High-speed broadband services will lead to speed divide : Analysis report
Gartner broadband analyst firm, in its report on ‘Ultra-High-Speed Residential Broadband Internet’ says cities rather than rural areas will get access to superfast broadband services like 50Mb broadband, thus increasing digital divide in many countries. Adoption to very high-speed broadband will increase with growing interest in applicatios like HDTV, video downloads etc.
Are you satisfied with your broadband speed?
The BBC and Independent broadband information site ISPreview would conduct a survey to find the actual speeds that broadband users receive in the UK.
UK ranks 31st in global broadband speed report
UK does not find a place in top ten fast broadband nations, a report released by Communications Workers of America (CWA). South Korea and Japan provide an average of more than 15Mbps speeds to users while it is just 4.1 Mbps in the UK which ranks 31st in the global broadband speed report.
Digital Economy bill may not include broadband tax proposal :Timms
Digital Britain minister, Stephen Timms says that 50p per month broadband levy is unlikely to be passed as law before next year’s general elections.
MSN Video Player UK attracted 154,841 viewers in first 11 days
The first resluts on performance of two weeks old MSN Video Player UK were out. Microsoft’s IPTV service (broadband TV) managed 167,487 streams of TV shows and got 154,841 users, according to the usage numbers reported by MediaGuardian.co.uk.
Facebook Lite – the new app from P2P for slow broadband users
Facebook, the social networking site will launch a new service called ‘Facebook Lite’ targeting mobiles and dial-up internet users. Facebook Lite, the lighter version of Facebook is now on trial in India and will be extended to China and Russia.
UK broadband services get cheaper on LLU surge : Ofcom
The Office of the Telecommunications Adjudicator (OTA2) release its latest report on unbundled phone lines (LLU) for July 2009.
High-speed broadband made online TV services popular
Research analyst firms Deoloitte/YouGov say that online TV viewing has not attracted many people, despite the availability of high-speed broadband connections. Out of 2,123 viewers took part in the survey, more than half of them (53%) said that faster, stable broadband service would not become a factor that would make them to watch more video … Read more
Sky TV will go 3D Next Year
Digital TV broadcaster, BSkyB announce plans to launch 3D TV broadcast in UK by next year. Sky says its customers can watch 3D TV channels using Sky +HD box , 3D enabled TV set and spectacles made of polarising glasses.
Microsoft set to launch broadband TV (IPTV) in the UK
MSN Video Player, a flash based online video player will be launched by Microsoft for UK internet users.