Southwest Airlines to equip all of their planes with internet connectivity
Southwest Airlines is the latest airline company with plans to offer wireless internet connectivity on their planes.
The airline company has said that they aim to test the services and price points throughout this year.
They have already been testing the wireless internet services on four [...]

Wi5 Wi-Fi service launched in Chennai by Zylog Systems India
Zylog Systems India has announced the launch of their Wi5 wireless internet service in the Chennai city.
The company said that this service launch has made Chennai the first Wi-Fi enabled city in the country.
They are using mesh network architecture to provide seamless wireless internet connectivity to [...]

Alaska Airline offers Wi-Fi service in-flight
Alaska Airline has become the latest airline company to offer in-flight wi-fi internet access to its customers.
They are currently offering this service on some of their Boeing 737-700 planes.
For now, the service is available for free on the flights between Seattle and San Jose.
The airline company said that after the [...]

Qwest told to restore services to SkyWi customers
New Mexico regulatory bodies have now ordered Qwest to restore services to Internet service provider SkyWi.
Qwest had disconnected the services provided to SkyWi claiming that the company owed them money.
State’s Public Regulation Commission met for an emergency meeting and decided to place this order.
Qwest has been given [...]

Obama aims to get every child online!?
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has announced a plan which would see every child in the US getting access to the internet.
He also aims to connect all the hospitals in the country through cutting edge technology.
He said about the position of broadband in the USA: “It is unacceptable that [...]

Intel Capital to invest in VMAX Telecom
US based microprocessor industry giant Intel has announced that they are investing in Taiwanese carrier VMAX Telecom.
Intel would be helping VMAX establish a 4G network in the Taiwanese market.
This would thus become the first mobile WiMAX network in the country. The two companies aim to make available this network [...]

Yahoo Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. have announced a collaborative deal which would see them develop a co-branded portal.
This portal would be showcased as a home page for Verizon’s broadband customers.
The two companies have been working together on such deals since 2005 and this latest agreement extends that.
Customers who accept to get this portal as [...]

Delta Air Lines to internet on domestic mainline fleet
US based Airline Company Delta Air Lines has announced that they would soon offer broadband wireless Internet access on its domestic mainline fleet.
They are aiming to provide this service by the mid of next year.
This service would be provided for a fee.
Delta is partnering with Aircell [...]

Verizon Communications to give discounts to wireless customers
Verizon Communications has revealed that they would now offer discounts to their wireless customers who apply to get Internet or TV services from them.
Until now these discounts were only provided to their landline customers.
The company is all set to launch a Flex Double Play bundle which would offer [...]

AT&T could start charging extra from massive downloaders
AT&T has said that they are considering charging extra from users who download excessively.
A company representative said: “A form of usage-based pricing for those customers who have abnormally high usage patterns is inevitable.”
AT&T claimed that the top 5% users on their network end up consuming 46 percent [...]