June 24, 2013 (US Charges Snowden)
BENTON'S COMMUNICATIONS-RELATED HEADLINES for MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013
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GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS
US Charges Snowden in Security-Leak Case
Snowden Exits Hong Kong; Ecuador Says He Seeks Asylum [links to web]
UK taps fiber-optic cables for secret access to world's communications
Debate over government’s use of electronic data has been helpful - editorial
A worthy debate on leaks - editorial [links to web]
Can Silicon Valley Stand Up to Washington? - analysis
Silicon Valley long has had ties to military, intelligence agencies
Mobile Call Logs Can Reveal a Lot to the NSA - analysis
Lawmakers skip NSA briefing to attend Paris air show [links to web]
As Social Media Swirl Around It, Supreme Court Sticks to Its Analog Ways [links to web]
Telecom mergers big biz in DC
INTERNET/BROADBAND
Project Loon: Google’s biggest obstacle isn’t technology. It’s politics - analysis
"Capable" Is Not Good Enough: A Response to Lowell McAdam on Broadband in the United States - Public Knowledge analysis
93 Percent Served, Yet the Glass is Apparently Empty - NCTA press release
The Road Map to Gigabit Connectivity Begins at Home - FTTH op-ed [links to web]
Internet Sales Tax Could Reap $23 Billion For States [links to web]
Nebraska better connected than most, census survey of Internet use finds [links to web]
WIRELESS/SPECTRUM
Half of US already has smartphones, so mobile carriers push us to spend more
Companies Tout Plans for Nationwide Wireless Using Low-Power TV Spectrum [links to web]
FAA looks to relax rules on using electronic devices during flights [links to web]
A Band Plan that Serves the Public Interest - FCC press release [links to web]
Sprint’s Clearwire Acquisition: Who’s Going to Make What? [links to web]
Telecom mergers big biz in DC
Hands-Free Distractions - editorial [links to web]
OWNERSHIP
FTC Reviewing Google’s Waze Acquisition
Sprint’s Clearwire Acquisition: Who’s Going to Make What? [links to web]
Telecom mergers big biz in DC
CONTENT
Hollywood’s Passion for Guns Remains Undimmed [links to web]
TELEVISION
Broadcasters are missing out on a ton of data–it’s time to take TV online - op-ed [links to web]
Survey: Pay TV Cord-Cutting Population Rising [links to web]
You Endure More Commercials When Watching Cable Networks [links to web]
CYBERSECURITY/PRIVACY
Facebook glitch exposes info of 6M users [links to web]
Hagel’s Gospel on Defending Networks - op-ed [links to web]
Ex-FTC Chair Leibowitz: The Private Sector Is Threatening Your Privacy [links to web]
ACCESSIBILITY
Silicon Valley poised to take lead on technology for seniors
High-tech gains get disabled people into workforce
FCC Enforces Hearing Aid Compatibility Rules To Benefit Consumers With Hearing Disabilities - press release [links to web]
TELECOM
Fire Island -- Cherished Retreat of Well-Heeled Manhattanites -- Finds Itself On The Wrong Side Of The Digital Divide
FCC: Landline Voice Lines Decline 4.7% in Six Months, VoIP Growth Slows [links to web]
POLICYMAKERS
Vacancies on FCC an ongoing problem
What Did We Learn at the Wheeler Nomination Hearing? - analysis
Spotlight on NTIA: Jim McConnaughey, Chief Economist [links to web]
COMPANY NEWS
Dish May Cast a Wider Net [links to web]
Google Reader's end hatches better Feedly service [links to web]
STORIES FROM ABROAD
UK taps fiber-optic cables for secret access to world's communications
UK Orders Google to Delete Data
Telecoms chiefs urge rethink of reforms
Kabel Deutschland board agrees to Vodafone’s €7.7bn cash offer
African Entrepreneurs Deflate Google’s Internet Balloon Idea
GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS
US CHARGES SNOWDEN
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Evan Perez]
US prosecutors have filed criminal charges against National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden and asked Hong Kong authorities for his provisional arrest, kicking off what is expected to be a lengthy process to seek his transfer to the US. A one-page criminal complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Alexandria (VA) accused Snowden of theft of government property and willful communication of classified communications intelligence to an unauthorized person. Snowden has said he leaked documents exposing NSA surveillance programs, sparking a world-wide debate about U.S. antiterrorism tactics. He is believed to be in hiding in Hong Kong. A US official said that Washington has sent Hong Kong a formal request for Snowden's provisional arrest, which will start the legal process in the Chinese territory to transfer him to the US.
