Editorial

Rural broadband is inconsistent, but why?
Editorial Rural broadband is inconsistent, but why?

The amount of funding available for rural broadband investments, as allotted by FCC, counts $2.15 billion – a sum voted in March 2016 to be “distributed to Internet providers through a reverse auction in which bidders will commit to providing specific performance level” in tranches of $215

Bluetooth 5.0 – a new standard for IoT
Editorial Bluetooth 5.0 – a new standard for IoT

Invented in 1994 by Ericsson, the Bluetooth technology serves in short-distance data traffic. Data exchange via Bluetooth employs “ s hort-wavelength UHF radio waves in the ISM band from 2.4 to 2.485 GHz ” and all such device manufacturers have to meet the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG)

The 25Mbps standard is one year old – see the updated status
Editorial The 25Mbps standard is one year old – see the updated status

The proposal of FCC chairman Tom Wheeler (dating January 2015) regarding the minimum broadband standard of 25Mbps further turned into an yearlong controversy where opposing parties disputed how much broadband is enough for usual customers. The industry claims that the previous definition of

Interested in any of these seven astounding smartphones?
Editorial Interested in any of these seven astounding smartphones?

For those who might just feel it is more valuable to own unique products than to share the same features will millions of other phone users, here are a few of the existing or soon to be astounding smartphones that pride themselves to come with unique abilities or to have emerged out of a special

Disruptions in telecommunications: equipment-focused expectations
Editorial Disruptions in telecommunications: equipment-focused expectations

The Service Provider Telecom Equipment market could become $26 B higher by 2019 (considering the entire 2014-2019 period), compared to the previous 2008-2013 situation, according to this report from 2015. A reality marked by disruptions, however. The ongoing and upcoming changes in

How Internet video streaming takes on cable
Editorial How Internet video streaming takes on cable

In its early times, cable television slowly pushed aside over-the-air broadcast TV until no customers were left for this first streaming technology. Now it seems to be the time for cable television to feel the pressure of online TV and Internet streaming services until it will probably go into

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