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Broadband and media giant Virgin has launched a free WiFi service on its Virgin America airlines having joined forces with Google. It has been announced that travellers that are jetting off with Virgin America will be getting a free in-flight WiFi service thanks to a new venture between the American airline and Google. The new deals means that passengers that ...

During talks given at the Supercomm 2009 trade show a number of panellists advised that one of the most serious problems that is currently being faced by service providers and policy makers in the US as they attempt to provide everyone in the country with high-speed broadband services is that although the networks are being built a large number ...

Later this week will see two major internet rulings being made by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), the first is for metered use of the internet and the other is for net neutrality. Extensive public hearings were held during the summer by the CRTC to discuss whether “net neutrality” was guaranteed by laws that currently existed and to ...

Research carried out by the Yankee Group has found that the investment put forward to provide every home in the US with a broadband connection falls way short, with the $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus funding only providing a third of what is needed. A number of scenarios have been looked into and vendor cooperation and funding far greater than ...

The first bulk shipments of the new Zoom 3G 7.2Mbps Tri-band USB modems, which are the 4595 and the 4596, were recently announced by the equipment manufacturer, Zoom Telephonics. Designed to work from almost anywhere these new 3G modems have been created to provide users with cheap and easy to use mobile broadband internet access. Mobile broadband access can be ...

It has been confirmed that the Arvada Fire Department in Colorado has chosen RADWIN wireless broadband systems to links its fire stations to headquarters, choosing it on the basis of competitive pricing and quality. According to a recent report the Arvada Fire Department in Colorado has chosen wireless broadband systems from RADWIN to connect its fire stations to the headquarters. ...

According to a recent report advances in technology such as broadband access and speeds has resulted in a greater number of Americans being able to work remotely. For many Americans life has been revolutionized as a result of advancements in technology such as broadband speeds and access, and according to one recent report a rising number of Americans are finding ...

A recent study by Coda Research Consultancy found that the US revenues in mobile broadband search and display advertising will increase by 2015 to $4.2 billion, which is an increase in the figures from 2010 of $1 billion. It was also found that although SMS will account for slightly more than 50 percent of 2010 mobile ad revenue it will ...

Over $50 million has been spent on upgrading its high-speed wireless broadband network in the Dallas-Fort Worth area from 2008 through to the second quarter of 2009 according to recent reports from AT&T. The company has advised that it new 3G wireless broadband network allows its users to download and upload data and also browse the internet far faster and ...

It has recently been concluded that in some of its markets AT&T Mobility are currently offering some of the worst 3G data speeds according to comprehensive study of the performance of mobile broadband networks of UMTS operators globally, by consulting and research company ARCchart. Throughout the US it was advised that AT&T Mobility was achieving average download speeds of 1037kbps, ...