benton.org/node/154375 | Wall Street Journal
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UK TAPS FIBER FOR SECRET ACCESS
[SOURCE: The Guardian, AUTHOR: Ewen MacAskill, Julian Borger, Nick Hopkins, Nick Davies, James Ball]
Britain's spy agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has secretly gained access to the network of cables which carry the world's phone calls and internet traffic and has started to process vast streams of sensitive personal information which it is sharing with its American partner, the National Security Agency (NSA). The sheer scale of the agency's ambition is reflected in the titles of its two principal components: Mastering the Internet and Global Telecoms Exploitation, aimed at scooping up as much online and telephone traffic as possible. This is all being carried out without any form of public acknowledgement or debate. One key innovation has been GCHQ's ability to tap into and store huge volumes of data drawn from fiber-optic cables for up to 30 days so that it can be sifted and analyzed. That operation, codenamed Tempora, has been running for some 18 months. GCHQ and the NSA are consequently able to access and process vast quantities of communications between entirely innocent people, as well as targeted suspects.
benton.org/node/154366 | Guardian, The
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SURVEILLANCE DEBATE
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Editorial staff]
[Commentary] President Barack Obama promised to try to declassify more about two electronic surveillance programs at the center of a renewed national debate on security and privacy. He should. Over the past week, that debate has been enriched by congressional hearings and the slow release of new information, clarifying how these programs operate. The government collection of Americans’ phone metadata — which numbers are calling which others and when — remains surprising in the vast amount of information that is sopped up. But the National Security Agency (NSA) claims that it is using only a tiny fraction of the information, querying the database for links to fewer than 300 numbers last year. If so, that raises two questions. First, couldn’t the public have known about the data collection before? No terrorist would have been surprised that the U.S. government is looking for and tracking a limited set of suspect phone numbers. Second, does the government even need to maintain its own vast database of phone records? Could the program work about as well with telecommunications firms keeping the data? If so, why didn’t the NSA work with Congress to pursue that policy in the first place? Though there’s no guarantee that these companies will be strong advocates for their customers when proceedings are secret, at least there would be some opportunity for outside pushback against any overly broad or otherwise unjustified data demands. We don’t see an argument for anti-government hysteria in these considerations. We do, however, want as informed a debate as possible about how the government is balancing security and privacy.
benton.org/node/154378 | Washington Post
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CAN SILICON VALLEY STAND UP TO WASHINGTON?
[SOURCE: National Journal, AUTHOR: Brian Fung]
Watching Silicon Valley respond to the National Security Agency surveillance uproar has been a bit like watching Iron Man gear up for battle—countless screws whirring themselves into position; armored scales sliding closed; weapons charging; the menacing faceplate slamming solidly shut. One after another, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have all shifted from playing defense—disavowing any knowledge of PRISM—to playing offense. While none are legally able to talk about PRISM’s specifics, the tech companies are not afraid to take aim at the culture of secrecy that created it. Their call for more government transparency, however, is at odds with the nation’s intelligence apparatus, a bureaucracy so big nobody knows how much it costs or how many people are in its employ. Against that, what chance does Silicon Valley have?
