Its iAyala unit is tying up with Globe to offer broadband Net access to Ayala's posh developments.
By the end of the year it is thought that more than 30% of UK homes will have broadband net access.
It had an OK but hardly exciting telecomm equipment business (equipment for use with DSL broadband and telephone net work monitoring).
The company also holds stakes in Asian telecommunications companies planning to deliver broadband and wireless net access, among them a joint venture with NTTDoCoMo in Japan and Korea's Thrunet.
Verizon said FiOS broadband customers rose a net 207, 000 to 4.3 million, while FiOS TV customers increased 192, 000 to 3.7 million.
Here is the real irony: iPhone and Android phones run portable hotspot software so the Fire will have broadband access to the net via these devices.
In July last year, the number of UK households accessing the net via broadband surpassed those using dial-up for the first time, according to the Office of National Statistics.
Now the petitioners are calling on Skype to create a reporting system for its cooperation with government surveillance modeled on the Transparency Reports issued by tech firms like Google, Twitter, and the California broadband provider Sonic.net.
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The company added 44, 000 net dishNET (broadband) subscribers in the fourth quarter taking its total broadband subscriber count to 183, 000.
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According to a team of experts from Brunel University's Department of Information Systems and Computing a radical new approach to marketing broadband is needed if fast net services are going to appeal to the half of the population yet to get connected.
Its Net Fone package bundles broadband access, Internet phone service and free-to-air TV channels, and is attracting nearly 30, 000 new customers a month.
Meanwhile, Comcast's broadband business added 156, 000 net subscribers, an 8.4% increase.
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FiOS Internet connections more than offset a decrease in DSL-based HSI connections, resulting in a net increase of 62, 000 broadband connections from first-quarter 2011.
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Between Net Neutrality, spectrum shortages and improving broadband access, CTIA has more than enough causes to keep it occupied.
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Officials said the definition of broadband access had changed over the course of the Net Neutrality battle but did not provide specifics.
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He says the whole debate over net neutrality is less important if you have broadband choice.
Just compare this layout with what wireless net operators will pay to bring on 3G broadband services.
Court of Appeals has ruled that the FCC does not have statutory authority to regulate broadband or the Internet, i.e. mandate net neutrality.
The joint endorsement of exempting wireless services from net neutrality is a significant victory for cellular broadband providers such as Verizon, which have said that excessive regulation of those services would stifle their investments.
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It would be unfortunate if the lack of preparedness for how people really use the net, combined with corporate greed, sabotaged broadband in the same way that unmetered dial-up was damaged by the actions of some companies two years ago.
The session also covered net neutrality, antitrust issues and Genachowski's broadband-driven agenda at the FCC.
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As a practical matter the proposed net neutrality rules would largely turn today's broadband providers, whether their services are delivered over wireline, fiber, cable, satellite or wireless platforms, into traditional common carriers.
Communities that are keen to obtain fibre-based broadband are being asked to publicly declare their desire for high-speed net access.
Net neutrality is seen as central to the government's broadband plan to provide high speed access to every citizen by 2020.
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The UK Government is aiming to make the UK one of the most competitive broadband markets in Europe, with more people connecting to high-speed net than in Germany and France.
The FCC is taking a semi-approach to net neutrality wherein most of the rules will be applied to wireline broadband networks.
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The government was celebrating its own broadband milestone earlier this year as it announced that one million Britons had fast net connections.
Compaq also announced its new Triple Play broadband Internet access program, which offers customers a choice of three high-speed Net access options: cable modem, DSL, and satellite.
Like many net companies Tiscali has been looking for a good reason to get people using broadband and Kazaa might help them convince customers to upgrade.
The research shows clearly that the comfort factor of broadband comes from not having to worry about cost, reliability or being knocked off the net in the middle of something.
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