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Ex-Apple boss unveiled as keynote speaker at Cloud Computing World Forum
March 26, 2012 | EditorWith less than three months until the doors open on Europe’s leading cloud computing event, the Cloud Computing World Forum 2012 (www.cloudwf.com), organisers have announced that one of the technology industry’s most renowned figures, John Sculley, will be delivering the show’s opening keynote.
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Superfast Altnets Begin to Find Their Niche
March 26, 2012 | EditorAs BT and Virgin Media start to build scale in premises passed and customers sign to their superfast broadband services, some of the UK’s alternative network operators are beginning to find their niche. Although not all altnets will be successful, there are circumstances in which their varied and localised approaches look set to bring superfast broadband to individual communities that have often been struggling with access to even the most basic of broadband services.
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Wireless Gigabit Alliance Opens Office in Taipei
March 23, 2012 | EditorOn April 3 the Wireless Gigabit (WiGig) Alliance is to mark the official opening of its office in Taiwan by hosting a technical briefing to share information with leaders in the consumer electronics industry and members of the press about WiGig systems.
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Dutch Cable Operator CAIW Selects Netadmin as Fibre Venture Takes Off
March 22, 2012 | EditorLeading Dutch cable operator CAIW has brought in Netadmin Systems to implement an open access management platform. CAIW expects a surge in customers and services as the rollout of fibre on the network it operates on is vastly extended.
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World-class Winners Announced at IP&TV Industry Awards
March 21, 2012 | EditorTonight a host of global industry leaders have been recognised as the best in their field at the IP&TV Industry Awards Ceremony. Now in its sixth year, the awards encompass the combined reach of the IP delivered TV community including IPTV, OTT, Connected TV and Hybrid TV. This year Telstra, Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei and BT Vision have been counted amongst the winners at the prestigious awards ceremony.
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2011 Broadband Growth Fastest in Five Years
March 21, 2012 | EditorBroadband and IPTV growth spiked to a high in 2011 with rates higher than at any time in the last five years, according to year-end figures published by the Broadband Forum. Overall, broadband growth is estimated at 65,493,596 lines, bringing the global total to 597,322,636, a quarterly increase of 2.6% – and an annual growth rate of 12.3%. The figures, prepared for the Broadband Forum by broadband industry analysts Point Topic, also highlight the strongest ever quarter of growth in IPTV which is today’s most demanding application for high speed broadband.
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