benton.org/node/154363 | National Journal
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SILICON VALLEY AND INTELLIGENCE
[SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News, AUTHOR: Brandon Bailey]
Disclosures about a secret government intelligence effort called Prism have rocked some of Silicon Valley's leading Internet companies, but the program is hardly the first instance of U.S. military and intelligence officials turning to the tech industry for help. "The industry has always tried to make it seem like it was all venture capitalists and free thinkers. And it does include those people," said longtime Silicon Valley watcher Lenny Siegel, who runs the nonprofit Pacific Studies Center. "But there's no question that the government, particularly the military, was a driving force in the development of the computer technology that we use today." Experts say the government has had good reason to cultivate ties with Silicon Valley companies. The valley has what U.S. military and intelligence agencies want: cutting-edge technology and online services -- from social networks to Web-based email and video chat rooms -- that people all over the world use to communicate and share information. And despite its libertarian bent, Silicon Valley, in turn, has benefited over the years from federal research funding, supply contracts and even regulators' good will. Silicon Valley's ties to the government are decades old.
benton.org/node/154398 | San Jose Mercury News
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NSA AND METADATA
[SOURCE: Technology Review, AUTHOR: Jessica Leber]
Telephone metadata -- including phone numbers, call time and duration, and information about device interactions with cellular towers -- gives intelligence analysts a clear window into sensitive interactions and movements of the U.S. population. The term “metadata” simply refers to information that is used to track or describe another piece of data, whether that is a cell-phone conversation or a money transfer. One study published this March, using records provided by a European wireless carrier, shows the surveillance power of telecommunications metadata. Vincent Blondel, an applied mathematician at MIT and the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium, and collaborators analyzed 15 months of anonymous call records from 1.5 million people. His team was able to uniquely pinpoint the movements of 95 percent of people from only four records, using only the location of a nearby cellular station and the time each call was made. “You can infer a lot, such as where people work and where people live,” says Blondel. “You don’t need information about the content [of the call].”
benton.org/node/154397 | Technology Review
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MERGERS ARE BIG BIZ IN DC
[SOURCE: Politico, AUTHOR: Anna Palmer]
Sorry Wall Street, Washington’s ground zero for the big-money world of telecom deals. A string of the most important telecom providers have spent big inside the Beltway recently to get their deals done — or even mess with the competition. While big companies have always cared about Washington – especially those in highly regulated industries — the influence of lawmakers and regulators over private markets have grown in recent years. That’s meant bigger spending in Washington, where high-profile campaigns are business as usual.
benton.org/node/154388 | Politico
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INTERNET/BROADBAND
PROJECT LOON POLITICS
[SOURCE: GigaOm, AUTHOR: Kevin Fitchard]
The balloon-powered network know as Loon may be one of Google’s famed moon shots, but the biggest issues facing the project are grounded right here on Earth. This won’t just be a major technological feat for Google. It will be a huge political undertaking. If Loon is going to be a success it’s going to have to wade deeply into the morass of global international relations. Google wants to build a network that knows no borders. Not only does Google want to implement it in every country with an underserved internet population, but the network itself will be stateless, coasting from continent to continent. Google will have some control over where these balloons go by navigating the wind currents, but as Google shows in its Loon videos, its eventual plan is to set them loose in the sky, letting them follow the west-east stratospheric winds around the world. Since Loon will use radios, it will have to use spectrum, which is tightly regulated by the world’s governments. It can’t just use any old spectrum either. It will have to convince hundreds of different regulators to agree on a unified band or ride over an existing one.
benton.org/node/154370 | GigaOm
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PK RESPONSE TO VERIZON’S MCADAM
[SOURCE: Public Knowledge, AUTHOR: John Bergmayer]
[Commentary] In a recent New York Times op-ed, Verizon head Lowell McAdam said, “More than 80 percent of American households live in areas that offer access to broadband networks capable of delivering data with speeds in excess of 100 megabits per second.” Yes, many Americans have access to cable systems, and cable systems are in principle capable of offering those speeds -- once they've been upgraded to the latest DOCSIS, and assuming the plans are affordable. But this does not mean that broadband service with those speeds is actually available at consumer-level prices. McAdam continues, “Contrast this with the European Union, where innovation and investment in advanced networks have stagnated under an onerous regulatory regime that limits investment and innovation, and where today only about 2 percent of households have access to broadband networks with 100-megabit-plus speeds.” Notice how he went from "capable of delivering" to "have access to networks with." Europe is being held to a higher standard here, where it's not enough to merely live in a place where there is a network "capable" of offering high speeds. Rather, in Europe, it only counts if the networks actually are offering those speeds. McAdam's piece does not provide information on what percentage of Europeans "live in areas that offer access to broadband networks capable of delivering" 100-megabit broadband, or what percentage of Americans "have access to broadband networks with" those speeds.
