Telecom Policy Report articles from April 2008

Telecom Policy Report archives from April 2008

Around The States.
April 7, 2008... New Mexico The thousands of Navajo Nation residents who rely on the Internet to work, study and communicate across their 27,000-sq.-mi. reservation likely to be without Internet service starting April 7. A tribal audit last year...

IEEE Considers An Ethernet Power-Up.
April 7, 2008... After better than three years of effort, the IEEE task force charged with crafting a standard that increases the amount of power that can be delivered over Ethernet has come up with a draft that finally could become a full standard some time...

New On The Cable Menu: 'RF Over Glass'.
April 7, 2008... The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) has launched development of a suite of technical industry standards to support wider use of optical fiber by the cable-TV industry. The SCTE is calling its new effort "RF over...

Cableco POV: Clearing The Smoke.
April 7, 2008... By Steve Effros Smoke screens, head fakes, misdirection plays and sleight-of-hand. Nope, not just on battlefields, playing fields or as part of a magic act. These are the normal tactics used in just about every political campaign, and...

GSA Taps Private Sector For Telecom Services.
April 7, 2008... The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) recently awarded contract to three Northern Virginia companies to streamline the government's purchase and management of wireless devices and services, and to lower the cost to agencies and...

The Billion-Euro Telecom Patchwork Quilt.
April 7, 2008... A new report says Europe's economy could benefit by as much as $2.04 billion (U.S.) during the next 20 years with the development of seamless pan- European electronic communications services. "Productivity, Growth and Jobs: How Telecoms...

ISP Group Slaps Bell Canada With 'Traffic Shaping' Complaint.
April 7, 2008... Late last week, the Canadian Association of Internet Providers (CAIP) asked the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to direct Bell Canada to "cease and desist" with the "traffic shaping" activity it says has...