July 31st, 2011 by 
David Goldstein
A proposed law designed to fight child pornography has rankled privacy advocates because it would require Internet service providers to keep 12-month logs of customers’ names, credit card information, and other identifying information that are tied to temporarily assigned network addresses. … more
July 31st, 2011 by David Goldstein
A technology guru who has been described as the Thomas Edison of Silicon Valley claims to have developed a new wireless technology that could one day rival the download speeds on the National Broadband Network. … more
Posted in Broadband |
July 31st, 2011 by David Goldstein
College campuses are shielded from many of the ugly realities of the outside world, such as dead-end jobs, underwater mortgages and pokey Internet connections. Now, a group of research universities wants to bring one of their perks — blazing fast Internet access — to the communities that surround them. They’re trying to persuade telecommunications companies to use the towns as test beds for broadband services almost 200 times faster than today’s average connection. The goal of the effort, dubbed Gig.U, is to spur a leap in broadband technologies and the services they enable. Although it’s something of a “Field of Dreams” notion, the project could help the country surmount one of the biggest obstacles to a truly high-speed Internet. … more
Posted in Broadband |
July 29th, 2011 by David Goldstein
People with disabilities who rely on communication services to make phone calls are set to benefit from new measures being proposed by the communications regulator Ofcom. … more
Posted in Governance, Telecom |
July 29th, 2011 by David Goldstein
A High Court judge has ruled that BT must block access to a website which provides links to pirated movies. … more
Posted in Broadband, Governance, Telecom |
July 29th, 2011 by David Goldstein
China’s Alibaba has taken on established players such as Google and Apple in the mobile operating system market. … more
Posted in Mobile |
July 29th, 2011 by David Goldstein
Mobile phone makers shipped 361 million handsets in the second quarter of this year, up 13% on the same period in 2010, according to a new report. … more
Posted in Mobile |
July 29th, 2011 by David Goldstein
A U.S. House of Representatives committee has voted to approve legislation that would require Internet service providers to retain customer IP data for 12 months in the name of combating child pornography. … more
Posted in Broadband, Governance, Telecom |
July 29th, 2011 by David Goldstein
France Telecom is putting its Swiss, Austrian and Portuguese units up for sale, which analysts say could raise as much as 2 billion euros ($2.9 billion) and pave the way for a return to shareholders. … more
Posted in Telecom |
July 29th, 2011 by David Goldstein
The head of the company rolling out the National Broadband Network has responded angrily to security concerns sparked by the alleged hacking of one the network’s providers, accusing the media of distorting the story. … more
Posted in Broadband |
