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India: Internet, broadband fail to catch up with mobile growth
The debate over Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) spectrum auctions and internet telephony comes at a time when international organizations and analysts are painting a starkly contrasting picture of the Indian telecom and IT sectors.
Recent International Telecommunication Union (ITU) data reveals that the success of India’s telecom revolution is restricted to mobile voice with very little [...]
Asia-Pacific region leads high-speed Broadband connectivity, but wide divide prevails, says ITU
While some Asia-Pacific economies are world leaders in information and communication technologies (ICT) where broadband access is ultra-high speed, affordable and close to ubiquitous, in most of the region’s poorer countries Internet access remains limited and predominantly low-speed.
This is what ITU’s Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Report for the Asia-Pacific region 2008 says. It was released at ITU [...]
Internet telephony is open: Call charges set to decline in India
The complete opening of Internet telephony, as recommended by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) a few days ago, will not only lead to steep fall in all type of call charges, be it local, national or international, but also help in increasing broadband penetration, an area where India lags behind.
Industry analysts say person [...]
Nripendra Misra: The last protocol
August has been a busy month for the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) and its chairman, the redoubtable Nripendra Misra, a dyed-in-wool bureaucrat who has in his regulatory avatar done arguably more than any of his predecessors on the job. He has plenty of support and equally bitter critics who wish he would give [...]
Internet telephony pioneers stumble
Last updated 10:01am (Mla time) 10/03/2007, Philippine Daily Inquirer
NEW YORK–In spite of its global popularity, Internet telephony (VoIP), which is almost free for users, has not become a gold mine for its pioneers such as Skype and Vonage.
Popular online auction firm eBay, which bought Skype two years ago for $2.6 billion, affirmed that message in [...]
Travails of Internet telephony
Many think that VoIP is the solution to all telecom problems. It is a solution, but not to all problems. It does not give you something for nothing, in the long run, though in the short term, something may be had for almost nothing.
The articles describes the problems faced by VoIP [...]
Municipal WiFi in London
Another municipal WiFi network, but this time, not for free.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Switch on for Square Mile wi-fi
But is there really that much demand for open-air surfing? After all, staring at a laptop screen in the sunshine is not a great experience – especially in an area where so many cafes [...]
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Sri Lanka: Cutting it
Mobile phone use is taking off in Sri Lanka – though not, perhaps, in ways that service operators might have hoped.
FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT
In the world’s poorer countries, the purchase of a mobile phone has become increasingly affordable. Using it, however, can still be a struggle. Low-income mobile phone owners in [...]
India’s International bandwidth capacity grows 95 pc
The Hindu Businessline, Thomas K Thomas, New Delhi , July 13Increasing usage of broadband and Internet-based services has prompted Indian international bandwidth providers to raise their capacity by 95 per cent over a one-year period.
According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, bandwidth owned by various gateway service providers such as VSNL, Reliance Communication and [...]
Bangladesh Illegal VoIP operators make fortune as govt stalls licensing
Bangladesh Illegal VoIP operators make fortune as govt stalls licensing
Sharier Khan
While powerful illegal internet telephony operators keep on draining out hundreds of crores taka each year, the government is delaying the process of awarding licence for VoIP operation on various pretexts ignoring a fresh recommendation of Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Authority (BTRC).
The government now says the [...]
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