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Almost nothing is more inexorable than an increase in global average connection speed from one quarter to the next. source: Akamai for example, reports a  12 percent quarter over quarter increase [...]

One underpinning philosophy of Spectrum Futures is that the whole ecosystem has to be aligned if we are to rapidly provide quality Internet access to “everyone across South Asia and [...]

The Internet of Things, in all its forms–has a total potential economic impact of $3.9 trillion to $11.1 trillion a year by 2025, according to an analysis by McKinsey Global Institute. The [...]

Ecosystems always are contentious, since one segment’s revenue is another segment’s cost. High spectrum costs and fees provide one important example. High costs for 3G spectrum nearly caused some [...]

Sri Lanka mobile service provider Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel has successfully tested 4.5G LTE-Advanced, capable of achieving speeds exceeding 1 Gbps, and says it is the first mobile operator in [...]

From time to time, you will hear a consultant or market researcher make a startling claim about the next generation network (fixed, mobile or wireless), namely, that there are “no new revenues” [...]

Google Fiber is buying Webpass, a provider of Wi-Fi services for residential and commercial buildings. Note: Webpass does so using fixed wireless. Webpass says it has tens of thousands of [...]

Malaysians are eager users of messaging apps, with 62 percent ranking them as the most important communication tool, a study sponsored by Telenor has found.   More than 80 percent of the [...]

Just over two thirds (68 percent) of people in the Asia region have no broadband connection, while 55 percent of people in Latin America are without broadband, Maravedis researchers say. Some 57 [...]

The Internet is the most important thing for human beings, economies and societies, so Internet access is the most important thing in communications. Wireless is the most important way most human [...]

The Federal Communications Commission is asking for further comment about spectrum sharing between connected vehicle and Wi-Fi uses in the 5.865 GHz to 5.925 GHz band, illustrating a shift in [...]

By 2020, mobile will account for more than half of all of Internet access revenue in more than 75 percent of countries, researchers at PwC now predict. Total global Internet access revenue will [...]

India’s call drop problem seems to be stymied, some would argue, because relationships with the ecosystem are essentially broken, with the highest levels of tension between mobile operators and [...]

Spectrum Futures, to be held 19-21 October 2016 in Singapore, will feature up to 60 experts across a range of disciplines (regulators, ISPs, ISPs, app and infrastructure providers, policy [...]

By 2020, machine-to-machine (M2M) connections will be 46 percent of total connected devices and Internet access accounts, Cisco now forecasts. That total includes devices such as smart meters, [...]