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European Union deal asks for airwaves clear for 4G until 2013

Published on: 9th November, 2011

Three important European regulatory bodies have agreed to a plan to create free bandwidth for LTE 4G phone networks. The European Commission, European Parliament and states members in the European Council have agreed to set wireless spectrum aside for high-speed mobile networks by the 1st of January 2013. The necessary bandwidth has to be made [...]

Kansas City picked for a Google Fiber project with 1Gbps Internet

Published on: 4th April, 2011

A few days ago, Google picked Kansas City, Kansas for being part of its Fiber project, which implies a first roll out of the 1Gbps Internet access. The option for the city has been the result of acerb competition from 1,100 candidates. Google already has a development agreement in place and will be working with [...]

UK’s biggest spectrum auction to expand 4G services

Published on: 24th March, 2011

The UK is apparently preparing the largest spectrum auction ever this will include bands spreading across 250MHz of spectrum, no longer used by television broadcasters. Ofcom, the wireless regulation authority, seems to currently be working to finalize a strategy which will guarantee the spectrum is distributed among a minimum of four competing networks. In order [...]

Sony hints at PlayStation phone, possible tablet

Published on: 8th November, 2010

During a call discussing the latest results, Sony seriously hinted that it was developing a PlayStation phone. The company did not mention the device itself, but said that the Network Services group, which handles computers as well as the PlayStation brand, would deliver the hardware. The PlayStation division, Sony Computer Entertainment, would be moved into [...]

New technology from Nokia Siemens could provide more 3G data bandwidth

Published on: 9th August, 2010

Nokia Siemens Networks has recently presented a technology that would probably lessen data crunch at certain carriers. DFCA (Dynamic Frequency and Channel Allocation) operates a reduction of the needed amount of bandwidth a GSM call requires in order to work. This approach results either in doubling the space for the conventional type of voice calls [...]

Free Wi-Fi on San Francisco International Airport

Published on: 25th June, 2010

As declared on June 21, 2010, the San Francisco International Airport will soon offer free Wi-Fi. On September 1, terminals will switch from the paid service from T-Mobile to free access. According to airport officials, this move is a reaction to numerous surveys, which showed that most of the clients weren’t enthusiastic on paying for [...]

Allied Fiber to build neutral fiber network with nationwide coverage

Published on: 2nd June, 2010

The beginning of the construction of a new fiber network that is expected to cover the entire nation has been recently announced by Allied Fiber. The fiber network will be deployed in six phases and will begin with a duct meant to connect New York City, Ashburn and Chicago. The network is designed to connect [...]

Wi-LAN sues Acer, Apple, Dell, LG and others over Bluetooth patent violation

Published on: 20th April, 2010

Wi-LAN has continued its practices of suing a large number of companies of the technology industry instead of using business as an argument. The suit includes major electronics manufacturers like Apple, Acer, Dell, Sony, LG, Toshiba and other 12 companies that would violate a patent related to Bluetooth use. The Canadian-based Wi-LAN accuses the above [...]

LaCie’s d2, 2big and 5big Network 2

Published on: 25th February, 2010

On February 23, 2010, LaCie presented the updates for its d2, 2big and 5big network-attached storage (NAS) systems. Each device benefits from version 2; this features a new 1.2GHz CPU, which will help data transfer rates to go up to 70MB per second. There is also a widget-based interface, offered to users from most of [...]

Spotify banned from Oxford University’s network

Published on: 22nd January, 2010

Oxford University’s IT department banned access to the free of charge and unlimited streaming music service Spotify because it is very bandwidth consuming. While students who use the service are not satisfied with this decision, the OUCS (Oxford University Computer Services) consider it necessary and say that a network upgrade would be justified only by [...]

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