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MyRepublic has unveiled its exit from Australia, as it looks to "refocus" on profitability and cut its operational costs. The move will involve moving its subscriber base to Superloop next quarter. The Singapore-based internet service provider (ISP) said in a statement Saturday the subscriber transfer agreement, which kicked in from December 23, encompassed the acquisition of its residential and enterprise subscribers on Australia's national broadband network (NBN), but not its assets or liabilities. Headquartered in…

AT&T’s fiber network currently serves 21 states mostly in the South and Midwest as well as California, Texas and Florida. Photo: Anthony Behar/Sipa USA/Reuters…

Starlink, SpaceX's satellite-based broadband internet system, could become much more accessible in the coming years. The Elon Musk-owned company has reportedly received the go-ahead to launch an additional 7,500 satellites, expanding the Starlink broadband to over 10,000 low-orbiting satellites over the next decade. The new Starlink satellites will help users connect to the satellite-based broadband service directly via their smartphones without the need for any special equipment.According to a report in CNET, SpaceX…

EU competition regulators have revised state aid rules to make it easier for European Union countries to finance the rollout of fast-speed broadband, key to achieving the bloc's ambitious digital and green goals. The European Commission wants all European households to be covered by a gigabit network and all populated areas covered by 5G by 2030. The EU executive said governments will be allowed to provide state support to fixed broadband networks providing at least 1 gigabit per second and 150 megabit per second upload…

Six months after researchers from Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) set a new data transfer record of 1.02 petabits per second, a team of researchers from the Technical University of Denmark and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden has shattered that record, hitting 1.84 Pbit/s with a new chip that uses just a single laser. That’s the equivalent of moving “twice the total global Internet traffic,” all in one second.Although many of us now have internet connections at…

Image: Getty Images / iStockphotoDeloitte's Technology, Media, and Telecommunications 2023 Predictions report looks at some of the global tech trends that are likely to make a difference in the coming year, from online shopping to low-Earth orbit broadband satellites. ZDNET spoke with the consultancy firm's experts, so you can stay informed about these trends. Social shopping is here to stayDeloitte predicts that the social commerce market will exceed $1 trillion next year, thanks to more than two billion people…

it was building a 172,000-square-foot satellite production facility in Washington for Kuiper. It plans to launch 3,236 low Earth orbit satellites and hoped to do so by Q4 2022. However, it now says it will launch two prototype satellites in early 2023 from Arianespace and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket firm. SpaceX filed its Gen2 Starlink application in May 2020 with a request to operate 30,000 satellites at altitudes between 328 to 614 km from Earth. SpaceX's current plan is to operate 29,988 Gen 2 satellites at…

Britain is to trial using low Earth orbit satellites to provide high-speed internet connections, with the initial sites supported by equipment supplied by Elon Musk's Starlink. Britain is to trial using low Earth orbit satellites to provide high-speed internet connections to remote homes and businesses, with the initial sites supported by equipment supplied by Elon Musk's Starlink system. The government said on Wednesday it would start with Starlink "given the readiness and availability of its technology". It said…

The Nigerian government Commission says it will award contracts for broadband infrastructure for small businesses and higher institutions in the country on Thursday. The event will be attended by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami and the projects are expected to accelerate broadband penetration in Nigeria. The contracts are to be executed in the six geopolitical zones of the country, the NCC said in a statement on Monday. “The event will witness the award of contracts for the…

Image: GettyThe Federal Communications Commission has released a pre-production draft of its new National Broadband Map and wants people across the US to help populate it with information about availability. The new broadband maps will be an improvement in accuracy of broadband availability compared to the census block level data the FCC previously collected. The public can view the maps at the FCC's broadband map page where users can search by address or zoom into the maps and click a location. The maps also show…