robertshaw.info Telecoms, Internet and Convergence  14 June 2002 Quote of the Day Edward R. Murrow. "Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar." [Quotes of the Day]  3:37:07 PM    Google It!     ITU agrees on standard for Metro 'Optical Fibre' Networks ITU-T Study Group 15, ITU-T's lead study group on optical networks, has agreed on a new global standard for Metro ‘Optical Fibre’ Networks that will expand the use of Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) in metropolitan networks.  12:43:14 PM    Google It!     Bush Promises 'Aggressive' Expansion of Broadband [New York Times: Technology]: Bush Promises 'Aggressive' Expansion of Broadband. US President Bush told high-tech executives on Thursday that federal regulators would take steps to expand high-speed Internet access.  According to this OECD Report, the United States was ranked as 4th in broadband teledensity, behind Korea, Canada and Sweden.  12:33:52 PM    Google It!     More on KPNQwest bankruptcy and Ebone status Update on KPNQwest bankruptcy on Total Telecom: Key European, U.S. groups to bid for parts of KPNQwest network. Update on Ebone: Since June 6, 2002, the employees of Ebone (part of KPNQwest) have occupied the European Network Operations Centre in Hoeilaart, Belgium and are maintaining the Ebone network on an unpaid basis. Their web site provides a running update on the state of things.  11:36:47 AM    Google It!     Mile-High Surfing The days when being on an airplane meant being out of contact with the office are soon over. Boeing has already signed up Lufthansa and British Airways to provide its broadband Internet Connexion service on commercial flights, using leased satellite transponders. Inmarsat is rolling out a similar service.  10:53:17 AM    Google It!     Toward the end of a self-regulated Internet Professor Michael Geist of the University of Ottawa Law School has written a piece entitled Public's Role in Net Governance Threatened where he argues that ICANN's failure to facilitate meaningful public participation and accountability has led the return of government with the U.S., E.U., and United Nations all arguing for greater government involvement. He notes that both ICANN supporters and critics have also begun to look to government for support.  10:26:40 AM    Google It!

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