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FCC To Propose Spending $400M to Connect Rural Doctors

July 15, 2010 misc

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to propose a new program to help rural doctors get access to broadband in hopes of improving patient care. At the meeting set for Thursday, the agency will propose that $400 million a year from the Universal Service Fund should go to linking doctors and hospitals to the Internet [...]

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Alcatel-Lucent introduces 7750 SR-c12 and 7750 SR-c4

October 29, 2009 Alcatel-Lucent News ( NYSE: ALU )

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced the introduction of two new IP routers designed to give service providers an economically viable alternative for offering smaller communities the same advanced mobile, residential and business services currently delivered in larger metropolitan areas. The new products, which will expand the addressable market of Alcatel-Lucent’s industry-leading Service [...]

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Telenor, T-Mobile, Vodafone and Tele2 meet to discuss the future of Telecom

October 6, 2009 Telecom Equipment

The European Telecom industry is one of the most competitive in the world. This has been accredited to the affinity between network operators. With a turnover of approximately EURO 290 billion, the industry is constantly growing, but with growth comes new challenges. A recent challenge facing the industry is its high-profile loss against the EU, [...]

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AboveNet Agility Guarantee

September 29, 2009 AboveNet News (NYSE:ABVT)

AboveNet, Inc., (NYSE:ABVT)has announced its industry-leading low latency guarantee. The program, called the Agility Guarantee, will offer customers ultra-low latency performance across the entire array of metro wave and Ethernet services that AboveNet provides in the top 15 U.S. markets. AboveNet Chief Technology Officer, Rajiv Datta, said, “We are offering this guarantee of ultra-low latency [...]

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Code of Conduct on Energy Consumption of Broadband Equipment

September 23, 2009 Alcatel-Lucent News ( NYSE: ALU )

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has signed the European Union’s Code of Conduct on Energy Consumption of Broadband Equipment. By signing the Code of Conduct, Alcatel-Lucent commits to make all reasonable efforts to abide to the principles described in the Code of Conduct (version 3 ? 2008) for the broadband communications equipment it is [...]

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No Money In Voice – Welcome 4G!

August 4, 2009 Carriers

As profits dwindle, telecom giants join forces at the Next Generation Telecom Summit to cash-in on the new 4G world. The last five years has seen unprecedented change in communications. The European consumer has a plethora of handset choices and packages. The average handset has evolved from the humble voice-box, to the total media centre. [...]

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Covad Increases Bandwidth Offerings upto DS3

August 4, 2009 Covad News

Covad Communications Company has completed the next phase of its broader network transformation strategy by building out its access portfolio with the introduction of DS3 service for performance-intensive applications and enterprise connectivity, as well as higher-bandwidth bonded T1 offerings up to 12.0 Mbps. Covad has also introduced network-wide Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities to enable [...]

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BTOP and BIP Broadband Grants availability

July 11, 2009 Featured

From the LAW OFFICES OF THOMAS K. CROWE, P.C., full contact info below. Last week, on July 1, 2009, the Rural Utilities Service (“RUS”) of the Department of Agriculture and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (“NTIA”) of the Department of Commerce released a Notice of Funds Availability (“NOFA”) announcing the policies and application procedures [...]

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NoChokePoints – self interest or do they have a point?

June 23, 2009 NoChokePoints

On June 22, 2009 a group of mostly regional telecom carriers formed a new coalition called NoChokePoints. They are on a mission to get the FCC to reform the fee structure for special access to the large bandwidth pipes mostly owned by incumbent carriers as AT&T and Verizon. According to NoChokePoints, companies like AT&T and [...]

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