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72 per cent of Broadband community fears UK is reaching limit of its high-speed network

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Article by iBAHN

London – (7 April 2010) – iBAHN, the worldwide leader in digital entertainment and Internet solutions for the hospitality and meeting industries, today announces the findings of its broadband community survey looking at the future of connectivity needs.

The findings show that the broadband community fears the UK is reaching the limit of its broadband network (72% of respondents were concerned or very concerned). The majority (59 per cent) also disagreed with a broadband tax to fund super-fast network development – a plan shelved at the last moment by the Government.

The UK’s digital infrastructure is high on the political agenda for the imminent General Election in the UK and opponents of the Digital Economy bill have succeeded in forcing through late changes before the bill is passed. This is in line with the cross-party Business Innovation and Skills Committee, which opposes the Government’s broadband tax proposals.

The 10yearsofBroadband survey, which ran from February to the end of March 2010, and targeted the broadband user community, aimed to identify future broadband challenges, gathering feedback on issues such as connection speeds, network limits, security, government intervention and devices and applications.

It also showed that the UK broadband community feels that the biggest challenge for broadband networks over the next 10 years will be increased data traffic (38%) followed by demand for higher speeds (19%) and security (16%).

However, when asked how important security is when connecting to a broadband network now, the vast majority (92%) said that it is important or essential, with only 7% willing to take a risk and just 1% feeling security is not important.

The feedback gained through the survey have been published on the 10 years of broadband site http://10yearsofbroadband.com/

Graeme Powell, Managing Director EMEA, iBAHN, comments: “The findings of the 10yearsofbroadband survey show that the broadband community demands a strong, secure broadband network for the UK. It’s refreshing to see some political debate focused on the UK’s digital economy, but a lack of real consultation during the development of plans, such as the Digital Economy bill, has caused a negative reaction, and this survey underlines that it is an essential issue that needs to be addressed fully to answer the concerns of businesses and consumers in the UK.”

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iBAHN, the worldwide leader in digital entertainment and Internet solutions for the hospitality and meeting industries, today announces the findings of its broadband community survey looking at the future of connectivity needs.

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Singapore& 39;s national fiber-optic broadband high-speed network will soon start building – fiber,

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Article by jekky

2008 05 22 Singapore 39 s next generation broadband networks nationwide network of companies Tender Work has ended the Infocomm Development Authority received a total of two consortia bidding book one of the consortium can claim two and a half ahead of schedule to complete network rollout project Consortium to provide the highest availability of government funding of 7 5 billion Singapore dollars Two consortia will use FTTH technology so the future consumers will be able to use Singapore as high as 1Gbps high speed network the maximum speeds faster than existing 10 times By the Canadian company leading the consortium OpenNet AxiaNetMedia claim than the quot wisdom of the country by 2015 Master Plan quot iN2015 established two and a half ahead of schedule which is completed in June 2010 laying fiber optic project OpenNet consortium of investors including Singapore Telecommunications 30 Singapore Press Holdings 25 and New Energy Telecom 15 SingTel 39 s Singapore operations Yongqiang president said quot Our plan is two and a half earlier than scheduled that is 30 months ahead of time to pull fiber to every address in Singapore quot OpenNet consortium will mainly use Singapore Telecom and Telecom 39 s existing pipeline of new energy so laying to be completed ahead of schedule Next generation network is divided into three levels Expected to put into use nationwide in 2015 a new generation of national broadband network can be divided into three levels the upstream service provided by the network the middle reaches of the services provided by the communications companies downstream of services from network service retailers The network 39 s launch at the end of the tendering exercise OpenNet consortium Axia is a specialized planning design and operation of new generation broadband network company has participated over Alberta Canada Paris France next generation networks and broadband networks in the building Axia Chairman and CEO said at a press conference ArthurR Price Alberta over the network 39 s total investment amounted to 420 million Singapore dollars the laying of fiber length of 14 000 km covering urban and rural More than 4 200 government agencies universities medical institutions libraries and community facilities through the interconnection facilities Price emphasized that the company believes the concept of an open access and fair treatment of communication is the next generation broadband network should feature Open access concept is to allow communications companies in a fair way to use the network providing services for the downstream retailers Price says Axia in Canada and France building and operating fiber optic networks the equivalent here of the Internet companies and communications companies Experience business on track the network business can provide long term stable source of recurrent income Networks will be based on the number of network access to its business customers fees In Singapore according to government regulations the company achieved 25 in the communications market share before the network 39 s customers can only have a communications companies telecommunications companies once the market share of this Internet companies can begin the development of other customers He said that wireless broadband Internet service provider is the network 39 s customers some of the best clients because when their customers more for a long time we must use fiber optic network to cope with greater amounts of data Credit bureau spokesman said the book will be assessing two bids is expected to announce third quarter of this year which the consortium won the bid Infinity advantage experience of operators City Telecom Hong Kong is also leading a consortium submitted a bid Infinity book want to build sophisticated Singapore FTTH broadband networks

