BCE Surpasses 3 Million Internet Customers
BCE Inc. confirmed its position as Canada's largest Internet service provider, announcing that more than 3 million customers now subscribe to Bell Canada and Bell Aliant Internet services in Québec, Ontario and Atlantic Canada.
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IPTV Subscribers Up in a Competitive Market
According to broadband analyst firm Point Topic, global IPTV subscriptions closed in on 60 million at the end of 2011, with the last yearly quarter witnessing the biggest three month increase in subscribers yet.
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China and India Will Drive Pay-TV Accounts in Asia-Pacific Through 2017
By 2017, the region of China and India will represent 56.6 percent of the world's pay-TV accounts, according to Pyramid Research's bi-annual Media Forecast released recently.
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US Mobile Media Revenue Growth to Outpace 17% Global Average
Global mobile media revenues are projected to reach almost $150 billion this year, representing a 17% rise from $128 billion in 2011.
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GBI Crosses the Mediterranean With the First 100G Repeatered Submarine Link
GBI, the Middle East's carrier neutral regional network, and Xtera, a global provider of optical networking solutions, announced what is believed to be the first commercial repeatered submarine cable system in service with 100G technology.
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Fujitsu Land Contract to Help Roll Out Super-Fast Broadband Infrastructure to UK Cities
CityFibre Holdings has announced an agreement with Fujitsu that will see the two firms progress plans to roll out pure fibre optic broadband infrastructure throughout the country's "second-tier cities".
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Latin America Mobile Penetration Update
Despite Latin America's high mobile penetration rate, the market is far from saturated, driving operators to find new ways to capture the business of mobile users.
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Mobile Networks Teeming With Streaming
Sandvine released its Internet traffic trends report, "Global Internet Phenomena Report 1H2012 ", based on data from a selection of Sandvine's 200-plus customers spanning North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Caribbean and Latin America and Asia-Pacific.
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Municipality of Cape Town Pioneers New City-Wide Network
ADVA Optical Networking announced that the Municipality of Cape Town has deployed the FSP 3000 in a pioneering not-for-profit municipally-owned network that aims to bring new levels of data connectivity to Cape Town. Spanning over 100km of fiber, the network's initial core ring configuration connects key municipal offices throughout the city offering MPLS and 10Gbit/s Ethernet services.
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LTE Goes to Brazil
Pyramid predicts Brazil will have more than 18 million LTE users by the end of 2015 despite some operators' skepticism on the country's preparedness.
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Mobile Adult Subscription Revenues to Reach Almost $1 Billion by 2015
A new report from Juniper Research finds that the revenues from mobile adult subscriptions will reach nearly $1 billion by 2015. This growth will be fuelled by rises in the smartphone and tablet user bases alongside an increase in the average spend per user despite increasing competition from free content.
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Puerto Rico Moves Up on the World Economic Forum's Network Readiness Index
Puerto Rico made a significant gain, now 2nd in the region, elevating from a 43rd to 36th randking, on The Global Information Technology Report 2012, Network Readiness Index (NRI).
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The Mobile Security (mSecurity) Market 2012-2017
…the value of the global mobile security market in 2012 will reach $1.6bn. Mobile security products will become intrinsic to general cybersecurity in any organisation planning on allowing the use of mobile devices. The different solutions will address malware, spam, spyware applications, unauthorised access and modification at the same level as general cybersecurity measures.
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The Wireless Infrastructure Market 2012-2017
In 2012, this market is going through a rapid transition as a result of a number of technological advancements such as LTE. ASD Reports has determined that the value of the global wireless infrastructure market in 2012 will reach $43bn.
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Video Infrastructure Market Tops $800 Million in 2011; Set-Top Boxes Get Cheaper
Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from 2 recently published video equipment market share and forecast reports, "Video-on-Demand (VOD) and Encoder Equipment and Video Subscribers".
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