Issue #55 | Fri 29th Aug 2008

More surfing but still digital divide

More households than ever have high-speed internet access, according to official figures, but some have claimed more needs to be done to deal with the "digital divide" ...

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Wireless VoIP phones part of future

Wireless VoIP will become increasingly common in the business telecoms industry over the next few weeks, a new report has suggested ...

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AOL wins broadband award

The category of Best Short Contract Broadband at the Top 10 Broadband awards has been won by AOL.AOL was up against companies like Plusnet and Be Broadband but won through in the awards ceremony, organised by the independent broadband comparison site Top 10 Broadband ...

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CPE boosted by broadband

The customer premises equipment (CPE) market has seen growth because of the increasing up take of broadband, according to research ...

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Orange relaunches fixed-line broadband

Orange has relaunced its fixed-line broadband and is attempting to target customers interested in phone deals, according to reports ...

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VoIP provider market figures

The VoIP provider equipment market showed a slight decline for the second quarter of 2008 but is expected to recover well, according to Infonetics Research ...

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VoIP PBX 'changing communication'

The use of VoIP PBX is causing communication in business to take "new shapes", according to a commentator ...

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50 million now have HSPA

The number of High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) connections has risen from 11 million to 50 million in one year, according to the GSM Association (GSMA) ...

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Mobile to reach 100Mbps before fixed-line, claims GSMA

Mobile broadband will be reaching speeds of 100Mbps before fixed-line, according to the GSM Association (GSMA) ...

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Telecoms moving towards NGNs

Telecom providers are taking advantage of the cost savings inherent in IP-centric architectures by rolling out next-generation networks (NGNs), according to an analyst firm ...

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