Thursday, March 31, 2005

"Digital Britain" Aims to Push Broadband Further

Prime Minister Tony Blair launched a "Digital Britain" strategy aimed at driving exploitation and use of broadband-enabled ICT, content, applications and services. The government seeks to work with industry to close the digital divide where some groups have been largely excluded from benefiting from access to the Internet. It also sees the nation's future economic prosperity tied to the efficiencies of broadband and e-business. The government has published a 60-page report outlining its strategy to modernise public services based on the broadband...

Crest Urges FCC to Reject VSNL Acquisition Bid for Tyco

Crest Communications issued a public appeal to the Federal Communications Commission to reject Tyco Telecommunication's application to sell its global fiber network to VSNL Telecommunications, which is owned by the Indian government and the Tata Group, India's largest civilian defense contractor.In its petition, Crest Communications said the proposed sale would "severely compromise the Department of Defense's net-centric warfare plans and threaten the security and integrity of military, intelligence, and other sensitive communications on the cable...

Comcast and Motorola Consummate Conditional Access Joint Ventures

Comcast and Motorola consummated their previously announced strategic relationship including two joint ventures focused on next-generation conditional access technologies and a multi-year set top commitment valued at more than US $1 billion.http://www.comcast.com http://www.motorola.comComcast and Motorola announced a multi-year set-top commitment valued at more than US$1 billion, the largest set-top purchase agreement in the operator's history. The deal extends a multi-year agreement for Comcast to purchase set-tops and network equipment. In...