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September 3, 2010

Cliffhanger poll fractures NBN consensus

Filed under: AnalystWire,Australia,Australia NBN,Fixed Access,NBN,Operator Services,Optical Networks,Satellite,Wireless Access,wireless broadband — fmmonteverde @ 8:03 am

On 21 August 2010, Australia went to the polls to elect a national government.

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AAG cable fault hits Brunei

Filed under: AAG,Brunei,Cable outage,Daily News,Fixed Access,Fixed Broadband,Network management,Optical Networks,Subsea cable,Telekom Brunei — fmmonteverde @ 6:08 am

A fault in the new AAG cable has hit internet connectivity in Brunei.

Telekom Brunei has warned users to expect slow connections or cuts in service because of a fault at AAG’s landing station at Lantau, Hong Kong.

The “international uplink” has been out since August 27 and will not be back in service until September 7, a

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THE WRAP: Web TV war breaks out, Singapore’s NBN

Filed under: Apple,Blackberry,Daily News,Dell,Equinix,Fixed Access,Google,HP,India,Mobile Apps and Content,NBN,Operator Services,RIM,Singapore,Skype,Sony Ericsson,The Wrap,Wireless Access — fmmonteverde @ 6:08 am

This week internet titans prepped for the web TV wars, as Singapore’s next-gen fiber network cranked into life.

Apple slashed the price of its Apple TV hard-drive and announced 99-cent downloads for TV shows.

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Cisco buys smart grid outfit Arch Rock

Filed under: Arch Rock,Cisco,Daily News,Fixed Access,Green IT,IPV6,Itron,Merger and acquisition,Network management,Public,Routing and Switching,Smart grid,Utilities — fmmonteverde @ 6:07 am

Cisco has made its second move on the smart grid market in as many days, unveiling plans to buy specialist networking firm Arch Rock yesterday.

The firm will integrate privately-held Arch Rock’s IP-based wireless technology into its smart grid products – its latest attempt to

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FASTTAKES: DoT, HP, Telkom, BT, Vimpelcom, AlcaLu

Filed under: 3Par,Alcatel-Lucent,Daily News,Dell,Earnings,Fixed Access,HP,Mobile Apps and Content,Operator Services,Telkom,VimpelCom,Wireless Access — fmmonteverde @ 6:00 am

India’s DoT has begun allocating 3G spectrum to the seven winners of May’s 3G auctions. It requires operators to cover at least 90% of metro circles, and 50% of most of the other circles.

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September 2, 2010

India tells Google, Skype to open up servers

Filed under: Daily News,Fixed Access,Google,India,Network management,Operator Services,Public,RIM,Regulation,Skype,Telecom Network Security,VoIP in Service Provider Networks,security — fmmonteverde @ 7:05 am

India has expanded its drive to bring foreign-operated data services under state security surveillance.

After forcing RIM to offer a technical fix to allow security agencies to read encrypted BlackBerry data, Home Secretary G.K.

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BRICI market web users to double by 2015

Filed under: BCG,BRICI,Brazil,China,Daily News,Fixed Access,Fixed Broadband,India,Indonesia,Mobile Apps and Content,PC,Public,Research Notes,Russia,Wireless Access,mobile phones,smartphones,wireless broadband — fmmonteverde @ 7:04 am

Web users in BRICI countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and Indonesia – will almost double in the next five years, as PC and smartphone penetration grows, analysts say.

The number of subscribers accessing the web in the five markets will grow from 610 million in 2009 to 1.2 billion in 2015, Boston Consulting Group predicts, as PC penetration doubles

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FASTTAKES: TelstraClear, Google, Bharti, Nokia, Cisco, Motorola

Filed under: Android,Bharti,Cisco,Daily News,Fixed Access,Google,IPV6,India,Itron,Mobile Apps and Content,Motorola,Nokia,Operator Services,Public,TelstraClear,Wireless Access,WorldXchange — fmmonteverde @ 7:00 am

TelstraClear and WorldxChange have forged what they say is the first full VoIP interconnection service agreement involving a Tier 1 carrier.

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Four content strategies shaping up for CSPs

Filed under: AnalystWire,Business and managed services,CDN,Content strategy,DBMS,Fixed Access,Fixed Broadband,Mobile broadband,OTT,Operator Services,Public,Wireless Access,cloud computing — fmmonteverde @ 6:59 am

Network operators have learned that services targeting plain "Internet access" as their goal have little chance of earning a durable return on infrastructure investment.

Over the top (OTT) players like Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, YouTube and Hulu have

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Amazon joins online TV craze

Filed under: Amazon,Apple,Blogs,Fixed Access,Fixed Broadband,Google,Hulu,IPTV and Video on Demand,Internet TV,Operator Services,Public — fmmonteverde @ 6:53 am

Online retailer Amazon has become the latest to jump on the online TV bandwagon.

It has been pitching its planned subscription service to major media companies including NBC Universal, Time Warner and News Corp, the Wall Street Journal reports.

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