Ohio company chosen for Ala. broadband project (AP via Yahoo! News) Alabama officials have selected a Cincinnati company for a $1.7 million two-year contract to make Internet broadband service available in all areas of the southern state.

Report: Broadband Subscriber Growth To Decline 12% In 2009 (Broadcasting and Cable) Prediction could change if new administration delivers on broadband promise

Economic Stimulus Bill May Drive U.S. Broadband (InternetNews.com) As the new Congress convenes, an economic stimulus package will be the first order of business. What role will broadband play?

LG Electronics to introduce broadband HDTV featuring Netflix (AFP via Yahoo! News) South Korea's LG Electronics announced plans on Monday to market a broadband-enabled high-definition TV in the latest bid to build a bridge between the Internet and the television set.

Clearwire launches wireless broadband in Portland (BizJournals) Portland, which lately lost its free Wi-Fi network to poor economics, is the first Western city to get the new broadband wireless service offered by Clearwire Corp. (CLWR)

Ohio company chosen for Ala. broadband project (San Francisco Chronicle) Alabama officials have selected a Cincinnati company for a $1.7 million two-year contract to make Internet broadband service available in all areas of the southern state. Currently, dial-up Internet access is available using telephone lines in most parts of...

Penang seeks participation in broadband project (Business Times (Malaysia)) THE Penang state government is inviting local and foreign software companies with strong financial backing to participate in its statewide wireless broadband project.

Ohio company chosen for Ala. broadband project (The State) Alabama officials have selected a Cincinnati company for a $1.7 million two-year contract to make Internet broadband service available in all areas of the southern state. Currently, dial-up Internet access is available using telephone lines in most parts of the state, but the service is slow and sometimes unreliable. Gov. Bob Riley said Monday his broadband project will make high-speed Internet ...

Hansenet to Offer Free Mobile Broadband to DSL Customers (CommunicationsDirect) Financial Times Deutschland (FTD) writes that Hansenet, Telecom Italia's German ISP subsidiary, has begun to offer free mobile broadband to its DSL customers. The offering, delivered on Telefónica O2's network, bundles the carrier's fixed-line broadband subscriptions with 30 megabytes available for 3G downloads;...

Tories pledge high speed broadband for all in 10 years (The Register) Cameron to do what civil servants decide David Cameron has pledged that a Conservative government would seek connections to high speed broadband networks for all parts of the country within ten years.…