For years we’ve been told that IPv4—the present Internet protocol standard—would be running out soon, and when IPv6 takes over, there will be enough IP addresses to go around for every sand particle on the earth’s surface. That sounds wonderful, but nobody seems to truly understand that IPv4 addresses are running out.
China’s cable and telecom regulators remain at loggerheads on the integration of the two sectors, despite a ruling from the State Council two months ago.
Up to 100 million US homes could get download speeds of 100Mbps and uploads of 50Mbps under the FCC’s national broadband plan.
The 376-page plan, which was sent to Congress yesterday, calls for every American to ultimately have access to a 1Gbps broadband connection through “anchor institutions” suc
Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has weighed into local mobile providers over bandwidth throttling – prompting a stout defense by Ofta of its consumer protection efforts.
“If unlimited usage and high speed are two factors that determine your choice of a mobile broadband service plan for your computer, you may be in for a big disappointment,” the
Telstra’s second-largest shareholder, fund manager Australian Foundation Investment (AFI), is urging Telstra shareholders not sell the firm’s fixed-line assets to the government at a bargain basement price.
”Telstra is entitled to get appropriate value for its assets, including its customer traffic,” according to AFI managing director Ross Barker,
Japanese Wimax operator UQ Communications aims to deploy more than 6,000 Wimax base stations by March, 2,000 more base stations than originally planned.