Bill Gates , founder and chairman of Microsoft , continues to try to assure that he lands a place in the broadband world.
"There is a dark secret in the broadband world that NTL is including its 128k product in its figures which clearly is not broadband, " he said.
I'm sure the techies over there in London who put it together congratulate themselves -- over their triple cafe lattes -- for being at the leading edge of the broadband world.
Introduced at this year's Wireless Broadband World Forum, these upcoming devices (which frustratingly lack either names or model numbers) also feature either 512MB or 1GB of flash RAM, with two of them adding T-DMB and VoIP capabilities, and the high-end model throwing in a little GPS action to boot.
The State of Broadband 2012: Achieving Digital Inclusion for All report evaluates the roll-out of broadband around the world and tracks progress towards achieving the four targets set by the Commission in 2011 for boosting broadband affordability and uptake.
It also reinforces a clear need for policy leadership to facilitate the deployment of broadband around the world.
Somehow, conventional wisdom came to be that (1) American broadband lags the world and (2) the government needs to prop it up.
Five hundred million people now have broadband in the world.
The app economy is centered in the U.S. in no small part because a decade ago we unleashed fiber optic and mobile network investment, and America surged to become a world broadband leader.
"Whilst funding earmarked for ultra-fast broadband in 10 UK cities is both ambitious and heartening, and will undoubtedly benefit technology companies looking to develop and expand in the UK, the primary concern should be the provision of a quality service to rural areas before pursuing the title of fastest broadband in the world, " said Julia Stent, director of telecoms at price comparison site Uswitch.
"Today the U.S. is eleventh in the world in broadband deployment, " said Edward Whitacre Jr.
America has slipped to 15th in the world in broadband per capita.
Not long ago, the United States led the world in broadband connectivity.
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Are you satisfied that the U.S. ranks fifteenth in the world in broadband per capita and that we are falling further down the ladder every year?
At the event, Huawei also underscored its commitment to increase access to high-speed mobile experiences for more people around the world through strengthening their LTE product portfolio which includes many first-in-class LTE products such as the Huawei B593, the world's first LTE TDD wireless broadband router and the Huawei E398, the world's first triple-mode LTE modem.
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And Skilling did indeed keep on telling the world that the broadband business was going well.
The C block has international potential as well, as this same band is opening up around the world for wireless broadband services.
South Korea is one of the world's most advanced countries when it comes to mobile phones, and the world leader in broadband adoption.
HomePlug devices account for more than 80 percent of the world's broadband powerline communications market and over 45 million devices have shipped to date.
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Now the country is taking another leap forward with access to the fastest average home internet connections and the highest wireless broadband subscription rate in the world.
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In high-tech South Korea -- which has one of the highest broadband penetration rates in the world -- the StarCraft video game series has spawned devotion more akin to professional sports teams.
The deal will create the world's largest broadband company, with 25 million customers in 14 countries.
Reporting on this emerging capability, I made the macro prediction that the world would change when broadband Internet became ubiquitous and broadly adopted.
And we will help bring world leading, superfast broadband and wi-fi connections to 10 of them - including the capitals of all four nations.
Depending on whom you ask, its experience should serve as either a warning or a triumph for the rest of a world racing to deliver broadband to the masses.
In that world, the current broadband providers could stand to lose a big chunk of business at a time when we can assume the content side of the business will be in serious upheaval as well.
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There are governmental and non-governmental plans to increase broadband availability in many parts of the world.
They also say that the country ranks 5th in the world for high-quality broadband and 1st in the EU. The country, no bigger than Tennessee, ranks among the top ten in upload speed.
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While the views of panellists varied widely on the best ways to improve and enhance education, they all agreed that broadband could address educational challenges in a world where 61 million children of primary-school age are not in school, 1.7 million extra teachers are needed and 775 million people, mostly women, are illiterate.
And thanks to new technology and broadband, the on demand a la carte world has arrived.
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