Networking

Broadband Topic Center

Broadband news, reviews and in-depth coverage. Keep up with products, providers, regulations and more.

FCC map: Large areas lack mobile broadband

Large portions of the western half of the U.S. do not have access to 3G or faster mobile broadband service, according to a new map released by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Read more...

Business owner sentenced for E-Rate fraud

The former owner of two Illinois technology companies was sentenced to 30 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to defraud a U.S. Federal Communications Commission program to help schools and libraries in poor areas connect to the Internet, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

LTE boosts mobile gear by 17% in 2012

Thanks to 4G LTE technology, the global market for mobile communications gear will grow 17% in 2012, according to IHS, formerly iSuppli.

The Super Bowl by the wireless and network numbers

AT&T and carrier equipment provider Sandvine released some interesting wireless and Internet usage figures from Sunday's Super Bowl victory for the New York Giants over the New England Patriots.

Google agrees to court order in India to remove content

Google has agreed before a court in Delhi to remove religious and other content considered objectionable, though some other Internet firms are likely to appeal the court's decision, plaintiff Mufti Ajiaz Arshad Qasmi said on Monday.

Social media takes over the Super Bowl

For Sunday's Super Bowl, fans will split their attention between the screens on their TVs, laptops, smartphones and tablets. The big game is going social.

Google introduces country domains on Blogger to aid content removal

Google is directing users to localized country domains on Blogger to provide it flexibility to comply with content removal rules in various countries.

White House: No comment on call to investigate MPAA for SOPA bribery

The U.S. White House has declined to respond to a petition calling for authorities to investigate the head of the Motion Picture Association of America for bribery related to comments he made following successful online protests against two controversial copyright enforcement bills.

FCC overhauls telephone subsidy for the poor, adding broadband

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has approved an overhaul to its Lifeline program, which subsidizes telephone service for poor people, with the goals of saving money and allowing the subsidy to go toward broadband service.

Intel to acquire multimedia patents from RealNetworks

Intel said it had agreed to purchase RealNetworks streaming media patents and video codecs in a bid to improve the multimedia experience delivered through devices based on its chips.

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: For the good of the nation, broadband for all

The digital divide is shutting many Americans out of the economy.

Net neutrality rules and the FCC's huge mistake

The Senate disapproval resolution of the FCC's net neutrality rules failed; could the FCC have made a serious mistake?

Programming in Lua

Gibbs discusses the Lua programming language, an app that lets you program in Lua, and a Sci-Fi novel that has nothing to do with the language

Swapping DSL modems, AT&T gets into the act

Gibbs just wanted to use a different DSL modem but AT&T had opinions about the switch

PSTN: Ending the copper lifeline

In what may be a preview of what will happen in the United States, the Australian telecommunications giant Telstra late last month released its plan to bring a close to the old telephone world. Telstra announced it will decommission its copper customer access network and stop offering fixed line telephone service to retail customers after July 1, 2018.

India wants to intercept Skype, Google communications

The controversy over India's demand that it be allowed to monitor online and mobile communications resurfaced again on Wednesday, with an Indian minister telling reporters that the government had asked Skype, Google, and several other companies to give it access.

Hands-on: Belkin N750 DB router extends your Wi-Fi's reach

The Belkin N750 DB dual-band router can extend the reach of your Wi-Fi using an upgraded antenna system and improved signal-focusing technology.

10 questions for Stoke.com Finance VP Prabhala

Name: Venkat Prabhala

Mobile hotspots: AT&T, Sprint and Verizon compete on price, features, speed

Mobile hotspots provide a convenient way to get online when you're on the road. We put the latest models offered by AT&T, Sprint and Verizon to the test.

LTE outperforms 42M bps HSPA+ on streets of Stockholm

TeliaSonera's 4G network comes out on top when pitched against Three's new HSPA+ (High-Speed Packet Access) network in central Stockholm, with average download speeds at 57.1M bps (bits per second) and 13.7M bps.