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• Sierra Wireless' new LTE gateway can take over when your fixed line fails

  For enterprises that are thinking about switching from fixed to wireless Internet access, Sierra Wireless has launched the AirLink ES440 LTE gateway.

• Google uses YouTube performance to rate ISPs

  A new Google service uses YouTube to shed some light on the bandwidth delivered by ISPs.

• Fon working with Qualcomm on new router and chip integration

  With new Qualcomm-based products, more funds and a U.S. expansion, free Wi-Fi aggregator Fon expects to reach 35 million hotspots by 2016.

• ITU standardises 1Gbps over copper, but services won't come until 2015

  The ITU has taken a big step in the standardisation of G.fast, a broadband technology capable of achieving download speeds of up to 1Gbps over copper telephone wire.

• Verizon acquires EdgeCast to boost video capabilities

  Verizon has signed an agreement to acquire EdgeCast Networks, in an effort to enhance its video delivery and Web services capabilities.

• Cheaper equipment to give fast copper broadband a boost

  Vendors are working on products to lower the cost of building copper-based broadband with bandwidth up to 100M bps, and are at the same time getting ready to increase speeds even further.

• French ISP Free offers fiber customers 1Gbps upgrade for no cost

  Customers of French ISP Free will soon see their fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) connections upgraded from 100Mbps to 1Gbps, with no change to the monthly fee of €36 (US$50) including tax.

• Lawyer: Verizon should be able to block websites

  Verizon Communications should be able to block its broadband customers from going to websites that refuse to pay the provider to deliver their traffic, a lawyer for Verizon told an appeals court Monday.

• Net neutrality at the US FCC: A brief history

  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality regulations, also known as open Internet rules, face a hearing on Monday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Verizon Communications has challenged the FCC's au...

• Verizon Wireless buyout drive is all about the dollar signs

  The price Verizon might pay to buy out its mobile subsidiary, reportedly US$100 billion or more, is the most important thing that mobile users need to know about the potential deal.

• Smartphone interference tackled by Kansas startup

  Future smartphones could gain numerous benefits from algorithms to fight interference, developed by a little-known startup in Lawrence, Kansas, that last week drew closer to implementing the technology in devices.

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  In Pictures: Telecommuting from paradise

  With the right boss and the right broadband, these tech workers relocated to paradise destinations

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  Vodafone offers new 'Chocka' 200GB naked broadband plan

  Vodafone has joined the ranks of the large cap broadband providers after it revealed a 200GB "Chocka Naked" broadband plan, without fanfare, early this week.

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  Orcon announces unlimited broadband plans

  New Zealand internet service provider Orcon has announced an unlimited broadband plan for $99 per month.

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  Orcon offers free internet for those on UFB

  Orcon is offering free internet to those who choose to switch to ultra-fast broadband, and will do so for the rest of the year, the company announced today.