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9 Tips For Speed Networking

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Article by Louise Yates

Have you ever been to a speed dating event? If you have you’ll understand the concept of speed networking.

At a speed dating event you get to meet an awful lot of people in a very short space of time and the idea is that first impressions count, if you hit it off with someone and feel that you have things in common then you can meet up again later and take more time to build a relationship.

Speed networking is the business equivalent in that you a given a set period of time (2 or 3 minutes for example) to make initial contact with other business people. Just enough time to exchange basic information about your business and the service that you offer as opposed to an in depth discussion

The positive points about speed networking are that you get the opportunity to meet and exchange business cards with a relatively large number of other business people and at the same the time limit forces you to move on and eliminate the possibility of being stuck talking to the same person for a whole event.

For me, there must also be an informal networking session at the end of the event where you can take time to meet again with other people that you felt you were building a rapport with. In this way you can start the relationship building process rather than it just having finished with the exchange of a business card.

In these types of event it’s vital to have mastered the art of effective use of business cards. When you finish a session you may well have a pile of cards and find it difficult to be able to put a face to the card at a later date. This is one reason why my business networking tips below are essential to making the most of speed networking and speed dating alike.

1. Before you decide to attend speed business networking events take time to understand the format. Is it all speed networking or is there free networking time too? If you understand the format you’ll go better prepared and make more of the event.

2. Part of the above is about understanding how much time you have with every other person. If it’s short then you really need to have a well practiced and fine tuned sixty seconds presentation. If you’ve got a bit longer you can maybe afford to go a little more in depth.

3. You may be required to follow a set agenda in your meetings such as your name, your business sector etc etc. Knowing this in advance will help you practice the right subject matter prior to the event.

4. Speed networking when there is a fixed agenda is a very comfortable way to meet new people so take time to identify those people that you don’t already know.

5. Don’t be in too much of a hurry to give your pitch, let the other person talk first, in this way if there are any “common areas” that you want to exploit, you can then adapt your pitch to suit.

6. Make good use of business cards. When you exchange cards take time to read aloud what is on the other person’s card. The other person will see this as interest on your part but most importantly it will help you remember the face and the name at a later date. You can also use the business card to make notes. This is an important point when designing your own cards – make sure that the background is a light colour so that anyone can make notes on your card.

7. Considering point 6 – don’t forget your business cards and a pen!

8. Don’t loose time searching through business cards to find your own. Make sure that you have a place for those that you have collected and for your own. I use two separate pockets in my jacket or coat.

9. Finally, if you feel you have something more to say to someone and that there could be a synergy – make it clear! Now is not the time for polite conversation, be direct and let them know that you would like to have a further meeting and propose a date and time.

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Louise Yates shares business networking tips and business networking advice for generating referrals and operates UK groups for business networking Lancashire.

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