From the monthly archives:
Yes, it’s finally true! Summer has finally arrived for me too. I will be refilling my batteries for the next couple of weeks and consequently I won’t be posting here for a while.
Let me once again remind you that Broadband Prime has changed premises and is now hosted at http://broadbandprime.blogspot.com. Kindly change your RSS feeds [...]
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I saw this when I was just about to leave the office. EarthLink made the headlines with a business model crafted from its glorious past! After their repeated unsucceful attempts to establishing themselves as a mobile phone services carrier aimed at teens, running a municipal wide WiFi network in Philadelphia and offering broadband services over [...]
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I was browsing my (annoyingly huge) pile of Google alerts on fiber* issues when I spotted this article: Telecom sues Monticello over city’s plan to build its own high-speed network.
In summary, TDS Telecom, the chief phone and cable provider of Monticello sued the city over its planned fiber access network. For almost a year, both [...]
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There were numerous references in telecom blogs and news-sites on OTE’s & ODG plans for Video on Demand (VOD) services. Throughout the web, I didn’t found nothing more than a reproduction of ODG’s press release which can be found on their website.
ODG has been selected by OTE to provide outsourced VOD, IPTV solutions. But the [...]
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After some experimentation and proof testing I decided to switch my blog service to Google’s Blogger. The blog’s new place is http://broadbandprime.blogspot.com/.
Some of the reasons are explained in This is a First Test Post. I have changed the looks of the blog, and I hope you find it better.
I will be cross-posting for a little [...]
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(WASHINGTON, DC) – With continued regional growth in fiber to the home (FTTH) market penetration, Asia consolidated its position as the global leader in the march toward next-generation broadband while the United States and Europe also continued to experience robust growth in FTTH, according to an updated global ranking issued today by the FTTH Councils [...]
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Following the recent public consultation [See EETT Consultation on Quality Indicators for Electronic Communications Services] on measurements and monitoring of a set of quality indicators, EETT has finally issued the Code for Quality Indicators in Electronic Communication Services. The code comprises of a strict set of rules to measuring and publishing a series of quality [...]
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Following the public consultation with all stakeholders, Greek NRA, EETT has adopted the Code of Conduct for the provision of electronic communications services to consumers on 15/7/2008.
The Code sets general principles, clarifies procedures and clearly defines the behavior and obligations of electronic communications services providers to their consumers.
The adoption (note: and future enforcement) of the [...]
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In Malta early July, the National Regulation Authorities of the countries in the Mediterranean basin agreed and signed the memorandum of EMERG, a network for Euro-Mediterranean Telecom Regulators. The group’s establishment and goals have been agreed with European Commission earlier this year.
The primary objectives shared by the regulatory authorities of electronic communications of Euro countries, [...]
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Facilities based competition versus open access public networks is a debate that seems to always surface in almost every fiber agenda. I will try to put in order some thoughts in a personal attempt to clear up things a bit. The choice of one option over the other is not an easy call and it [...]
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