benton.org/node/154361 | Public Knowledge
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NCTA RESPONDS TO CNET
[SOURCE: National Cable & Telecommunications Association, AUTHOR: Press release]
[Commentary] With so many data points on display at the 2013 Cable Shoe about cable’s historic and ongoing commitment to continuous improvement in network and service performance, it was both disappointing and downright frustrating to witness the concerted effort in some quarters to try and make lemons out of lemonade. One particularly bizarre wrong turn occurred with a CNET story – “Is cable holding back superfast broadband adoption on purpose” – which suggested that cable was dampening consumer adoption of high-speed broadband since its offerings don’t match the price of Google’s new fiber service. Huh? Over the last decade, cable has consistently and exponentially increased broadband availability as well as entry-tier and top-tier available speeds for tens of millions of homes across the country while keeping prices stable. But for the sake of argument, let’s follow some of the critics’ doublespeak. The charge is made that cable is not doing what Google is doing, that what Google is doing is good, and ergo, that cable is not good. Such suspect logic may ignite controversy and earn page views, but it ignores some very material facts. It’s important to understand that Google’s Fiber network – which is beginning to deliver a variety of broadband speed tiers (up to a gigabit) in a few select cities – is only a new entrant in the broadband marketplace if you happen to live in the .05 percent of the country they intend to serve. That is 92.5 percent less than the markets where cable broadband networks are available. Cable’s broadband networks are accessible and affordable in thousands of communities and every state, not just in select “friendly” markets or in high-density regions. And for lower-income families, there are cable-supported programs like Connect2Compete, which offer $9.95 high-speed Internet, inexpensive computers, and training in digital literacy. Speed may matter, but so too does scale.
benton.org/node/154360 | National Cable & Telecommunications Association
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WIRELESS/SPECTRUM
SPENDING MORE ON MOBILE
[SOURCE: ars technica, AUTHOR: Cyrus Farivar]
Three major shifts are currently underway in the American cellular landscape. We’re spending record amounts on mobile data, carriers are making hardly any money off new subscribers (hence the push towards data), and usage of Internet-based messaging systems is going through the roof. With that first shift, according to independent analyst Chetan Sharma, mobile data now accounts for “almost 45 percent of the US mobile industry services revenues, and as we had forecasted a few years back, the cross-over point of 50 percent might occur later this year.” So you’re not just imagining things—your mobile phone bill is creeping upwards. Likely, it’s due to the fact that on your smartphone, you’re using data far more than texting and texting far more than calling.
benton.org/node/154385 | Ars Technica
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OWNERSHIP
GOOGLE-WAZE REVIEW
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: John Paczkowski]
Google’s $1.1 billion acquisition of the mapping company Waze has drawn regulatory scrutiny. Google confirmed that it has been contacted by the Federal Trade Commission regarding the acquisition. The company and the FTC both declined to comment on the nature of the inquiry, but it’s pretty obvious what’s going on here. Google Maps is a leading mapping and navigation service. Waze was a rising rival. Google’s acquisition of Waze could be problematic. Not only does it remove a potential competitor from the mapping space, it consolidates a ton of mapping data in Google’s hands, further extending the company’s dominance. Could that be harmful to competition and consumers? That’s what the FTC hopes to determine.
