SparkLAN Communications Inc. unveils a small-sized Wireless Smart Client Adapter, WCR-150GN, which is easy to carry and simple to power up by USB port, making it the ideal choice for travelers.
WCR-150GN is 802.11gn compliant, which achieves a data rate for up to 150Mbps. This latest model features 3-time faster data rate and lower price than [...]

Vijay Yadav, MD, UTStarcom keynote speaker at the event
UTStarcom, Inc. (Nasdaq: UTSI) has announced its participation in the upcoming 6th international conference, Broadband Tech India 2009, to be held at Hotel Le Meridien in New Delhi on November 18. The event is being organized by Bharat Exhibitions.
Mr. Vijay Yadav, Managing Director, UTStarcom, will be the [...]

16/11/2009 (www.ISPreview.co.uk, UK, London) – Anybody who has spent any amount of time with a UK Mobile Broadband connection knows that reception is one of the most frustrating aspects of the service. Good reception means your operator will switch you to its fastest network platform and be more stable. Bad reception forces you to tolerate [...]

11 November 2009 – The Home Gateway Initiative (HGI) today announced that it has signed a liaison agreement with the Broadband Forum that will lead to close collaboration by both organisations on the development of standards and specifications for broadband networks worldwide.
The comprehensive agreement is designed to enhance the already active cooperation between HGI and [...]

The separation of the three consumer access markets is crystallising.
The latest broadband tariff report from Point Topic, Broadband Tariff Benchmarks Q3 2009, has just been released collating the worldwide data to the end of September.
“Within the world broadband consumer market the three dominant access technologies are becoming more clearly defined. Fibre is a more [...]

The results from 721 respondents to ISPreview.co.uk’s latest survey reveal that 75% of people would not buy a house, even a lovely one, if the best broadband ISP speed it could achieve was just 1Mbps. In addition, 51% would be willing to pay more for a house with “faster” broadband.
Some 61.7% of those surveyed said [...]

NSS-9 Satellite Enlisted to Expand Broadband Delivery to Remote Communities
Committed to connecting unconnected regions of the world, SES WORLD SKIES, a division of SES S.A. (Paris:SESG)(LUxX:SESG), today announced Solomon Telekom has signed an agreement for satellite capacity to extend its broadband services across the Solomon Islands.
As part of the multiyear, multi-million-dollar deal, [...]

Mapping the North-South gap
Point Topic’s new mapping of broadband geography shows how deep the digital divide is between the North and the South.
“We class 68 cities, towns and districts as having high broadband penetration, but only 3 of these are north and west of a line from the Wash to the Bristol Channel. Of the [...]

— 3G to Benefit Underserved Communities in Nepal and Vietnam —
MUMBAI — October 26, 2009 — Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, and Room to Read, a nonprofit organization that partners with local communities throughout the developing world and is dedicated to promoting and [...]

Bangalore, Today, Shri Kuldeep Goyal Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is launching prepaid Broadband services. The service will b e extended to other circles progressively by the end of the year.
A pre-requisite for customers willing to subscribe to prepaid Broadband services is to have a BSNL Land line connection. A [...]