CHICAGO -- New federal data released Tuesday showed that broadband penetration grew by 23% in the second half of last year, compared with a 27% growth rate in the first half. The Federal Communications Commission said the U.S. had 19.9 millio...
Today another report came out, this time from Enders Analysis, showing that in the UK, online ad spending is set to outpace television by the end of the year. This only cements the conclusions an earlier Internet Ad Bureau report reached this year this year (though that report posited 2009...
Singapore -- Media Development Authority MDA has issued SingTel Singapore Telecommunications with a six-month Internet Protocol TV IPTV service licence to conduct technical trials. Offering TV via broadband connection through PC or set-t Singapore -- Media Development Authority MDA...
Comstar-United TeleSystems (LSE: CMST), Russia's leading integrated telecommunications service provider, has chosen Nortel's(1) (TSX: NT)(NYSE: NT) mobile (IEEE 802.16e) WiMAX solution for its network in Moscow. The new Comstar WiMAX wireless broadband network will provide users with high-speed Internet access to support mobile applications. With the highest penetration...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5da6a2/finland_key_stat) has announced the addition of the "Finland - Key Statistics Telecom Market & Regulatory Overviews" report to their offering. Finland's adoption of new technologies has resulted in some of the highest broadband and mobile penetration rates in Europe. Switchover to digital...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/acbeb5/gambia_telecoms) has announced the addition of the "Gambia - Telecoms Market Overview & Statistics" report to their offering. Gambia has had a 100% digital network since 1995, but fixed-line penetration has remained low at around 3%, which in turn has hindered Internet...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/319018/italy_key_statis) has announced the addition of the "Italy - Key Statistics Telecom Market & Regulatory Overviews" report to their offering. Mobile phone penetration is the second highest in Europe. More than half the population use the Internet, while broadband take-up is growing...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/236af3/venezuela_teleco) has announced the addition of the "Venezuela - Telecoms Market Statistics & Forecasts" report to their offering. Venezuela's high GDP per capita contrasts with low fixed-line teledensity and scant broadband penetration, indicating that there is considerable room for growth in both...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ebe0d4/switzerland_key) has announced the addition of the "Switzerland - Key Statistics Telecom Market & Regulatory Overviews" report to their offering. The country's mountainous topography helped to establish a number of cable networks, though in recent years DSL has become the preferred means...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5b1d08/germany_major_te) has announced the addition of the "Germany - Major Telecom Players" report to their offering. Germany has Europe's largest telecom market, supported by a large and affluent population receptive to emerging technologies. Internet use is higher that the EU average, though...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/d4bfb7/ireland_broadban) has announced the addition of the "Ireland - Broadband Market - Overview Statistics & Forecasts" report to their offering. Ireland's broadband market remains under-developed by European standards, although government efforts to improve local loop unbundling and wholesale access has meant that...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c145e5/malaysia_broadba) has announced the addition of the "Malaysia - Broadband Market" report to their offering. Malaysia continues to heavily promote itself as an Information Technology hub in the Asia region. On the back of the Multimedia Super Corridor project, high-tech companies have...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/756614/latin_america_te) has announced the addition of the "Latin America - Telecoms Mobile & Broadband Overview & Analysis 2008" report to their offering. While Latin America's fixed lines stagnate at 18% teledensity, mobile subscribers have overtaken their fixed-line counterparts in every country except...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/56f1c0/spain_broadband) has announced the addition of the "Spain - Broadband Market - Overview Statistics & Forecasts" report to their offering. Spain's broadband penetration is on a par with the EU average, though subscribers have continued to contend with relatively high access prices...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b9f5c5/philippines_inte) has announced the addition of the "Philippines - Internet Services" report to their offering. It remains accurate to say that Internet has not yet really taken off in the Philippines. With an estimated Internet user population involving less than 10% by...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/aa33ad/iberia_major_tel) has announced the addition of the "Iberia - Major Telecom Players in Spain and Portugal" report to their offering. Spain and Portugal have advanced telecom markets with a strong Internet and growing broadband base well served by the cable and DSL...
Beamforming Significantly Improves Indoor Penetration of Broadband Signals by Increasing WiMAX Network Range and Capacity SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. FMA, a global leader in WiMAX SoC technology and solutions, has co-authored with Cisco a new white paper entitled "Beamforming Boosts the...
BROADCASTING TED KOPPEL Along with Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw and Peter Jennings, Lancashire-born Ted Koppel was one of a generation of great American television news anchors. Leonard Doyle talks to him Back in the mists of television time, when anchors were anchors and most Americans...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3f3f78/sudan_telecoms_m) has announced the addition of the "Sudan - Telecoms Market Overview & Statistics" report to their offering. The third largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa and one of the biggest countries on the continent, Sudan is regarded as one of Africa's...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/842368/global_analysis) has announced the addition of the "Global - Analysis - Broadband Market" report to their offering. The Internet brought us the concept of affordable data communications; broadband has taken that a step further with the concept of 'always on' access to...