MORRISTOWN, NJ – April 9, 2009 – TM Forum, the world’s premier industry group focused on business effectiveness for the communications and media sectors, today confirmed 23 official nominees for the prestigious TM Forum Excellence Awards. Recognizing global leaders in operational excellence and their innovative contributions to industry, the 2009 awards include two best practice [...]

Global speeds and prices of residential and business DSL services increased by 4.7% and 9.3% respectively in the first quarter of 2008 according to analysis from Point Topic’s quarterly tracking report.*
The global average residential DSL service cost and downstream speed in Q1 2008 increased to $61.36 per month (up 9.3% on Q407) and 6,517 Kbps [...]

Average residential DSL downstream speeds have increased in Asia Pacific, Latin America, South East Asia, Western and Eastern Europe over the middle two quarters of 2007. In North America and the Middle East and Africa region average residential downstream speeds remained relatively unchanged.
“The most significant changes were seen in Asia Pacific and South and East [...]