CYPRUS BROADBAND
Welcome to the Cyprus Broadband website. Here you can find information and pricing details for all broadband platforms and Internet Service Providers of our island.
In Cyprus ADSL is the most widespread broadband technology with multiple providers offering packages that range from 300Kbps to 8Mbps. See the ADSL page for an overview of the state of ADSL in Cyprus.
Until recently Cyprus didn't have any Cable TV networks and for this reason Cable Internet is not popular in our island. Today the only Cable Company in Cyprus is Cablenet and currently its services are available only to a few urban locations.
In areas with no ADSL coverage the only available broadband option is one of the much more expensive Satellite Internet solutions. Satellite Internet is available in all parts of the island and it is offered by various international companies and their agents in Cyprus.
Using a 3G mobile as a modem or a dedicated 3G data card is another way to get broadband. 3G coverage is limited to urban areas and it is currently offered by CytaMobile Vodafone and MTN mobile carriers.
CYPRUS BROADBAND NEWS & ARTICLES
december 01 2009 10:15pm by admin
Today Netway has reduced the prices of some of its FastLane (Primetel Network) packages. It has also stopped offering its 5Mbps package.
The 4Mbps package was reduced from €109.84 to €85 and the 8Mbps package from €294.54 to €135.
The prices of the Small / Home Office packages (with Static IP) were also reduced.
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october 03 2009 01:29pm by admin
The application by PrimeTel to build a fiber-optic landing station in Yeroskipou in Paphos has been declined by the municipality.
Tassos Kouspos, the mayor of Yeroskipou, has said he is supporting the decision of the council to prevent the telecommunications company from completing the project. Kousopos had previously been in favour of it.
The Hawk fiber-optic landing station is part of a global project, which would upgrade the telecommunications abilities of Cyprus. Locals and landowners had vehemently protested against the plans citing health reasons along with the devaluation of their land. But PrimeTel assures the project is completely safe as fiber- optics do not pose a hazard to health.
Outside plant network manager for PrimeTel, Theodoros Loucaides, told the Cyprus Mail, "we now have no other option open to us other than to do this the hard way. We will now go through the courts."
Loucaides pointed out that PrimeTel’s legal advisors are fully aware of the situation and proceedings against the decision of Yeroskipou council will now get underway.
"Our legal advisors have a better understanding of the legalities than me, but as I understand it we have been granted all the relevant permits from the government and the local council has no right to reject the application. It’s not under their jurisdiction to decide."
According to Loucaides, Primetel has yet to receive a formal rejection letter from the municipality.
"It might take some months for the case to go to court, but we hope the court will understand the importance of this project and how critical the timeframe is. This is holding up the entire project."
Telecommunications provider PrimeTel in co-operation with Reliance Globalcom, recently began the landing of the submarine ‘Hawk’ fiber-optic cable in the municipality.
The ‘Hawk’ cable system is part of the world’s biggest submarine fiber-optic cable system network around the globe.
But, work ground to a halt after the Yeroskipou municipality finally refused a building permit for telecom provider PrimeTel, after a six-month wait.
Four Yeroskipou council members have family members with land situated next the landing station site, and a further fifth council member, who is also in the same predicament had refused to take part in the discussion.
The ministry of the interior had sent a letter to the council, asking them to reconsider and re examine the basis of what they are allowed to examine and reject.
Municipalities are answerable to the ministry of the interior.
Work on the project has stopped and the entire scheme has now been frozen.
According to Loucaides the municipality of Yeroskipou is aware of the millions of euros budgeted for the project and the claims, also running into millions, which will be presented by PrimeTel. The deadline for the project had originally been set for June 2009.
There are only three areas designated suitable for landing stations by the government for the installation of sea cables in Cyprus. The one for the Paphos region is in Yeroskipou.
Source: Cyprus Mail
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september 23 2009 04:03am by admin
Cablenet has recently updated their look with a new logo and a new design for their website. The company has also introduced two new packages. The family+ 6M and the talk+surf+view 1M.
The family+ 6M package has a downstream of 6Mbps and an upstream of 768Kbps, and what differentiates it from the talk+surf+view packages is that it comes with two telephone lines instead of one, and offers both Analog and Digital TV channels as opposed to the other Internet packages of Cablenet that come with only Analog Channels. This package costs €49 per month, which is €7 more expensive from the talk+surf+view 5M package.
The other new package from Cablenet is the talk+surf+view 1M. This package has a downstream of 1Mbps and an upstream of 256Kbps. What makes this package unique is its low price of €23. This triple play package (Telephony + Internet + TV) is the cheapest, by far, way to acquire broadband internet in Cyprus.
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july 09 2009 05:40pm by admin
From the beginning of this month Cablenet has upgraded its packages by offering faster internet connection speed at the same price.
The 2Mbps Internet connection is upgraded to 5Mbps and the 4Mbps internet connection is upgraded to 10Mbps.
This makes Cablenet easily the first broadband choice for the (limited) areas where the service is available.
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may 16 2009 09:11pm by admin
The remote village of Kidasi in Paphos will finally be connected to the Internet as part of celebrations concerned with promoting world telecommunications day.
Minister of communications, Nicos Nicolaides, yesterday visited the village, which is home to just two families. Between them, they have five children, who range from primary school to secondary school age.
Nicolaides, and Hellas-Sat have co-operated on a number of programmes to help families living in this area, and further afield.
The youngest children attend Ayios Giorgos primary school in a neighbouring village, while the older children go to school in Paphos.
Hellas- Sat has installed a satellite Internet connection at the school as part of the EU programme ‘Rural Wings’.
In addition, the ministry included the village of Kidasi in its plans for installing satellite internet in rural locations, and has also provided the connection free of charge.
The Ministry also partnered national telecom provider CyTA and the two families have been presented with free laptop computers.
The families were reported to be “very thankful” and the children, “very excited”. “There are a number of similar locations which are not yet connected to the internet but have been identified by the ministry of communications as in ‘urgent need of these provisions.”
World Telecommunication Day aims to “stimulate reflection and the exchange of ideas.”
The authorities believe World Telecommunication Day is an excellent opportunity to launch public campaigns and activities to help provide greater telecom and Internet coverage, to promote communication.
Source: Cyprus-Mail
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january 25 2009 06:22am by admin
The Cyprus Broadband website has been redesigned and all the information is now up to date.
If you find any bugs or anything else that you believe is wrong please let me know.
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december 25 2008 10:30pm by admin
The Communications Ministry and satellite company Hellas Sat have finalised a deal to provide rural areas with broadband internet and digital television services.
According to the head of the Electronic Communications Department, Stelios Chimonas, the state will be given €3.5 million, as well as €4.3 million worth of cable services.
The ministry plans to use the services to connect isolated areas and schools with broadband internet, expand the transmission for CyBC programmes and other specialised services.
Hellas Sat director Christodoulos Protopapas yesterday told Phileleftheros newspaper that the agreement would contribute to government efforts to bridge the digital gap in Cyprus, as the satellite company has done in Greece as well as 30 other counties where it is active.
The proposed services include cable telecommunications for security bodies and government services and provide wireless cable internet in communities where it is impossible to use the land web.
The deal has been under discussion for years.
In late October, when Communications Minister Nikos Nikolaides presented his ministry’s annual budget, he said one of his main objectives was to improve broadband internet and digital television services for rural areas, which he said enjoyed considerably less perks than those living in urban areas.
“There is a digital chasm when it comes to urban and rural areas,” Nikolaides told reporters after the session. “Urban areas enjoy much better services, resulting in unfair treatment. Our aim is to offer each Cypriot publican what they are entitled to.”
source: Cyprus Mail
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