Archive for May, 2010

US lawmakers oppose FCC plan to reassert Net authority

May 30, 10 by David Goldstein

Pressure is building in Washington for the Federal Communications Commission to abandon its plans to apply old-style regulation to the Internet.

Now 282 members of Congress on both sides of the political aisles have asked the FCC to step aside while the lawmakers rewrite the nation̵...

China deemed engine of growth for telecoms market

May 30, 10 by David Goldstein

Without a doubt, Asia, particularly China, is the engine of growth for the world’s telecoms market.

According to Informa Telecoms & Media principal analyst Charles Moon, the Asia Pacific is forecast to have 3.9 billion mobile subscribers by 2015, double that of last year. “A bulk, o...

Ireland now ranked sixth in Europe for telecoms regulation

May 30, 10 by David Goldstein

A survey of telecoms regulation in Europe has ranked Ireland sixth out of 22 nations but “but is generally weaker on the resulting regulatory and market outcomes”.

Alto, the representative body for alternative operators, says the report shows Ireland’s failings and the only way to tackl...

Report: Skype 2.0 with 3G ready for iPhone

May 30, 10 by CNET News.com
iPhone users will finally be able to take advantage of Skype 2.0--with 3G. But they'll eventually have to pay for the privilege.

Vital broadband expansion key to development and peace, UN conference told

May 30, 10 by David Goldstein

Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General of the ITU

The United Nations telecommunications agency opened its quadrennial development conference today, stressing that a vital expansion of broadband networks holds the key to rapid growth in productivity in developing...