http://allthingsd.com/20130622/ftc-reviewing-googles-waze-acquisition/
TELECOM
FIRE ISLAND AND THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
[SOURCE: Forbes, AUTHOR: Elise Ackerman]
Thanks to Hurricane Sandy, this summer Fire Island (NY) will become one of the first places in the United States to turn off the pesky, old public switched telephone network. Early this month, residents got a letter from Verizon, which is the sole landline provider on the island, letting them know it would be replacing the storm-ravaged, copper-based network on the western part of the island with a wireless service called Voice Link. In places where the network was not damaged, customers could continue receiving wireline service as long as the copper worked. If the copper stopped working, however, it would not be repaired. Verizon says it is making the best of a disastrous situation. Long-time consumer advocates warn that the downgrading of communications on Fire Island and other beach communities is a harbinger of what could be in store for consumers as carriers like Verizon and AT&T abandon traditional copper networks and lobby for relief from the regulations that governed them. Advocates caution that quality of service standards and requirements to provide phone service to everyone in a particular territory are falling by the wayside.
benton.org/node/154390 | Forbes
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ACCESSIBILITY
TECH AND SENIORS
[SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News, AUTHOR: Heather Somerville]
New online and mobile services to help aging adults live alone in their own homes and ease the burden on their caregivers are cropping up across the Bay Area. From in-home sensors that monitor when a senior leaves the house or takes medicine, to wireless technology that allows elderly patients to get medical treatment without leaving home, this emerging technology can dramatically improve lives for seniors and entire families, according to tech business leaders and experts on aging. Silicon Valley companies have the chance to create technology with a greater social impact, and probably get just as rich as they would building a video game or shopping app, said David Lindeman, director of the Center for Technology and Aging in Oakland.
benton.org/node/154393 | San Jose Mercury News
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TECH AND THE DISABLED
[SOURCE: Associated Press, AUTHOR: ]
Disabled people are increasingly able to find and keep jobs, as well as engage more broadly in their communities, because of new technologies specifically aimed at helping them better communicate or complete tasks. The past few years have seen a number of technological breakthroughs targeting disabled consumers. The unemployment rate last year was 13.4 percent for the 28 million Americans who are deaf, blind or have serious physical, mental or emotional conditions, compared with a 7.9 percent rate for people without disabilities. But a Labor Department survey released earlier this month showed that the number of employed disabled adults jumped close to 4 percent over the past two years, more than the 3 percent gains among nondisabled people. Meanwhile, unemployment rates among the disabled dropped 1.6 points in a year, a bigger decrease than what was seen among able-bodied workers. Another factor in the increasing job rates is that baby boomers are retiring later, and today half of the people working over age 65 have a disability, said John D. Kemp, president of the disability advocate nonprofit The Viscardi Center.
benton.org/node/154392 | Associated Press
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POLICYMAKERS
FCC VACANCIES
[SOURCE: Politico, AUTHOR: Tony Romm]
Partisan divides and procedural delays in the Senate could leave the Federal Communications Commission stranded with only three members and delay the confirmation of its new chairman for months — a threat to the agency’s work on spectrum policy and other high-profile initiatives. President Barack Obama’s pick to lead the agency, Tom Wheeler, appears to enjoy early, broad support, but his political fate rests in the hands of a still-unnamed Republican nominee for the FCC’s final, open slot. Senate Republicans, by custom, can recommend a candidate to the White House for the job — yet they’ve been mum about it for weeks. A number of names have surfaced as top contenders, but industry sources believe the latest front-runner is Mike O’Rielly, a top telecom staffer for Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX). Even once President Obama makes a final decision, however, that person won’t immediately see a Senate hearing. And Republicans maintain that Wheeler, in the meantime, can’t advance without a GOP commissioner in tow. That may deprive the FCC of a permanent leader for an extended period as it prepares to tackle a litany of big-ticket policy items The FCC isn’t barred from conducting business while down to three members, and nothing restricts Mignon Clyburn as acting chairwoman. But there’s certainly fear among some Senate Democrats that a commission without a confirmed leader may experience new delays on a number of its high-profile initiatives.
