Brazil wants to expand their fiber optics networks
The Brazilian government wants to have fiber optic technology in 90% of the country’s cities. The average Internet speed in the South American country has gone up by 11%, reaching 2.9Mbps.
Alcatel-Lucent completed 3700 miles of submarine cable from US to Ecuador
The undersea cables subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, ASN, has completed the commissioning of the Pacific Caribbean Cable System (PCCS), an almost 3700 miles undersea cable linking US to Ecuador
Huawei building almost 2.500 miles of fiber optic to Equatorial Guinea
Huawei will build almost 2.500 miles of fiber optic cable in Republic of Equatorial Guinea, the project will take two years and will bring high-speed Internet access to most of the people in the African country
What should AT&T do now that it owns DirecTV?
AT&T completed its acquisition of DirecTV last week, about a year after it was first announced. To be honest, I was never a big fan of this move. Pay TV is not a growing business, and I believe AT&T's dollars would have been better spent expanding its broadband business in the U.S.
Asia stands out with a 35% growth in FTTH
According to Wire and Cable news, Asian telecoms released new data, revealing that more than 300 million business and homes across Asia-Pacific now have access to fiber services a 35% growth.
Canadian Telecom completes $14M fiber network for business and residential customers
TELUS completed 150 km network that reaches 16 cities, in Vancouver island, that will enjoy broadband Internet even for the very first time for some of the communities. The network will improve the healthcare, education and business thanks to the access to new technologies.
Best Buy joins Obama's FTTH program
The retail store will collaborate with training programs and tech-support to the community in President Obama’s ConnectHome, the project that will deliver high speed Internet to 275,000 low-income households in 27 cities.
Obama wants faster internet for you
“The Internet is not a luxury, it is a necessity” with that phrase Obama labeled the project ConnectHome, a way to deliver internet to every american home, few people can imagine that one of four people in the U.S. don’t have internet access at home.
AT&T Pays $100 Million for slowing unlimited data
The fine is one of the biggest in history, the decision made by The Federal Communications Commission because they, apparently, found out that AT&T throttled net speed for users who are using a particular amount of data, perceiving a real speed down.
