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Gianni Burzi, Head of Sales, Albis Technologies

Gianni Burzi, Head of Sales, Albis Technologies talks to Telecoms.com at Broadband World Forum 2011.

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Transwitch

Gateway to LTE

Kris Shankar, SVP Sales and Marketing, TranSwitch AND Frank Paetsch, CTO, TELES speak to Telecoms.com at Broadband World Forum 2011.

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Broadband news & analysis
Wifi to remain dominant home networking tech
The free wifi offering will target short term users

By 2014, global shipments of core home networking equipment and network-enabled media devices will exceed one billion units, according to ABI Research. But wifi is expected to remain the most common technology used to connect these media devices.

Viettel lights up Mozambique with fibre and mobile
Viettel is seeking more African opportunities

Vietnamese carrier Viettel has expanded beyond Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, this week lighting up its first operation in Africa – a mobile network in Mozambique.

UK users not getting advertised broadband speeds

Broadband users in the UK are getting short-changed when it comes to their internet speeds, a survey has found. A survey by UK newspaper the Guardian online with 3,000 respondents indicated that there is a significant shortfall between the maximum speeds customers are promised and the speeds they actually receive.

Malaysia surges ahead in the APAC National Broadband Network revolution

Analyst house Informa Telecoms & Media (publisher of Broadband World News) has released new figures revealing that the High Speed Broadband (HSBB) network being built by Telekom Malaysia is comfortably outpacing other NBNs being deployed including in the region, including rival Singapore’s NGNBN as well as those being rolled out in Australia and New Zealand.

Dutch take European lead with net neutrality

The Dutch senate has passed a net neutrality law that makes it illegal for ISPs in the country to filter the internet. The laws, which were passed unanimously earlier this week, means that all traffic must be treated equally and may not be blocked or throttled. The Netherlands is the first European country to adopt such a law, and the second country in the world to do so after Chile.
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Turning knowledge into action

Ulrich Schoen, Head of Technology – Business Services, Nokia Siemens Networks, talks to telecoms.com at Broadband World Forum 2011, about using analytics to turn knowledge and data into action so carriers can offer greater quality of service.

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Events
LTE Awards 2012 – Category 4 Preview: Most Significant Development for Commercial LTE Network by an Operator.
The LTE Awards 2012 are taking place on May 23rd, at the El Xalet, Montjuic, Barcelona.

To whet your appetite for the event here is a preview of Category 4: Most Significant Development for Commercial LTE Network by an Operator.

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Interviews
Biznet Networks president: “To deliver an affordable broadband service for the market is really the challenge.”
Adi Kusma is president of Biznet Networks, Indonesia

Adi Kusma is president of Biznet Networks, one the leading telecoms providers in Indonesia. He is appearing on Day One of the Broadband ip&TV Asia 2012 conference, taking place on the 15th-16th May 2012, KL Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Telecoms.com speaks to him about the major developments and challenges in the region.

Indonesian regulator: “By 2015 half of the population will be connected to the internet”
Heru Sutadi is Commissioner at the Indonesian Telecom Regulatory Authority

Heru Sutadi is Commissioner at the Indonesian Telecom Regulatory Authority. He is speaking on Day One of the Broadband Asia 2012 conference on the 15th-16th May 2012, KL Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ahead of the upcoming conference Telecoms.com talks to him about the challenges facing service providers and operators in rolling out broadband in the country.

Opinion
HKBN sell off opens way for content push
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There are some deals that you really should see coming a long way off but somehow you miss them and then when the headline lands in your inbox like a right-hook from Mike Tyson back in the 1980′s you feel a little foolish.

802.11 standards revised due to growth of wifi
New standards define the technology for wifi applications

The IEEE Standards Association has published new revisions to the standards defining wireless local area network (LAN) products. The new IEEE 802.11 standards already underpin wifi applications globally, but the standards have now been expanded, due to the increasing relevance of new applications, such as the smart grid, the IEEE 802.11 working group explained.

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