| Broadband Phones: No longer an aging copper cable | | Posted Tuesday, January 24, 2006 3:23:34 PM by Rose Martins | Broadband phones are becoming a household necessity. And broadband phone companies are competing for their piece of the action. Most broadband phones services are promising unlimited bandwith by means of broadband phone cables that are no longer the aging copper phone lines.
 Many broadband service providers are now also offering free broadband phones by means of VoiP, as well as broadband video phone capabilities.
The broadband internet phone has proven emense popularity, as broadband internet and VoiP phones are very cost effective, with broadband speeds equalling that of the regular phone, and are being used simultaneously with a broadband video service.
And broadband is not just limited to your home phone. Many business people are also using broadband cell phones, enabling them to take their "portable office" with them on their travels.
Broadband connections are now a standard in every hotel bedroom, conference room and function room.
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| | | H.K. mobile phone users, broadband penetration rates continue growth | | Posted Thursday, February 01, 2007 3:06:09 PM by Blog57 Team | | _ Each Hong Kong person has on average 1.3 mobile phones and more than two-thirds of the households have broadband access, which are among the highest in the world, the Office of the Telecommunications Authority said Monday. As of October last year, there were 9.3 million mobile subscribers, boosting the penetration rate to 133 percent from 121 percent, or 8.4 million subscribers, as of October 2005. Hong Kong has a population of about seven million people, according to government statistics. The household broadband penetration rate also went up to 68 percent from 65.1 percent in the same period. Authority Director General Au Man-ho said a fifth third-generation mobile service license would be issued later this year. Of the 9.3 million mobile subscribers, about 13 percent are 3G users.... | |
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| | | Pugster Pear | | Posted Tuesday, January 23, 2007 1:04:25 PM by Blog57 Team | | This is a juicy-looking double-sided pear dangle charm. It's just delicious in bright green and adorned with a few little rhinestones. NOTE: Rhinestones on one side only. Crafted and authenticated by Pugster, Inc.var ww = document.body.clientWidth;var wh = document.body.clientHeight;document.write('');... | |
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| | | The 2.7 Billion Dollar Phone Deal Has Some Critics | | Posted Sunday, January 21, 2007 1:11:54 PM by Blog57 Team | | Fairpoint Communications officials say they'll work hard to deliver high speed internet service to rural parts of New Hampshire. The company has struck a 2.7 billion dollar deal to take over all of Verizon's local phone business in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire. But the union that represents about one-thousand Verizon workers in New Hampshire is promising to oppose the deal when it comes before state regulators. .... | |
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| | | IP-based audio-visual presentation solution | | Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 1:19:42 PM by Blog57 Team | | IP systems integrator Broadband Network Systems and US software solutions provider Cloud Systems have delivered a ground breaking IP-based audio-visual system for Cisco System's Customer Briefing centre in Hong Kong. Connected via an IP network and centrally programmed and controlled via Cloud's easy to operate management software, the system is scalable to the most complex audio-visual environments including multi-room, multi-facility locations. The system enables the pre-programming of individual presentations and demonstration processes into one theme to deliver a smooth and seamless presentation experience. It also allows the central control of demonstration equipment via multiple devices, such as a Cisco IP phone, a standard web browser, Tablet PCs, touchpads, wall plates, or a variety of PDA devices without the usual time-wasting plugging and re-plugging of equipment.... | |
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| | | 'Free' broadband deals dial up a flood of complaint | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 7:05:46 PM by Blog57 Team | | The advent of "free" broadband this year triggered a freefall in customer satisfaction, according to a poll published today. A survey of 11,000 internet users found that the quality of service has fallen for hundreds of thousands of people over the last six months and that trust in suppliers is at an "all time low". .... | |
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| | | Samsung's wireless communication device | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 7:27:18 AM by Blog57 Team | | Samsung Electronics has shown off a new three-way foldable combination of phone, personal computer and music player tailored for an emerging wireless broadband technology the company is pushing as a global standard. The gadget was unveiled in South Korea this week at a Samsung-sponsored industry conference on Mobile WiMax, a technology just coming into use that promises fast remote broadband connections. The device is known as MITs, which stands for Mobile Intelligent Terminal by Samsung, weighs about 560 grams and contains a fold-out keyboard, 5-inch (13cm) screen, 30 gigabyte hard drive and Windows XP software. It incorporates the CDMA mobile phone communications standard. Kim Hun-Bae, Samsung vice-president for mobile research and development told reporters that MITs is the world's first WiMax device that also has the function of a mobile phone.... | |
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| | | First space, now Sky: Branson takes aim at TV | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:43:08 PM by Blog57 Team | | Airlines, trains, credit cards, soft drinks, music, mobile phones and even an embryonic space travel enterprise - just a few of the commercial interests of Sir Richard Branson, Britain's best-known businessman. Now he is manoeuvring cable television company NTL into a position where it could take on Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB, the satellite television operator. Earlier this year, Branson pulled off something of a coup when he sold his mobile phone business to NTL for more than £900m and as part of the deal took an 11 per cent stake in the enlarged mobile/cable group that also offers fixed-line telephone and broadband services. The bearded one's holding is currently valued at about £500m. But it seems the Virgin Mobile deal was not enough for Branson, who is encouraging NTL to take an even bolder step - a cash bid for ITV.... | |
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| | | Vodafone plans broadband launch | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 7:26:54 PM by Blog57 Team | | Mobile phone group Vodafone Group will offer fixed-line broadband in the UK from January 8, as the cell phone giant targets new revenue streams and looks to boost customer loyalty at its main mobile business. The UK-based company is aiming to get up to 10 percent of its annual revenues over the next three to four years from its so called "Mobile Zone" businesses, which include converged fixed-mobile Internet services. Vodafone's broadband offering will be the .... | |
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| | | BT Profit Rises as Consulting, Retail Boost Results (Update4) | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 7:25:34 AM by Blog57 Team | | Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- BT Group Plc, the U.K.'s largest phone company, said second-quarter profit rose 28 percent as sales of broadband Internet services and computer-network contracts made up for declines in traditional voice calling. Net income climbed to 475 million pounds ($904.7 million), or 5.6 pence a share, in the three months ended Sept. 30, from 371 million pounds, or 4.3 pence, a year earlier, BT said today in a statement. The profit was higher than 444.5 million pounds, the median estimate of 10 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News. As traditional fixed-line voice calls slumped, Chief Executive Officer Ben Verwaayen has built up sales from high- speed Internet access and computer network contracts with customers such as the U.K.'s National Health Service and PepsiCo Inc.... | |
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| | | Cingular Lights Up Columbia With New Wireless Broadband Network | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 3:11:33 PM by Blog57 Team | | COLUMBIA, S.C., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular is transforming Columbia into a wireless speedway as it launches its new mobile broadband service. The nation's largest wireless carrier today begins offering 3G (third generation) wireless broadband services throughout the greater Columbia area. Cingular customers in Columbia now have Microsoft Access 2003 (077-02870) JR.com-$199.99 SoftwareMedia-$150.13 RoyalDiscount-$124.98 ');" onMouseOut="hideAd();" class=Hotlink>access to a super-charged mobile broadband network, providing them with high-speed Microsoft Access 2003 (077-02870) JR.com-$199.99 SoftwareMedia-$150.13 RoyalDiscount-$124.98 ');" onMouseOut="hideAd();" class=Hotlink>access to information in a world that has gone mobile.... | |
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