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UK rural broadband aid approved by EU

Fibre-optic broadband is coming to rural UK after EU approves scheme
November 21, 2012 Written by Benny Har-Even

Rural areas in the UK will soon receive a ‘superfast’ broadband boost after the UK government received approval to pump £530m into its Broadband Development UK (BDUK) upgrade scheme.

Tags; BDUK, broadband, EU, rural, UK, Broadband, Europe, Networks, News & Analysis

Bluegrass Cellular brings LTE to rural Kentucky

Kentucky now has LTE thanks to the Verizon LTE Rural America program
November 7, 2012 Written by Benny Har-Even

Kentucky based Bluegrass Cellular has announced the launch of a 4G LTE network, a development that comes out of its 2010 agreement with Verizon as part of the latter’s Wireless LTE in Rural America program.

Tags; LTE, rural, Verizon, LTE, News & Analysis, Verizon Wireless

Director general, Grupo Salinas Telecom, Colombia: “Under-served areas have high growth potential”

Samer Salameh is director general, Grupo Salinas Telecom, Colombia
September 27, 2012 Written by Benny Har-Even

Samer Salameh is director general, Grupo Salinas Telecom, Colombia and is taking part in a panel discussion on innovative business models on Day One of the Broadband World Forum 2012. Ahead of the show we speak to him about the major milestones that company has reached over the past year and what its major challenges for the future.

Tags; Broadband World Forum 2012, Columbia, FTTH, rural, Americas, Broadband, Interviews, Networks, Operator

Rural France in line for Europe’s fastest LTE service

France's rural areas could eventually have the fastest mobile broadband around.
May 11, 2011 Written by Benny Har-Even

The future for fast internet in rural areas in France has received a boost with the announcement by the Éric Besson, Minister of Industry, Energy and the Digital Economy, that mobile operators would be able to acquire two blocks of 15MHz channels in the 800MHz band. One would be used for download and the other dedicated to upload.

Tags; 800MHz, France, LTE, rural, Europe, LTE, Networks, News & Analysis

Cellular Backhaul over Satellite

Sponsored by: iDirect

This paper looks at the strategies of operators in rural and remote areas as well as available backhaul technologies and how these are enabling profitable networks to be deployed in underserved areas. It includes four case studies from mobile operators that have used satellite backhaul to connect remote areas and generate new revenue.

Tags; cellular backhaul, iDirect, IP, remote, rural, TDMA