The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) has released its latest study into, well, the affordability of internet access. The study shows how big the challenge is on that front in emerging… Read more »
The British telecoms regulator Ofcom has formally approved the deployment of white-space broadband technology in the U.K., following trials. White space broadband uses the empty buffer zones that are placed between… Read more »
Following a successful pilot in a village in the north of England, EE intends to connect around 1,500 rural communities in the next few years. Read more »
Google is removing the velvet ropes from its white spaces database in the U.S. Any device maker can now search their locales for unused TV frequencies and stake a claim on… Read more »
ViaSat-1 went up about 18 months ago, but the satellite broadband company is already planning its next-generation bird, ViaSat-2. The high-Earth orbiter will far exceed Via-Sat-1’s already impressive 140 Gbps of… Read more »
The UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has announced an industry pilot of the long-range broadband and M2M technology later this year, in order to make sure everything works properly ahead of a… Read more »
The Weightless SIG claims the new standard will allow for ultra-low-power transmissions at long-range and at a cheap manufacturing cost. If true, that would make the technology ideal for M2M communications… Read more »
OpenRange Communications, the company that scored a $267 million federal loan to build out a rural mobile broadband network, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday leaving the U.S. government… Read more »
Open Range Communications, a WiMAX network that was created to offer rural Americans broadband service, has reportedly lost its CEO and preparing for mass layoffs. The troubles at Open Range signals… Read more »
A Boston company called NetBlazr wants to offer businesses free access to a communal broadband network if a user pays for about $300 in equipment and then turns over the management… Read more »