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Broadband industry group say U.S. rules go too far (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
U.S. government guidelines to spend $4 billion to expand broadband access to underserved areas across the United States may go beyond current laws, a broadband industry group, said on Thursday.

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Govt. Releases $4 Bln Broadband Stimulus (BusinessWeek)
The U.S. government Wednesday said that it is releasing $4 billion worth of funds to pay for the first round of broadband projects mandated by the economic stimulus package passed earlier this year.

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Broadband Grants (KOLN Lincoln)
$4 billion will be available on a competitive basis for rural broadband and Senator Ben Nelson encouraged broadband providers across Nebraska to apply for funding.

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Ericsson says wins broadband orders in China (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson said on Friday it had signed contracts with China's top three telecom operators to provide fixed-line broadband access.

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Broadband.gov, Workshops Kick Off Rollout (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)
A big component of this year's stimulus package was broadband deployment. In addition to allocating $7.2 billion in broadband grants, the bill also ordered the Federal Communications Commission to come up with a national broadband plan by February.

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TerreStar launches satellite for mobile broadband network (Mobile Burn)
TerreStar Networks has launched the world's largest commercial communications satellite in preparation for its satellite mobile broadband network. The company has created a phone that works with the satellite network and on traditional networks as well.

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Ericsson says wins broadband orders in China (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
* Ericsson wins fixed broadband orders in China

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FCC slips net neutrality into broadband plan (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is mandating net neutrality practices for companies wishing to take part in the billions of dollars earmarked for broadband expansion in the US.

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Moderate improvement in broadband performance (Timaru Herald)
New Zealand's broadband performance improved moderately in the March quarter, the latest quarterly report on broadband quality prepared for the Commerce Commission shows.

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Broadband network debate continues (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
It has been three months since the Government announced plans to form a new company that, together with the private sector, will invest up to $43 billion over eight years to build a high speed National Broadband Network (NBN).

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