More than 8.3 million US homes and businesses still do not have access to high-speed broadband Internet services. This was reported by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC noted that following a detailed study of national broadband coverage maps, it revised its estimates of the number of homes and… Читати далі »More than 8 million US households do not have access to broadband internet
A team of researchers from the National Institute for Information and Communications Technology (NICT) and Sumitomo Electric Industries (SEI), together with employees from Eindhoven University of Technology, L’Aquila University and Macquarie University, has developed a 19-core optical fiber with a record high bandwidth. Potentially, it is able to… Читати далі »New speed record set for standard fiber networks
In Germany, they set a goal to provide train passengers with the opportunity to access gigabit Internet. Telefonica Deutschland, Ericsson and Vantage Towers have teamed up on a partially government-funded project to bring high-quality 5G wireless communications to the German railway network. The trio of… Читати далі »German railway network to get gigabit internet
Orange Belgium has announced its intention to begin phasing out its 3G networks next January. At the same time, the process of decommissioning these networks will occur region by region and should be completed in 2025. According to the schedule published on the operator’s website, the municipality of… Читати далі »Orange Belgium will start shutting down 3G networks in January 2024
SpaceX received a contract to supply Starlink terminals to Ukraine. Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX, received a contract from the US Department of Defense to supply Starlink terminals and services to Ukraine. This was reported by Bloomberg with reference to the Pentagon. Funds for the purchase of Starlink terminals… Читати далі »The Pentagon will pay for Starlink services for Ukraine
The Portuguese government plans to ban the use of Huawei equipment for the development of the national 5G network. The Portugal Resident writes about this , citing a document developed by the Portuguese Cybersecurity Council. The authors of the publications claim that the government is concerned about the… Читати далі »Portugal to ban Chinese companies from building national 5G network
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has published a new technical report. It can form the basis for the development of a roadmap to establish standards for space distribution multiplexing (SDM) in the transmission of signals in fiber-optic cables of broadband networks. This, in turn, will increase the… Читати далі »The International Telecommunication Union is preparing a standard to increase the capacity of fiber optic cables
Европейский союз планирует проложить подводный кабель для улучшения связи с Грузией и уменьшения зависимости от линий, проходящих через Россию. Об этом сообщает Financial Times со ссылкой на программный документ Европейской комиссии. Стоимость проекта, который предполагает прокладку кабеля на расстоянии 1100 километров через международные воды Черного моря, оценивается… Читати далі »Евросоюз проложит кабель по дну Черного моря для уменьшения интернет-зависимости от России
The Estonian Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (TTJA) has issued licenses for the development of 5G networks in the 24.7-27.1 GHz band. The Department’s official statement says that three telecommunications companies, Elisa, Telia and Tele2, took part in the frequency competition. Each of them received two frequencies. In… Читати далі »Estonia issues licenses to 5G network operators
A1 Slovenija, a division of A1 Telekom Austria Group, plans to stop using 3G mobile networks. The shutdown of third generation networks is scheduled for June 30 this year. This was announced by the company. “The phasing out of 3G technology is an integral part of the sustainable development… Читати далі »Slovenian operator A1 Slovenija to shut down 3G network in June