The broadband Internet business in the Philippines continues to heat up, but WiFi (wireless fidelity) remains to be a huge business potential for a US-based company, who sees the usefulness of WiFi in areas that have no Internet connection yet.

Competition is the key to getting great deals on broadband service. And in testing that theory, I found I could save nearly $700 next year by switching providers.

The country's government is following the lead of Finland and making affordable broadband a legal right.

BELLE HAVEN -- The Eastern Shore of Virginia will see the light by the end of the year -- that's when the long-awaited, $6 million fiber backbone that is the core of the local broadband Internet project is scheduled to be turned on.

Almost two-thirds of adults have broadband connections at home, but that's a long way from the ultimate goal: universal adoption of high speed Internet throughout the United States. Depending on which study you believe, we're everything from number 11 to 24 in international broadband penetration rankings . So how do we get to somewhere near number one? The Federal Communications Commission's ...

VoIP services come in real handy to make cheap overseas calls. While domestic call rates have dipped to a measly 1 paisa/second in the country, telecom companies still maintain steep rates for international (ISD) calls.

SYDNEY, Nov 23 — Billionaire and media investor T. Ananda Krishnan has seized an opportunity created by Australia's proposed national broadband network, whereby he could challenge traditional media players for television viewers.

Market can achieve universal broadband without interference, argues Tory shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Hunt, the Conservative shadow culture secretary, has said his party would encourage telecoms companies to take the lead in the rollout of superfast broadcast services to major cities, before moving on to rural areas. The Tories are opposed to the Labour government's plan for a £6 ...

Competition is the key to getting great deals. In testing that theory, CNET's Maggie Reardon finds she can save nearly $700 next year by switching providers.

Wanting to bridge the divide between the 'broadband haves' and the broadband 'have nots,' the FCC is proposing rules that could give the government more control of the U.S. Internet while raising phone charges to make broadband Internet service more accessible to more users. Today, the FCC will present its plan to help expand the availability of broadband services. One of the proposed tenets of ...