telecommunication

Cares Act Broadband Funding Came With Unrealistic Deadlines Ruining Good Intentions

July 12, 2020

As our current Techdirt Greenhouse panel is exploring, COVID-19 has shone a very bright light on the importance of widely available, affordable broadband. Nearly 42 million Americans lack access to any broadband whatsoever–double FCC estimates. 83 million are stuck under a monopoly. Millions can’t afford service thanks to a lack of competition among very powerful, government pampered telecom mono

Filipino cable operators partner with DepEd and Knowledge Channel to air learning materials in remote areas

July 10, 2020

Education is one of the sectors that has been affected dramatically by the pandemic. Aside from the threat of Covid-19, students, families, and educators face other challenges such as limited to no internet connection and expensive Internet data costs. To reach more students even in remote areas, the Philippine Cable and Telecommunications Association (PCTA) has []

India UK strike tech co-operation pact and plot deeper links once Brexits done

July 7, 2020

Details vague, but ambitions cover 5G, security of comms infrastructure and sharing RD India has signalled it will sign up to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Kingdom, covering “cooperation in the field of Telecommunications/Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)."…

Telarus HQ Turns to Granite for Managed SD-WAN

July 6, 2020

Granite Telecommunications announced Telarus, the largest privately-held master agent and technology distributor in the United States chose Granite as its managed SD-WAN provider.

The Enormous Cost Of Digital Inequality

July 6, 2020

Both unintentionally and by design, we have reinforced a digital caste system that continues to divide communities into the haves and have-nots. What still remains unclear is not whether we can reverse engineer the disparate impact, but whether we, as a nation, believe that every resident in every community deserves equal access to a digital society. It is hard to argue with the facts. While rem

Alaska Communications Reports Third Quarter 2020 Results

July 3, 2020

ANCHORAGE, Alaska–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALSK) today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2020. “Our results for the third quarter reflect execution of our strategic initiatives to deliver industry-leading telecommunications products and services. Prioritizing superior customer service and fiber-based network solutions, we have establish

TiVo Introduces Deep Discovery

July 3, 2020

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TiVo®, the company that brings entertainment together and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xperi Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: XPER), today announced Deep Discovery, a new API based metadata solution. Elisa, a Finnish market leader in telecommunications and digital services, has signed a multiyear extension and expansion of its agreement with TiVo which will include d

Dread and cautious optimism as researchers await election outcome

July 2, 2020

November 4 update: Vote counting continues in the too-close-to-call US election, with president Trump already threatening legal action if the result doesn’t go his way. Below, a reminder of where both candidates stand on science and technology. As the US awaits an outcome to its election, the two candidates’ approaches on science and technology couldn’t be further apart. Former vice president J

Election day 2020: Each presidential candidates stance on tech

June 28, 2020

The 2020 presidential election is tomorrow. After over a year of political mudslinging in debates, commercials, and on social media, we’re finally about to find out if President Donald Trump or former Vice President Joe Biden will lead the nation for the next four years. Not only does this year’s election have health, political and economical implications, but it also reaches deep into the techno

Perfect storm will lead to disruptive plays in the New Zealand telco market

June 28, 2020

New IDC research shows how New Zealand’s telecommunications market is ripe for disruption.

Time to Treat Broadband Like the Essential Service It Is

June 28, 2020

Lets stop ignoring the obvious: broadband internet access service is a public utility and needs to be regulated as one. American consumers agree. A Consumer Reports survey from earlier this year found that four out of five (80 percent) consumers believe broadband service is as important as water and electricity. Indeed, broadband has become the essential service in the daily lives of 21st centur

What are the 5 ways that Business Intelligence Helps Telecommunications Providers?

June 27, 2020

Business Intelligence helps any organization transform the raw data into meaningful insights that can be leveraged by the organization to make business decisions such as CAPEX/OPEX investments, which products to launch, insights on customer behavior, and much more. The importance of Business Intelligence in telecommunication has grown more than ever with the continuous growth in data as telcos ven

AMD agrees to buy Xilinx for $35 billion

June 24, 2020

Both firms expect the deal to close at the end of 2021 AMD announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to buy rival chip maker Xilinx Inc in a $35 billion all-stock deal. As part of the deal, Xilinx shareholders will own about 26 per cent of the combined firm, while the rest 74 per cent of the company will be owned by AMD shareholders. Xilinx shareholders will get about 1.7 shares of AMD

The Last Smash and Grab at the Federal Communications Commission

June 23, 2020

ATT and Verizon secured arguably one of the biggest regulatory benefits from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with the agency ending the last remnants of telecom competition law. In return for this massive gift from the federal government, they will give the public absolutely nothing. A Little Bit of Telecom History When the Department of Justice successfully broke up the ATT monopoly

A 4G network on the Moon is bad news for radio astronomy

June 21, 2020

As you drive down the road leading to Jodrell Bank Observatory, a sign asks visitors to turn off their mobile phones, stating that the Lovell telescope is so powerful it could detect a phone signal on Mars. Radio telescopes are designed to be incredibly sensitive. To quote the legendary astronomer Carl Sagan, “The total amount of energy from outside the solar system ever received by all the radi

BrandPost: Delivering the full promise of remote working via video conferencing that has a focus on the user experience

June 21, 2020

One resounding trend that has emerged from the disruption of 2020 is that the way that we are working is changing. These changes are huge, but interestingly, they are changes that have long been anticipated. Take remote working for example. The Telecommunications-Transportation Tradeoff, a book published by Jack Nilles in 1973, was the first example of a vision for the modern remote working enviro

SpaceX Starlink Is on a Roll

June 21, 2020

Why Elon is smiling captured from an interview during the virtual convention of the Mars Society, Oct 16, 2020. This is an impressive list of achievements, but bear in mind that we are still in the early days of a yet-unproven technology and market in a complex geopolitical environment. The last two months have seen a flurry of Starlink activity, including the following: Bill Gates has a his

Going Postal

June 20, 2020

When a service is constructed using diverse components, then the way in which service revenues are distributed to the various suppliers of the components of the service can follow a number of quite distinct models. There are various forms of revenue redistribution models where the revenue per transaction is distributed to the various suppliers according to their inputs to support each transaction.

Pakistan bans TikTok; calls videos immoral and indecent

June 20, 2020

The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has officially banned TikTok for providing access to “immoral and indecent” videos though it remains to be seen how permanent this ban will be. TikTok has recently had similar troubles in the United States; however, it is becoming increasingly clear that these software bans being executed or threatened by Continue reading “Pakistan bans TikTok; cal

Perus Third Who Defends Your Data? Report: Stronger Commitments from ISPs But Imbalances and Gaps to Bridge

June 20, 2020

Hiperderecho, Peru’s leading digital rights organization, has launched today its third ¿Quién Defiende Tus Datos? (Who Defends you Data)–a report that seeks to hold telecom companies accountable for their users’ privacy. The new Peruvian edition shows improvements compared to 2019’s evaluation. Movistar and Claro commit to require a warrant for handing both users’ communications content and met

Edtech startup OneClass to pay $100000 for allegedly violating anti-spam legislation

June 18, 2020

Toronto-based EdTech startup OneClass has agreed to pay $100,000 to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for the violation of Canadian spam laws….

What is an artificial neural network?

June 16, 2020

At the heart of many artificial intelligence computer systems are artificial neural networks (ANN). These networks have been inspired by the biological arrangements found in a human brain. Using a structure of connected “neurons”, these networks can distinguish numerical arrangements by ‘learning’ to process certain stimuli and creating assessments without the involvement of humans. SEE MORE What