The Canadian regulatory authority CRTC is ordering big network operators like Bell and Telus to offer smaller wholesale companies higher internet speeds in a move to strengthen competition and accomplish reasonable pricing levels for broadband services.
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Last week U.S. President Obama announced investment in 66 new broadband projects, many of which fill in fiber “middle mile” gaps in rural communities.
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In a bid to ensure universal access to affordable, high-quality broadband services, promote an innovative and competitive market and empower consumers, the US Federal Communications Commission opened a public inquiry about the regulation of Internet access.
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ITU presented a new report yesterday at the World Telecommunication Development Conference in Hyderabad and called for broadband Internet access for half the world’s population by 2015. The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) stressed the need to utilize ICT’s in a way that enhances development.
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Earlier this month the Australian government released the National Broadband Network Implementation Study, prepared by McKinsey and KPMG.
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Europe’s digital economy is growing in strength, spreading throughout all sectors of the economy and reaching into all areas of the lives of its citizens, according to a report published by the European Commission.
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ITU and UNESCO announced the establishment of a Broadband Commission for Digital Development. It will work on strategies to harness the transformational power of broadband and accelerate progress towards the MDGs.
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The American Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has decided to take a “third approach” to regulating broadband carriers, partially classifying them as “common carriers” under Title 2 of the Communications Act. This would allow the FCC to control the transmission component of broadband Internet, but not rates or content.
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