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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-09-04 17:09 Telefonica to sell fibre optic broadband access end-Oct (Interactive Investor)
MADRID, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Telefonica said on Thursday it will provide broadband internet access in Spain through a new fibre optic network from Oct. 31, despite protests from rivals that they need access to the network to ensure fair competition. Telefonica will initially offer internet speeds of 30 megabytes per second -- 10-30 times faster than any other ADSL product on the market -- ...
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Internet war shifts to new frontier (The New Zealand Herald)
The Commerce Commission has released draft plans to give rivals access to Telecom's new cabinets. But the competitors are worried that Telecom's rapid deployment of cabinetisation will undermine their new-found access at exchanges.
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Teliasonera International Carrier: Teliasonera Launches Service That Prevents Distribution of Material Depicting Child ... (Broadcast Newsroom)
In an effort to prevent the spreading of material containing child sexual abuse over the internet, TeliaSonera international Carrier today launched a free service allowing operators and Internet Service Providers the ability to deny their users access to web sites containing this type of material.
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Europe Weighs Caps on Roaming Fees for Text Messages (New York Times)
The price control would substantially cut the roaming fees that individuals are charged to send text messages and limits that could reduce the cost of surfing the Internet.
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Australia sets Nov 26 deadline for broadband bids (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
MELBOURNE, Sept 3 (Reuters) - The Australian government on Wednesday set a Nov. 26 closing date for bids to build a A$9.4 billion ($7.8 billion) broadband network, aiming to make high-speed Internet access cheaper and more widely available.
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Fiber-Optic Access Now Available To 25,000 In Chelan County, WA (FiberOpticsOnline)
Chelan County Public Utility District announced recently that fiber-optic access is now available to more than 25,000 homes, businesses, schools and hospitals throughout Chelan County, a rural county in north central Washington state
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USCarrier Telecom Prepares Southern US Coast Fiber Optic Network for Hurricane Hanna (Broadcast Newsroom)
ATLANTA, BUSINESS WIRE -- USCarrier Telecom, LLC. a Southeastern wholesale provider of high-speed, long-haul, fiber optic transport, announced today hurricane preparedness plans for their Atlantic coast Points of Presence with a concentration in Savannah, GA.
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Verizon Brings Super-Fast Computer Connections to Customers in Danvers, Hudson and Milford, Mass. (Broadcast Newsroom)
BOSTON, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon customers in three more Massachusetts communities can experience breathtaking high-speed Internet access as the company today expanded the availability of its Verizon FiOS suite of Internet services to Danvers, Hudson and Milford.<.....
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Bringing Down Roaming Costs (Red Herring)
Swiss startup United Mobile offers cheaper international calls and pre-paid data charges.
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Some IP Attorneys Look to Make Their Mark as Patent-Holders (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Having seen the fortunes earned by small patent-holding companies, some lawyers are playing the patent litigation game as principals, not just advisers. At least 10 law firm lawyers have filed suits to protect their own "inventions" in recent years.
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