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[2006-11-20] Reminder: IANIS+ broadband survey for public authorities
The IANIS+ broadband survey for public authorities will close on 15 December 2006 - be sure to make them aware of your plans and ideas before then!
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[2006-11-13] LightReading’s Muni Forum webinars on Municipal Networks coming up
In the coming weeks and months, LightReading organizes some interesting webinars related to Municipal Networks and the involved technologies. |
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[2006-10-20] IANIS+ broadband survey for public authorities
The IANIS+ work programme, coordinated by eris@ (The European Regional Information Society Association), with the support and guidance of the Commission, has launched a survey to establish the extent to which public authorities at local and regional levels are interested and willing to
- share their information, experiences and problems regarding broadband deployment and procurement
- share their plans and requirements with respect to future broadband provision
- collaborate with other public authorities to aggregate their demands for broadband provision.
Further information and a link to the questionnaire are available at
http://www.ianis.net/broadband_survey/ |
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[2006-10-10] PacketFront helps VolkerWessels Telecom to provide the biggest open
access network in Europe
PacketFront, a leader in FTTH (fibre to the home) technology and next generation broadband aggregation, has announced that it is extending its deal with VolkerWessels Telecom, a division of Dutch construction company VolkerWessels, to deploy 55,000 ports and create one of the largest and most advanced FTTH networks in Europe. Click to read more…
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[2006-06-16] Optical integration moves back onto the agenda
Photonic integration was one of the hot new ideas that emerged during the telecoms boom years, but was
subsequently shelved by cash-strapped component vendors. Now, as Roy Rubenstein reports, the technology could
be set to make a big revival. Click to read more… |
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[2006-06-07] BREAD workshop
The BREAD project and Wibrace organise a worshop titled “Telecom and Media synergies in the 21st century” to be held the 8th of June co-located with the Mobile Summit conference. Click to read more. |
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[2006-06-06] UNDERSTAND Final Conference
The UNDERSTAND project consortium announced that its Final Conference: “Developing the information society in the regions: benchmarking indicators, leading projects and policy support” will be held in Poznan, Poland on 22-23 June 2006. Click to read more. |
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[2006-05-25] Broadband Europe 2006
The deadline for paper submission for BBEurope 2006 has been fixed on June 18th, 2006. Click to read more.
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[2006-03-23] UK’s Home Computer Initiative (HCI) tax exemption removed
On March 23rd 2006, Chancellor Gordon Brown announced that “the government will remove the current
exemption for employer-provided equipment from 6 April 2006”. Click to read more. Find here the HCI Alliance response to the Budget announcement. |
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[2006-03-22] New DSL Technology
On 22 March 2006 Infineon hosted a webinar to announce their new DSL chips. The chips are now
commercially available. They are based on modern ULSI CMOS technologies and exploit Trellis/Vterbi code and spread spectrum
technologies. They fit to the new VDSL2 and ADSL2/2+ standards. Range is 500 metres for 50 to 100MBit/s
and 6.5 Km for 8-24 Mbit/s. Click to read more. |
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[2006-03-21] Broadband for all
Commission mobilises all its policy instruments to bridge the broadband gap. Click to read more. |
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[2006-03-13] UK’s Home Computer Initiative (HCI)
The UK’s Home Computer Initiative enables employees to buy a computer for home use tax free. The Red PC website provides a form that employees can complete and get their employer to sign to secure the tax refund. Click to read more. |
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[2006-03-12] Sacramento to Set Up Muni WiFi
Sacramento, Calif., is the next city lining up to install a border-to-border WiFi mesh network, offering
local residents and businesses a cable- and copper-free broadband data option. Click to read more. |
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[2006-03-10] Building boom for Wi-Fi networks
Municipalities deploy mesh and WiMAX to connect their communities
There were no precedents in early 2004 when Chaska, Minn., got fed up with the prices of local DSL and
cable services and deployed a broadband wireless network for its citizens. The Minneapolis exurb of 20,000 dug
$1 million out of its capital-improvement budget, built a Tropos Wi-Fi mesh and set itself up as a wireless
ISP. Click to read more. |
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[2006-03-06] Analysys: “Incumbent operators should see naked DSL as an opportunity, not a threat”
Until recently, incumbent telcos have generally resisted naked DSL because of concern about immediate
revenue loss (from the absence of the PSTN subscription) and the fear that it would exacerbate the move of
voice usage away from the PSTN towards mobile and VoIP. Click to read more.
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[2006-03-01] eTEN Call for Proposals 2006
The eTEN Call for Proposals 2006 has been opened on 17 February 2006, and closes on 19 May 2006. eTEN is the European Community Programme designed to help the deployment of telecommunication networks based services (e-services) with a trans-European dimension. It focuses strongly on public services, particularly in areas where Europe has a competitive advantage. Click to read more. |
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[2006-01-26] The However-you-want-it Show
Michael Grade (Chairman of the BBC)
The on-demand revolution is a colossal advance on today’s limited television-watching. Click to read more. |
