Archive for October, 2010

Nokia Siemens Networks achieves world record copper DSL speeds

October 31, 10 by PHYSorg.com: Telecom News
Nokia Siemens Networks has successfully tested a technology that could drastically increase the data carrying capacity of standard copper wires. The company achieved data transmission speeds of 825 megabits per second (Mbps) over 400 meters of bonded copper lines and 750 Mbps over 500 meters.

APEC eyes high-speed broadband networks by 2020

October 31, 10 by PHYSorg.com: Telecom News
Asian and Pacific countries agreed on Sunday to help establish next-generation high-speed broadband networks in their region by 2020, overcoming the "digital divide" between rich and poor nations.

HSBC Advises Al Babtain Power & Telecommunications Company on Landmark Acquisition

October 31, 10 by telecommunications - Yahoo! News Search Results
Riyadh 31 st October 2010: HSBC Saudi Arabia HSBC Saudi Arabia has acted as sole financial advisor to Al Babtain Power & Telecommunications Company ("ABP&T") in a landmark transaction that included the first ever cash-and-shares deal involving the issuance of shares in a listed Saudi company to a...

Emails lost

October 30, 10 by newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz
More than 200 people lost emails after a failure with telecommunications provider Orcon on Friday. Orcon chief executive Scott Bartlett said 266 customers lost emails not yet downloaded to their PCs when a server and its back-up...

Blacklist to protect kids

October 30, 10 by newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz
Groundbreaking cellphone technology has been launched in a bid to stop teenagers being harassed by text bullies.The new service which allows cellphone users to blacklist up to 20 numbers has been welcomed by a woman whose teenage...