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The Australian government has introduced new legislation that would mandate the supply of broadband services with peak speeds of at least 25Mbps to all premises in the country. The proposed Telecommunications Reform Package would require that services…
Hong Kong has been ranked third worldwide for broadband download speeds, with HKBN named the market’s fastest provider, according to Speedtest results from Ookla. Between the fourth quarter of 2016 and the first quarter of 2017, Hong Kong achieved an average…
The telecoms industry is on track to attract more than 1 million new mobile internet subscribers per day between now and 2022, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report. The report predicts that there will be 2.6 billion new mobile broadband…
Qatar Airways has become the first major Middle East airline to select Inmarsat’s new GX Aviation in-flight broadband solution for in-flight broadband. The Inmarsat solution will initially be available to Qatar Airways passengers on board more than 130…
AirAsia has signed a tentative deal with Inmarsat to provide broadband access on Airbus A320s and A330s through the satellite communications specialist’s GX Aviation service. The airline currently uses Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband service. It says the new…
The UN Broadband Commission has called for a “New Deal” involving fresh industry collaboration and public-private partnerships to help connect the 5 billion people who lack mobile broadband access. At the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development’s…
Asia-Pacific further increased its lead in the fourth quarter in terms of the average bandwidth of residential broadband services, as well as the best value for money in terms of cost per megabit, according to Point Topic. The research firm said average…
Singapore’s Infocomm and Media Development Authority (IMDA) is investigating Singtel over a recent nearly 24-hour broadband outage islandwide. Singtel announced the outage commenced at around 8:45am on Saturday and services were fully restored at 8:25am on…
VMware, Taiwan’s Institute for Information Industry (III) and the USA’s Methode Electronics have become the latest members of the Broadband Forum. The latest additions highlight recent developments within the Broadband Forum to address the constantly changing…
Taiwan Broadband Communications (TBC), a multi-system cable operator in Taiwan, has rolled out a newly digitized platform powered by OpenTV 5. NAGRA has been a key partner in TBC’s ongoing digitization efforts providing the operator with both OpenTV 5…
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has instructed the market’s fixed line operators to guarantee a minimum download speed of 512kbps at all times. In a new directive, Trai set the minimum required speed to be considered broadband at…
Hong Kong Broadband Network’s new Mobile Services MVNO division has launched a line of Greater China 4G plans for corporate customers who frequently travel between mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. The new mobile plans include data allocations…
The New Zealand government has allocated a further NZ$150 million ($107.1 million) towards improving broadband connectivity in rural areas. The government has announced the next phase of the rural broadband initiative (RBI), a project to boost broadband…
Singapore’s StarHub has blamed DDoS attacks originating from its customers’ own infected devices for two broadband outages over the past few days. At a press conference yesterday, StarHub announced the latest findings of an investigation into the outages on…
Vodafone Australia has revealed plans to branch out into offering fixed broadband services over the national broadband network (NBN). The operator plans to extend into fixed-line broadband to give its mobile customers more access to data both at home and…
India’s Bharti Airtel has launched a new VDSL vectoring service the company has branded V-Fiber, capable of delivering speeds of up to 100Mbps. The company’s new service has been launched in Chennai, and is being rolled out across Airtel’s national broadband…
