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NEW YORK, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Extricom [http://www.extricom.com ] Ltd., the enterprise wireless LAN (WLAN) manufacturer that provides seamless mobility with its patented Channel Blanket(TM) [http://www.extricom.com/category/benefits ] architecture, and its US partner, SignalShare, successfully deployed the WLAN at the NBA 2013 All Star weekend. Fans of the game were given free access to Wi-Fi and took full advantage of fast, clear connectivity at Houston's famed...
Expanded 4G Coverage, New Cell Sites and Boosted Capacity Drive Improved Customer Experience BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* invested more than $45 million in its Vermont wireless and wireline networks from 2010 through 2012, with a focus on expanding 4G mobile Internet coverage and enhancing the overall performance of its networks.** (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120612/DA23287LOGO) AT&T has made nearly 80 wireless network upgrades in...
Live demonstrations of E6000(TM) CER and SDV feature unprecedented bandwidth savings to maximize upstream and downstream capacity SUWANEE, Ga., Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ARRIS Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARRS) will display the latest platform in its cable edge portfolio, the ARRIS E6000(TM) Converged Edge Router (E6000 CER) at the China Content Broadcasting Network Exhibition (CCBN2013). ARRIS will also highlight the features and functionality of its Switched Digital Video (SDV)...
Supports TDS Telecom broadband and video growth strategy CHICAGO, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. [NYSE: TDS], parent company to TDS Telecommunications Corp. (TDS Telecom), today announced an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Baja Broadband, LLC ("Baja"), a cable company headquartered in Alamogordo, New Mexico, for a purchase price of $267.5 million, subject to working capital and other adjustments. Baja generated annual revenues...
Audio and video streaming account for 28% of roaming data on tier-1 European mobile network BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 26, 2013 /CNW/ - Sandvine, (TSX:SVC; AIM:SAND) a leading provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and mobile operators, today announced that audio and video streaming account for 28-percent of roaming data as observed on a tier-1 European mobile network. Given the growing popularity of streamed sporting events such as the 2012 Olympics, Sandvine...
BATS Technology Delivers the Throughput, Optimization, and Stronger, Higher Reliability Broadband Connections Passengers and Crew Demand MIRAMAR, Fla., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MTN Satellite Communications (MTN) announces BATS has entered into an exclusive partnership with MTN to market the Broadband Antenna Tracking and Stabilization (BATS) system to the cruise, ferry and large yacht markets. This end solution is a hybrid network service, leveraging both satellite and...
North American Service Provider Leverages Cambium GIGATOWER(TM) to Deliver More Than 1 Gigabit of Broadband Capacity from a Single Tower ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. and ASHBURTON, England, Feb. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambium Networks(TM), a leading provider of IP wireless broadband access and transport solutions, has introduced the GIGATOWER(TM), a new wireless broadband access solution that delivers the industry's highest level of throughput for enterprises and triple-play service...
SUWANEE, Ga., Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ARRIS Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARRS) will showcase next generation cable edge architectural solutions, video processing, broadband access, gateways, assurance solutions and advanced advertising products at Cable Congress (Stand #7). The ARRIS portfolio gives broadband operators the tools and platforms they need to deliver reliable telephony, demand driven video, next generation advertising and high speed data services. ARRIS will also...
PARIS and BERLIN, February 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- skyDSL Global GmbH, a pioneer of satellite Internet services in Europe, today announced at a press conference in Berlin that it is taking deployment of consumer satellite broadband services to a new level. Following 18 months of broadband service delivery through Eutelsat's KA-SAT satellite, skyDSL has signed a five-year multiple spotbeam capacity contract on KA-SAT, with an option for an additional five years. Using selected...
TWIN CITIES, Minn., Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* invested more than $400 million in its Minnesota wireless and wireline networks from 2010 through 2012, with a focus on expanding 4G LTE mobile Internet coverage and enhancing the overall performance of its networks.** (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120612/DA23287LOGO) AT&T has made more than 725 wireless network upgrades in six key categories in Minnesota during 2012, including activating new cell...
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Image Caption: Schematic showing how DSL works. Credit: Jhbdel/Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) The term DSL or ADSL (a higher speed connection) is the technology of delivering an Internet connection over wires using a local telephone network. A filter is used to block high frequency interference, enabling the user to have access to the Internet as well as use of the phone simultaneously. The rate of data transfer usually ranges from 256 kbps to 40 Mbps downstream (to the customer) and the data...
Image Caption: Phone connector with female socket, used for dial-up Internet access. Credit: Shaddack/Wikipedia Dial-up access is a connection to the Internet using telephone company lines to connect to an Internet Service Provider (ISP). The user connects to an internal or external modem that decodes the data and displays it onto the computer, laptop, or similar device. Often this choice of connection is used where other forms of connections are not available, such as in remote or...
Image Caption: Three 155 Mbps dishes on top of the Oil & Gas Commerce Building, Fort Worth TX. Credit: RockyDallas/Wikipedia Wireless broadband is a technology that gives users a high speed internet connection or a connection to a computer network covering a wide area without the use of a wired connection. Broadband is instant access to the Internet or a network at data rates greater than 1.5 Mbps. Originally wireless Internet service providers (WISPs) could only be accessed in...
An internet service provider or ISP is an organization or company that provides access to the internet through copper wires, phone lines, wireless, or fiber-optic cables. There are two types of ISPs, hosting and transit. The hosting ISP is like a co-location center where it will lease server space to people and smaller businesses. The transit ISP provides a large amount of bandwidth to connect hosting ISPs to access ISPs. The ISP can be community owned providing the service as non-profit...
