand for service in areas currently not served, and a growing appetite for enriched content. These needs present operators with the challenges of extending coverage and increasing bandwidth. This paper, focused primarily on...
This paper provides a broad overview of the business significance of symmetric high bit rate digital subscriber line (G.shdsl). It begins with a short review of the evolution of DSL technology from asymmetric to symmetric, and explains the various symmetric DSL SDSL technologies that eventually converged into the new International...
This paper presents an overview of a digital duplex scheme called Zipper, intended for DMT-based VDSL systems. The Zipper multi-carrier duplex scheme represents a breakthrough toward digital implementation of frequency-division duplexing. A duplex scheme is a method to divide the capacity of a line between the upstream and downstream directions....
Primus Telecommunications, Inc. today announcedthat it has executed an agreement with Hughes Network Systems, LLC HUGHESto resell HughesNet® broadband satellite Internet service to Primuscustomers in the continental United States and Puerto Rico. The agreement allows Primus to offer broadband services to all its small-and medium-sized business SMB customers, including those...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-15 July 2008-mobilkom austria launches new broadband tariff A1 BREITBAND UNLIMITEDC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Telecomms group Telekom Austria Group (VSE: TKA) (OTC US: TKAGY) announced on Monday (14 July) that its mobile subsidiary, mobilkom austria, has launched a new broadband tariff A1 BREITBAND UNLIMITED, which offers unlimited...
Call hand-off between adjacent Femtocells, a major problem facing mobile telecom service providers looking at future Femtocell deployment, can be resolved by using Bonded DSL RingsTM BDR www.BondedDSLRings.com it was announced today. BDR is a new breakthrough technology from Genesis Technical Systems Corp www.genesistechsys.com . BDR also...
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Downey Financial Corp. reported today that the regulatory capital position of its bank, Downey Savings and Loan Association, F.A., was enhanced by $62 million prior to the end of second quarter 2008. The holding company contributed $50 million of equity...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0d5355/2008_asia_teleco) has announced the addition of the "2008 Asia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in Malaysia and Philippines" report to their offering. This report provides a comprehensive overview of the trends and developments in the telecommunications and digital media markets in Malaysia...
BROADBAND Just over a quarter of all UK broadband customers are dissatisfied with the service offered by their provider, according to a survey from price- comparison site uSwitch.com. In particular, customers are unhappy with their broadband connection speed, which they believe is often far...
Rural Telcos , using a new breakthrough technology called Bonded DSL RingsTM BDR, can turn their copper wire infrastructure into a new profit centre and at the same time provide their customers with a feature rich high bandwidth experience previously only available to suburban Telco customers. With ...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-11 July 2008-Verizon to expand broadband network in Western MassachusettsC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Verizon Communications Inc ((NYSE: VZ), a US broadband network operator, has announced plans to extend its DSL network to Washington, Massachusetts. The announcement on 10 July means that 24 communities in western...
