Broadband Stimulus

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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.

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Infonetics: Carrier Spending Decline Below 6 Percent in 2009
According to the company's new report, 2009 Service Provider Capex, Opex, ARPU, and Subscribers, worldwide, global capex is forecast to decline at most by 6 percent this year, mainly due to a significant capex shakeout in the Middle East and Africa, a weakening U.S. dollar, expected declines in the Brazilian real and Mexican peso, and delays in U.S. broadband stimulus funding, according to the report.
11/20/2009

Broadband Stimulus Q&A: The Hidden Toll on Telecom Providers
As federal officials are just a few short weeks away from announcing the recipients of the first round of funding under the federal broadband stimulus program, some service providers are already gearing up for those projects. While the $7.2 billion in stimulus funding will initiate projects to bring broadband access to underserved areas across the nation, there's one catch. The demand on field service will overwhelming. As different areas require different installations and solutions, technicians will need to move faster, or risk losing potential customers.
11/18/2009

Interview: Community Mobile Project as Broadband Stimulus Template
The Dixie Technology Funding Agency – through consulting attorney James L. Driessen – is no exception. The agency is seeking three separate grants for about $1.7 million, $1.2 million and $8.8 million, to support its proposed "Community Mobile" project.
11/17/2009

Lawmakers Call Upon NTIA, RUS to 'Lower Barriers' for Small Business Broadband Grants
Following an Oct. 28 congressional hearing, a bipartisan group of 21 lawmakers on the House Small Business Committee reportedly wrote the National Telecommunications and Information Agency and Rural Utilities Service today, asking the agencies to "lower barriers" so small businesses can participate in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's broadband expansion initiatives.
11/17/2009

Broadband Stimulus Applicants Hope Their Investments Pay Off
Given the detailed application requirements, many applicants dedicated significant human resources to enable application input from their legal, technical and financial executives, as well as to hire outside consultants. That means many applicants made significant investments in the creation of their broadband stimulus applications. While all are obviously hoping for a bid payoff on those investments, for others it could mean throwing money into a black hole.
11/16/2009

Recent Fixed Networks articles

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Interface Masters Technologies Announces New Quad Segment 10 Gigabit Intelligent Bypass Switch
Interface Masters Technologies , a provider of networking solutions, has announced that one more member of its 10 Gigabit product family is designed to integrate with inline networking devices, security appliances and central office applications.
11/20/2009

Nstein Technologies Releases 'Semantic Site Search' Engine
Nstein Technologies this week unveiled its new Semantic Site Search (3S), a search engine designed to provide unmatched search results.
11/20/2009

NSN's Coherent PON Technology Ignites Interest
Russell said everyone at an FSAN meeting last week in Asia was excited when NSN discussed the technology. FSAN, or the Full Service Access Network Group, is a consortium of leading telecommunications services providers, independent test labs, and equipment suppliers that help drive standards around broadband. FSAN is best known for its work on gigabit rate G-PON and B-PON passive optical networking.
11/20/2009

Is Open Access Feasible in the U.S. Broadband Market?
The Federal Communications Commission appears to wish to consider again its rules for third party mandatory access to broadband access facilities.
11/19/2009

Will DirecTV Be Sold to a Telco?
DirecTV Group Inc. Chairman John Malone won't rule out a possible takeover by AT&T Inc. or Verizon Communications Inc., saying they will likely have closer ties to his company as they develop packages of phone and television service, Bloomberg reports.
11/19/2009

Recent Mobile Networks articles

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Eutelsat and ABS Ink Agreement for Cooperation at 75 Degrees East Position
Satellite operator Eutelsat Communications and Asia Broadcast Satellite have announced the execution of a strategic agreement for commercial cooperation at the 75 degrees East orbital location.
11/20/2009

Is 21 Mbps Mobile Broadband the 2010 Standard?
About 62 percent of mobile industry executives involved with GSM believe the next baseline for mobile broadband-based, peak-downlink data speed will be 21 Mbps, a recent survey by the Global Mobile Suppliers Association has found.
11/20/2009

Wireless Dynamics Unveils iCarte 110, an NFC/ RFID Reader for iPhones
Wireless Dynamics Inc., a provider of NFC and RFID products, reportedly announced the introduction of iCarte 110.
11/20/2009

AT&T Wins Frost & Sullivan Award for its Tech Support 360 Service
AT&T has announced that it has received the Frost & Sullivan's "2009 North America New Product Innovation Award in Information and Communication Technologies" for its "Tech Support 360" service, introduced last year.
11/20/2009

CableLabs' Reed: Fiber, Wireless Are Simpatico
Fiber and wireless are often seen as two sides of the broadband coin. But, according to David Reed of CableLabs, these two technologies are a match made in heaven.
11/20/2009