Broadband Stimulus Community
Welcome to the
Broadband Stimulus Online Global Community. This community has been designed to help network providers stay up-to-date on the latest news and information on the Broadband Stimulus Grant program that was introduced in February 2009. We created the broadband online community to help guide you through the grant application process and to provide you tools to help you select the right partner and right technology to address this unique opportunity.
Recent Broadband Simulus articles
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Station711 and Inmarsat's Next-Generation Communications Platforms Selected by Swire Pacific Offshore
Singapore based Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO), a leading service provider to the offshore oil and gas industry, has chosen Station711's smart@sea and Inmarsat's FleetBroadband as its next-gen communications platform. SPO will deploy the new broadband satcom service on 60 vessels and intends to use it for operations, logistics, navigation and crew welfare services. 3/31/2011 -
Calix C7 Supports Broadband Stimulus Project at Red River Telephone
Calix announced Red River Telephone selected the Calix C7 Multiservice Access Platform (MSAP) and 700GE family of optional network terminals (ONTs) to offer broadband services to rural communities in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. 3/28/2011 -
Digium Switchvox Solution Enables SMBs to Save on Total Cost of Ownership
Digium, known as the Asterisk Company, recently conducted a total cost of ownership (TCO) study that compares both the initial investment costs and total, five-year costs of its Switchvox unified communications (UC) solution to competitive IP PBX products 3/2/2011 -
Author of Rural Broadband Study Reacts to 'Rural Wireless Broadband Creates Jobs, Maybe'
(This letter was written in response to the article "Rural Wireless Broadband Creates Jobs, Maybe" from TMC Contributing Editor Gary Kim.) Dear Mr. Kim: I read your review of my last research on broadband economic impact published in TMC net "Rural Wireless Broadband Creates Jobs, Maybe," and wanted to share with you my observations regarding your conclusions: 3/1/2011 -
Rural Wireless Broadband Creates Jobs, Maybe
Rural wireless broadband investment in 19 states with the lowest broadband availability and penetration in the United States could "create or save" 117,000 jobs, say researchers at Telecom Advisory Services. 2/24/2011
Recent Fixed Networks articles
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Mobile Broadband Now Distorts National Broadband Stats
The specific numerical values chosen are not so much the issue as the practical effect of revising definitions after including mobile broadband in the data. On the other hand, the inclusion of business connections with residential connections has a mixed impact. 9/3/2010 -
Study Finds Slowing Broadband Adoption in the U.S.
The slowing of adoption in broadband markets likely reflects a saturation point for broadband: the remaining 34 percent of non-broadband households do not intend to subscribe (and are generally in the over 64 age group), however the Pew Research study noticed that the drop in household income due to the recession may be a contributor to the sluggish growth. 8/12/2010 -
U.S. 'Still' 23rd Globally in Broadband, Study Finds
South Korea holds on to the title of the world's most advanced broadband market. Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Lithuania, and Japan round out the top five slots, using a five-item method of calculating an index. Strategy Analytics says the measures are household penetration, speed, affordability, value for money, and "urbanicity." 7/22/2010 -
Free Webinar Examined Opportunities and Challenges in Open Broadband Access
One of the most obvious points is that the business success of network and service providers depends greatly on the customers' satisfaction with the services. With the number of benefits that open broadband access can provide, customer satisfaction is assured. 6/9/2010 -
Canada Rural Broadband Provider Maximizes Capacity Usage with Loral
Under the terms of its agreement with Barrett Xplore Inc., Loral Space & Communications, Inc. will be getting lease payments of 262 million Canadian dollars over the life of the ViaSat-1 broadband satellite, for the utilization of its geostationary capacity all throughout Canada. 6/9/2010
Recent Mobile Networks articles
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Motorola Awarded $50.6 Million to Build Wireless Network in San Francisco
Communications giant Motorola Inc. was among several companies to be awarded millions in government funding as the Obama administration announced $1.8 billion in new broadband stimulus grants and loans. 8/19/2010 -
53 Percent Say Broadband Should Not be a Government Priority; Non-Users Are Even More Insistent
At a time when stakeholders are fighting over federal policies with a direct impact on broadband access innovation and investment, a survey of consumers suggests a majority of Americans do not believe it should, at this point, be a high federal government priority to focus on the spread of affordable broadband, the Pew Internet & American Life Project reports. 8/12/2010 -
Atheros Buys Opulan to Acquire Passive Optical Networking Technology
To bring gigabit broadband and robust hybrid connectivity to homes and multi-dwelling units "MDUs," Atheros Communications, Inc.is expanding its networking portfolio and, the high-performance RF, mixed-signal and digital semiconductor designer has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Opulan Technologies Corp., a privately held Chinese fabless semiconductor company specializing in solutions for passive optical networking (PON) and broadband access aggregation (MUX). 7/22/2010 -
Deltenna Intros Wireless Broadband Enabler to Deliver Broadband to Rural Areas
Using the 3G mobile network, WiBE creates a 2Mbps Web hotspot, even when a 3G mobile phone wouldn't register a signal. Company officials said that an internal WiFi router enables users to connect laptops, smartphones, or VoIP phones. 7/1/2010 -
Net Neutrality Could Harm Consumers and App Providers, Not just Service Providers, Stratecast Says
Net neutrality has the potential to distort the parameters built into operator business cases in such a way as to increase the expected risk, say analysts at Stratecast. "And because it distorts the operator investment business decision, net neutrality has the potential to significantly discourage infrastructure investment." 6/30/2010