Further rollout could prove a boon to rural areas where fixed line broadband speeds are poor.
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It said fixed line broadband had been restored on Thursday, and mobile telephones were still working, despite a mast in Herm being out of order.
This is a convergence of mobile portability with the speed and multifunctionality of fixed-line broadband.
In India, where fixed-line broadband links are rare, many will get their first taste of speedy surfing over a wireless network.
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Softbank, which also offers fixed-line broadband services, has carried out an aggressive marketing drive in recent years, starring a talking white dog that has proved popular among Japanese.
Sinn Fein's Cathal Boylan asked about the funding for fixed-line broadband in rural areas, something which Mrs Foster said was not possible in certain cases due the prohibitive cost.
And several service providers, using a number of different technologies, have sprung up offering wireless alternatives to Telkom's costly fixed-line broadband service, which is expensive by European standards, let alone African ones.
But challenges include the long-awaited shake-up of China's telecoms sector, which could see the market becoming fiercely competitive with the entry of fixed-line and broadband providers China Telecom and China Netcom.
Its plug-and-play function automatically configures itself to the surrounding radio environment, enabling users to quickly enjoy wider, higher-quality and more cost-effective coverage simply by connecting the femtocell to a broadband fixed line.
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With 55 percent of all U.S. households beholden to a single, fixed-line provider of broadband access (mostly cable modem service), the Commission should consider how each of its rules affects broadband investment.
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But a daunting task remained: to replace the declining fixed-line revenue with mobile and broadband services in one of Europe's most competitive markets.
But with NTL due to change its name to Virgin Media next year, NTL also has UK commercial broadcaster ITV in its sights as a takeover target, part of its plans to offer television as well as broadband, fixed-line and mobile telecommunications services.
He told Forbes.com that social networking could bridge the gap between fixed-line and mobile networks, from broadband at home to mobile data transmission.
Carriers have argued (lied, frankly) that such penalties are necessary due to network congestion or financial well being, despite the fact that flat-rate pricing has been perfectly profitable, the costs of delivering broadband continue to plummet, and most well-run fixed-line networks experience limited to no substantive congestion.
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The aim there is to work out whether part of the spectrum which is being auctioned late next year will provide a mobile broadband alternative for people who struggle to get a decent service down a fixed line.
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