Broadband
Fujitsu offers UK fast rural broadband network
April 13, 2011Fujitsu is to create a superfast broadband network for rural parts of the UK, rivalling BT's service. Virgin Media and TalkTalk have already said they will use it to provide internet services. It will also be open to local authorities. Much of the system...
Home wi-fi '30% slower' than fixed broadband
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March 10, 2011People relying on home wi-fi are getting significantly slower speeds than from their fixed broadband connection, research suggests. The study ran one million tests over 14,000 wi-fi connections in the UK, US, Spain and Italy. On average, the results...
Ka-Sat net-dedicated spacecraft lifts off
December 28, 2010The second European satellite dedicated to delivering broadband internet connections has launched successfully. The six-tonne Ka-Sat lifted off atop a Proton rocket from Baikonur in Kazakhstan at 0351 local time on Monday (2151 GMT on Sunday). The...
Moldova wiped America's nose on Internet speed!
July 28, 2010By Stela Roman According to the results made public by the Company Ookla, USA stays on the 27th position internationally on internet speed. For the country as a whole, the “Net Index” shows 9.87Mbps. Comcast is the...
Regional IT development forum for Europe and CIS opens in Chisinau
May 05, 2010Representatives of 17 countries today met in Chisinau for the Regional Development Forum for Europe and the CIS entitled "Next-generation networks and Broadband Communications". The event is organized by the International Telecommunication Unit...
Forum: Development of IT allows raising GDP, attracting investors
August 25, 2009The development of information technologies will allow Moldova to augment the GDP, to improve the competitiveness of products and to attract new investors, Minister of Information Development Pavel Buceatschii said at the opening of the ITU-D Regional...
Moldova in Top Ten Countries by Download Speed
August 04, 2009By Artur Onu According to speedtest.net, a broadband speed analysis tool that tests the speed of an internet connection, Moldova ranks in the 10th place worldwide in terms of download speed with an average of 9.23Mbps and in the 12th place in terms...