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Rural broadband is inconsistent, but why?
Editorial Rural broadband is inconsistent, but why?

The amount of funding available for rural broadband investments, as allotted by FCC, counts $2.15 billion – a sum voted in March 2016 to be “distributed to Internet providers through a reverse auction in which bidders will commit to providing specific performance level” in tranches of $215 millio

Bluetooth 5.0 – a new standard for IoT
Editorial Bluetooth 5.0 – a new standard for IoT

Invented in 1994 by Ericsson, the Bluetooth technology serves in short-distance data traffic. Data exchange via Bluetooth employs “ s hort-wavelength UHF radio waves in the ISM band from 2.4 to 2.485 GHz ” and all such device manufacturers have to meet the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) sta

The 25Mbps standard is one year old – see the updated status
Editorial The 25Mbps standard is one year old – see the updated status

The proposal of FCC chairman Tom Wheeler (dating January 2015) regarding the minimum broadband standard of 25Mbps further turned into an yearlong controversy where opposing parties disputed how much broadband is enough for usual customers. The industry claims that the previous definition of

What are the dilemmas in copper moving out to let fiber in?
Editorial What are the dilemmas in copper moving out to let fiber in?

Telecommunications copper cables mainly belong to the group of outside plat cables (aerial cables, duct/buried cables, last link wire cables) and to the group of central office cables, which serve for signal transmission within buildings. Another producer describes their copper cables per usage, as

Network monitoring tools: take a walk down this lane for some of the best options
Editorial Network monitoring tools: take a walk down this lane for some of the best options

Any network, small or complex, needs a comprehensive network monitoring tools base that enables the network administrators to track network behavior and events, in order to intervene if necessary. The network monitoring tools come in software or software-hardware form The continuous network health

Disruptions in telecommunications: equipment-focused expectations
Editorial Disruptions in telecommunications: equipment-focused expectations

The Service Provider Telecom Equipment market could become $26 B higher by 2019 (considering the entire 2014-2019 period), compared to the previous 2008-2013 situation, according to this report from 2015. The ongoing and upcoming changes in telecommunications were expected to trigger an upheaval in

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