In an effort to offer improved access to the Internet, Google plans to create fast, cheap and ubiquitous fiber-to-the-home Internet broadband networks with one-gigabit-per-second (1Gbps) speed. The broadband connections will be as much as 100 times faster than most cable and DSL services. Google hopes to offer the service to at least 50,000 people and as many as 500,000. It will announce which communities will get the service later this year. Google said it will sell access to customers directly “at a competitive price” and team with telecommunications companies that want to package services with its fiber network. Read full story »

For taking a new prepaid broadband connection, you will have to pay the one time installation charge of Rs 250 and modem outright purchase charge in advance. The Type-I modem costs Rs 1000 and Type-II modem is Rs 1600. Type I modem has Ethernet ports and Type II modem has wi-fi port as well. Read full story »

With effect from the Christmas day, MTNL (Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd) has introduced the Very High Bitrate DSL (VDSL) with Triple Play service in MTNL Mumbai circle. The MTNL VDSL Broadband combo is claimed to be Mumbai’s first fastest 20 Mbps broadband service. The plan offers up to 20 Mbps download speeds. Read full story »

According to Derek McManus, chief technology officer for O2 UK “Watching a YouTube video on a smartphone can use the same capacity on the network as sending 500,000 text messages simultaneously.” This means, distributing mobile TV and VOD (Video On Demand) to an audience of that size is another matter, especially when mobile networks are feeling the strain of high volumes of data traffic. MobiTV, a provider of live streaming and VOD services to over 8 million subscribers, believes that if mobile TV is going to compete with traditional television, mobile operators must be able to address audience peaks in order to meet consumer demand for live TV and VOD. Read full story »

Now you can get BSNL Broadband weekly usage statistics on your mobile phone through SMS. Register your mobile number and email id at the website http://bbusage.bsnl.in to receive weekly usage updates.

To get usage on-demand on your mobile phone, just send an SMS to +919447051550 with the keyword BBUSAGE, after registering for the service.

Download the windows application from http://bbusage.bsnl.in/app/v1.2/bbusage.exe to get the BSNL broadband usage updates on your computer. Read full story »