SK Telecom to launch a LTE test network in the ocean

SK Telecom, South Korea's biggest telco, is planning a test network for maritime communications using Long Term Evolution. This supports high-speed wireless telecommunications on ships located approximately 60 miles from shore.

August 03, 2015 by

Customers sue Windstream to get higher broadband speeds

A number of Windstream's clients in the state of Alabama aren't glad about the wireline DSL tech that they are getting from Windstream, and they are suing the company in the hopes the company will respond by upgrading its wireline infrastructure...

Fiber optics and smartphones team up to tell you if you are pregnant

Research from Hanover Centre for Optical Technologies in Germany developed a device that can perform biomolecular examination just with some fiber optic and your smartphone, the authors Kort Bremer and Bernhard Roth...

 

Comcast is adding two miles of fiber optics in Illinois

Comcast informed that is adding almost two miles of fiber optics in several places in Illinois. Including Elgin, near the Interstate 90 and Randall Road, the expansion has business purposes, basically to help local enterprises...

 

July 07, 2015 by

Yoigo raises top FTTH Broadband speed to 300 Mb/s

Spanish operator Yoigo has raised its top broadband speed to 300 Mbps, in line with the upgrade on Telefonica's fibre network. Over DSL, Yoigo now offers a top speed of 30 Mbps, under its Fusion quad-play plans...

 

Crash In Seagoville Causes AT&T Outage

A car crashed into an AT&T terminal box in Seagoville - in Dallas County, Texas. Reported on the Sunday morning the accident caused up to 800 AT&T customers in the area to lose phone and internet service...

 

C Spire win award for 1GB FTTH Internet expansion

C Spire's video-friendly, ultra-high speed 1Gbps fibre-to-the-home Internet technology initiative in Mississippi has received the 2015 Star Award from the FTTH Council for helping promote the expansion of consumer broadband access in the US...

NYC says Verizon failled to fullfill its promise

New York City said Verizon Communications Inc has failed to fulfill its promise to extend its FiOS high-speed Internet, television and phone service across the city by mid-2014

July 04, 2015 by Luis Cardenas

22 towns authorize $34.5M for fiber. 6,700+ deposits on service

After creating a telecommunications coop to bring broadband to rural communities in Western Mass, and completing four years of planning, WiredWest member towns have signaled they’re ready to move forward with a regional fiber-optic network...