People
Plume Hires Former Comcast Executive as CEO
Company aims to kick off a new phase of growth
BBC
SiFi Networks Brings Infrastructure Financing to California With $75 Million Open-Access Fiber in Fullerton
SiFi Networks’ recent announcement of a more-than $75 million open-access network in Fullerton, Calif., represents a departure from the public-private model that the company had been pursuing in the U.S. over the past four years. SiFi is continuing its focus on an open-access network, or a network i
Broadband's Impact
New Alliance Between Vodafone and CityFibre in UK Shows Progress of Global Wholesale Fiber Model
BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: Major news from the United Kingdom with the deal announced between Vodafone and CityFibre. This deal shows how the rest of the world is adapting to the model that the United States has not yet, but eventually will: Separation of infrastructure from services. Vodafone thr
Mobile
Femtocell Technology Gains Mass Appeal for Mobile Broadband
LONDON, July 6, 2010 – Fewer than 10 percent of U.S. consumers are familiar with the term femtocell, but when told about their benefits, 56 percent like what they hear and are prepared to pay their cell phone provider a premium for them.
Mobile
Broadband May Meet Its Match During World Cup
LONDON, June 7, 2010 – Several factors are conspiring to make the 2010 football World Cup a testing time for Europe’s fixed and mobile broadband networks. The soccer tournament kicks off June 11 in South Africa. Europe has six of the world’s top eight footballing nations competing, and fanatical pop
