Broadband in telecommunications refers to a signaling method that includes or handles a relatively wide range (or band) of frequencies, which may be divided into channels or frequency bins.
Broadband in data can refer to broadband networks or broadband Internet and may have the same meaning as above, so that data transmission over a fiber optic cable would be referred to as broadband as compared to a telephone modem operating at 56,000 bits per second. Read More
May 22 - Financial Times
Jump in dividend sends TalkTalk soaring
May 18 - Independent
May 17 - CNN Money
Broadband wars latest: BT bests Virgin but lags BSkyB
May 11 - Independent
BT posts surging annual profits of £2 bn
May 10 - France24
BT pledges 10-15% dividend growth
May 10 - Financial Times
Deutsche Telekom faces antitrust complaint
May 08 - Financial Times
Customer numbers rise at Virgin Media
Apr 25 - Financial Times
Telstra investigates growth areas
Apr 22 - News.com.au
Inmarsat settles with US group
Apr 21 - Independent
LightSquared settles Inmarsat dispute
Apr 20 - Financial Times
BT takes on 150 broadband engineers
Apr 12 - Independent
Apple iPad faces UK advertising scrutiny
Apr 06 - Financial Times
Australia blocks Huawei from broadbrand tender on cyber security concerns
Mar 26 - Financial Post
Huawei 'banned' from Australian broadband project
Mar 26 - France24
Operators criticise 4G spectrum licence plans
Mar 22 - Financial Times
Sprint Nextel cancels agreement with LightSquared
Mar 16 - Financial Times
Auction rules may force Rogers into deals with competitors
Mar 15 - Financial Post
Broadband costs set to soar as BT and TalkTalk lose copyright bid
Mar 06 - Independent
John Dvorak's Second Opinion: Google dumping Clearwire investment
Feb 24 - MarketWatch
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Indian telecom company Bharti Airtel in collaboration with Qualcomm is set to roll out commercial 4G services in four cities across India, following a successful launch in Kolkata and Bangalore in March and earlier this month. (12:40 pm)
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An Open Rights Group report suggests that child protection filtering is leading to mobile internet censorship. (May 16)
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By Reuters
Graphics chipmaker Nvidia Corp is buying about 500 wireless communications patents from privately held IPWireless, as it locks horns with Qualcomm Inc in the lucrative market for smartphone and tablet chips. (May 14)
MORE TOPICS: MICROSOFT, APPLE INC., INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, SMARTPHONE
By Reuters
America Movil, the telecommunications company owned by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, intends to boost its presence in the United States with the purchase of California-based Simple Mobile, the second planned acquisition it unveiled this week. (May 10)
MORE TOPICS: BARCLAYS, CALIFORNIA, RETAIL, TELECOMS, MEXICO, SMARTPHONE
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On Wednesday, ABC news anchor Robin Roberts say down with President Barack Obama for an historic interview. For the first time, Obama affirmed his evolved position on one of America’s most controversial issues. Read the full transcript here, courtesy of ABC. (May 10)
MORE TOPICS: AL-QAEDA, BARACK OBAMA, AFGHANISTAN, CHRYSLER, WHITE HOUSE, NEW YORK
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The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that two separate Virgin Media advertisements were misleading. (May 10)
MORE TOPICS: COURT, ADVERTISING, TELECOMS
By Reuters UK
Britain's biggest fixed-line telecoms firm BT hiked its dividend on Thursday after deep spending cuts and strong demand for broadband helped the group to grow earnings and cash despite falling overall sales. (May 10)
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By Reuters
The U.S. Postal Service said it is abandoning for now its plan to close thousands of post offices in rural locations and will instead keep them operating with shorter opening hours. (May 09)
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Hacking collective Anonymous used an hour-long DDoS attack to force Virgin Media's website offline. (May 09)
MORE TOPICS: TWITTER, COURT, SONY, LAWSUIT, INVESTMENT, LONDON
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Mexican business-tycoon Carlos Slim Helú's mobile telecommunications company América Móvil S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: AMX) made an unsolicited bid to raise its stake in Dutch mobile phone company Koninklijke KPN N.V. (Amsterdam: KPN) by $3.4 billion, KPN announced Tuesday. (May 08)
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