Telefónica Chile to invest US$2.5 billion
Telef³nica Chile has announced that it is planning to invest US$ 2.5bn over the next four years in rolling out a nationwide Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network covering over 700,000 homes.
The first phase of the project will be done in the Biobo region covering more than 50,000 homes, including cities like Talcahuano, Los ngeles, Chill¡n and Concepci³n.
According to C©sar Alierta, President of Telef³nica Chile, with this investment, Chile will be right at the cutting edge of technology and will be equal to countries like South Korea and Australia, which now have high-speed fibre-optic networks on a massive scale. The company has symbolically decided to start in Concepci³n as it will visit the region in the days after the recent earthquake, and what they saw there affected them deeply.
This new network will be able to deliver speeds of around 40 Mbps and 100 Mbps, more than three times higher than those currently available on the market.
AT&T and iPhone have fastest 3G network speeds (USA)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The latest test of 3G speed for all the major carriers including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon has been published according to which AT&T’s improvement to its network is properly reflected.
AT&T’s average download speed was 1410 kbps, followed by Sprint at 795 kbps average, T-Moible at 868 kps average, and Verizon at 877 kbps average. The speeds were tested in 13 cities in which Los Angeles was not included but San Francisco was.
The test which was conducted last spring had AT&T as the slowest one but this year it leads the race. IPhone test speeds were faster than other smartphones, followed by the Verizon’s Droid by Motorola.
Microsoft at CTIA Wireless 2006
CTIA Wireless is not the largest wireless conference in the world (3GSM is the biggest) but it is certainly the biggest one in USA. Unfortunately once again Microsoft focuses on professional usage of Windows Mobile phones – in enterprises, what limits artificially the market for these phones just to narrow corporate users. Unfortunately once again Microsoft is missing out when it comes to mass market – area where Symbian phones shine: Microsoft writes:
Microsoft at CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2006 Microsoft will be at CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2006 to showcase how a Windows Mobile powered device can help your workforce stay in touch with customers, be informed and rise above your competition. Visit us to learn how your organization can deploy a secure, scalable, and cost-effective mobile solution that helps your workforce stay connected and be more productive. The event runs from Sept. 12-14 in Los Angeles, CA. To register for the event, visit www.wirelessit.com.While it is good that Microsoft is present at CTIA Wireless at all, it is too bad that Microsoft still is positioning Windows Mobile just as devices for professionals and business people. With this approach Windows Mobile phones will never be able to defeat Symbian.
Source- http://msmobiles.com
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