benton.org/node/154394 | Politico
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WHEELER NOMINATION HEARING RECAP
[SOURCE: Benton Foundation, AUTHOR: Kevin Taglang]
[Commentary] On June 18, the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Thomas Wheeler to be Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Wheeler’s nomination has drawn criticism from public interest advocates. They worry that Wheeler, who headed the main lobbying organizations for both cable operators and wireless carriers, may put consumers on the back burner with his sights set on completing an airwaves auction next year that will help wireless carriers bolster their networks and enrich television broadcasters. Wheeler used the hearing to elaborate on his background, outline his priorities, and to defend his business ties. During the hearing, Committee Chairman John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV) indicated that Wheeler’s confirmation is likely. Most of the other questions posed to Wheeler were friendly and not very difficult. Several Republican senators expressed confidence that he would be confirmed by inviting him to visit their states once he took office.
http://benton.org/node/154339
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STORIES FROM ABROAD
GOOGLE ORDERED TO DELETE DATA
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Lilly Vitorovich]
The Information Commissioner's Office, which oversees data privacy in the UK, said that it had served Google with an enforcement notice over the collection of payload data by its Street View cars in the UK. The data, including email addresses, URLs and passwords relating to thousands of individuals, was collected through wireless networks as part of Google's street-mapping service. Stephen Eckersley, head of enforcement at the ICO, said the notice "strengthens the action already taken by our office, placing a legal requirement on Google to delete the remaining payload data identified last year within the next 35 days and immediately inform the ICO if any further disks are found." "Failure to abide by the notice will be considered as contempt of court, which is a criminal offense," he said. A Google spokesperson said it "cooperated fully with the ICO throughout its investigation, and having received its order this morning we are proceeding with our plan to delete the data."
benton.org/node/154353 | Wall Street Journal
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TELECOM REFORM IN EU
[SOURCE: Financial Times, AUTHOR: Daniel Thomas, James Fontanella-Khan]
Europe's leading telecoms executives have called for a fundamental rethink of proposed market reforms, advocating deregulation of the market to secure future investment. In a strongly worded letter to José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, they call for the relaxation of regulations stopping mergers; the removal of fixed broadband network access at a wholesale level to rivals; and the end of “unequal treatment” of technology companies that have been able to exploit tax loopholes. Signed by the heads of the region’s former telecoms incumbents including France Telecom, Telecom Italia, Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica of Spain, the letter adds that reform of the telecoms framework is urgently needed in light of the fact that up to a third of mobile operators have become “unsustainable.” The letter emphasizes intensifying disquiet within the recession-hit industry that the need to support future investments in fiber and 4G networks is being ignored by Brussels’ pro-consumer agenda.
benton.org/node/154383 | Financial Times
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VODAFONE-KABEL
[SOURCE: Financial Times, AUTHOR:]
The board of Kabel Deutschland has agreed to a €7.7 billion cash bid from Vodafone, the mobile phone group, in a move by the UK group to go beyond its traditional mobile telephony business into consumer broadband and television services. The offer values each Kabel Deutschland share. The offer also includes €3 billion of net debt, taking the proposed enterprise value for the deal to €10.7 billion. Kabel Deutschland was valued at €5 billion in an initial public offering in 2010. Kabel Deutschland is Germany’s leading cable provider of television, telephony and broadband services to approximately 8.5 million households in 13 of Germany’s 16 federal states.
benton.org/node/154382 | Financial Times | Wall Street Journal
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LOON IN AFRICA
[SOURCE: Technology Review, AUTHOR: David Talbot]
Google’s latest pet project, called Loon, is meant to deliver the Internet to new parts of the world via solar-powered balloons soaring through the stratosphere. Yet some technologists in Africa say the project may be unrealistic as a competitive networking solution for their continent. For one thing, the service would only provide 3G connectivity, meaning that it would need to compete with cellular networks that are expanding and becoming ever cheaper to use. “In Kenya, most parts of the country have 3G access,” says Phares Kariuki, previously a technology consultant to the World Bank, who now leads an effort to build a supercomputing cluster at iHub, the tech startup space in Nairobi. And even if Google managed to deliver faster speeds from future balloon fleets, they’d be solving the wrong problem, Kariuki adds: “The barrier to Internet adoption is not so much the lack of connectivity. It’s the high cost of the equipment.” People in poor areas simply can’t afford laptops and smartphones, Kariuki says, and generally prefer cheap feature phones.
benton.org/node/154381 | Technology Review
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