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ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) is a communications technology that provides fast data transmission over standard copper telephone lines - faster than any conventional modem. Also, the service is always on and is usually charged at a flat rate regardless of time spent online.

Telstra fined $18.5m for blocked access

Telstra has been fined $18.5m for illegally blocking broadband competitors from using its local exchanges.

Regulation Hurts France Telecom

France Telecom's Orange first-half 2010 results dipped by 2.2% year over year.

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Softbank's Q1 sales boosted by mobile unit

(Telecompaper) Japanese communications provider Softbank saw its first quarter net sales grow over 5 percent while income dropped almost 30 percent. Net sales in the three months to June totalled JPY 700.84 billion, up 5.2 percent from JPY 666.33 billion in the year-ago period, reflecting steady sales at Softbank Mobile. Operating income went up 44.6 percent to JPY 156.60 billion, and ordinary ...

iiNet set to grab AAPT

Australian ISP iiNet is on the verge of announcing a deal to buy a piece of local telco AAPT.

Alcatel-Lucent's Revenue Drops, but Operating Loss Shrinks

Alcatel-Lucent's second-quarter revenue fell 2.4 percent year on year, dragged down by slow sales in fixed-line network equipment and terrestrial optical networks, but the company reduced costs, cutting its operating loss by two-thirds compared to a year earlier.

Openweb's uncapped salvo

Prominent ISP OpenWeb has launched a cheap, uncapped and unshaped internet service.

Research and Markets: Internet Access in South Africa 2010 - Most Comprehensive Annual Study

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/fc198b/internet_access_in) has announced the addition of the "Internet Access in South Africa 2010" report to their offering. The most comprehensive annual study of the Internet access market in South Africa, now extending into African connectivity in order to provide a context ...