They all successfully bid to become super-connected cities with ultrafast fixed broadband access and large areas of public wireless connectivity.
The UK government has said it wants to deliver the best superfast broadband network in Europe by 2015, with 90% cent of the UK receiving superfast broadband and everyone else to have access to standard broadband with a speed of at least 2Mbps.
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Its iAyala unit is tying up with Globe to offer broadband Net access to Ayala's posh developments.
And he has formed an alliance with Cisco Systems to introduce broadband Internet access into his hotels.
The upgraded convertible tablet also comes with an option of integrating WiMAX, providing field workers with high-bandwidth 4G wireless broadband access, where available.
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Improvements to the network would also mean that many homes with poor or no broadband will have access to a system operating at speeds at or above 2Mbps.
Google knows what we want to know, and builds its search engine around those requests, but that service covers those of us in rich countries with widespread access to PCs and broadband.
"In our more deprived communities pupils are less likely to have computers at home, so access to computers with fast broadband at school is even more important in improving IT literacy, " she said.
By 2005 he hopes to connect Jordan's 3, 000 public schools, 21 universities, 20 community colleges and 40 community access centers with a high-speed broadband network.
If you're traveling with a laptop and will have ready access to a broadband connection, you can bypass these technical issues and simply make calls over the Internet.
Ms Hart also answered questions on implementing the aims of the Welsh Language Strategy within the context of economic regeneration, discussions with Tata Steel, the government's science policy and broadband access.
Each comes with GPS navigation and can access 3G speeds on Sprint's broadband CDMA network.
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Along with Microsoft's new generation of Internet-oriented software, users will need other non-software technologies tailored for the Web, such as broadband access, wireless communications, smart cards, phones with large screens, handheld computers and PCs with integrated microphones and cameras, Gates said.
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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.
With little fanfare two weeks ago, a key United Nations commission made a remarkable statement: it declared, unambiguously, that broadband access is a basic human right, right up there with the right to healthcare, shelter and food.
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Superfast Cymru, funded by the UK and Welsh governments with BT, aims to ensure places that do not currently have superfast broadband can access it.
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 partnership with the likes of MIT and Georgia Tech, Pirelli Labs is studying telecommunications technologies like broadband access and photonics, which can feed back into Tel Italia, and new materials for tires and environmental cleanup.
Videotron is a leader in new technologies with its interactive Digital TV service and its broadband network, which supports high-speed cable Internet access, analog and digital cable television, and other services.
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It may take more than 10 years for a widespread broadband market to develop, says Abhi Chaki, an analyst with Jupiter Communication's bandwidth and access practice.
Cablevision, for its part, doesn't have an affiliate agreement with Disney for authentication, and it's the only major broadband provider that doesn't provide access to ESPN3.com, ESPN's broadband network.
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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This included simplifying and eliminating unnecessary deployment and operating regulations at the federal, state and local level, freeing up another 500 Mhz. of radio frequencies for mobile broadband, and working with providers to identify the most compelling new applications that would only be possible if near-universal access to broadband became a reality.
Virgin Media plans to roll out free public wi-fi in London to compete with BT's Openzone - the catch being that customers must subscribe to Virgin's broadband service at home to access the fastest speeds at no cost.
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