Wednesday, 12th March 2014

TPG rollout threatens NBN financial health: Ziggy Switkowski

The national broadband network's bottom line could be severely impacted by competition from existing fibre-to-the-basement internet providers, NBN Co's chairman Dr Ziggy Switkowski told a senate hearing on Wednesday.    
Source: SMH

NBN Co mulls fibre to the apartment

NBN Co has outlined plans to run fibre networks to individual units in apartment blocks, in an effort to combat the potentially "severe" impact of the fibre-to-the-basement efforts of TPG and Telstra.
Source: iTnews Australia

NBN starts high rise trials in Melbourne

The first high rise apartments have been connected to the national broadband network using the cheaper, multi-technology approach taken by the Coalition government.
Source: ZDNet Australia

NBN Co snares four telcos for Melbourne pilot

NBN Co has signed four telcos to take part in a Fibre-to-the-Building pilot in Melbourne.
Source: ARN

Toowoomba transmission trial touches terabit/s

A transmission trial using a 1,066 kilometre fibre-optic ring on NBN Co's transit network reached one terabit per second speeds, the network builder and its equipment vendor Coriant said yesterday.
Source: iTnews Australia

Tuesday, 11th March 2014

Telstra breaches privacy of thousands of customers

Telstra has been found to have broken the law when it breached the privacy of 15,775 customers between February 2012 and May 2013.    
Source: SMH

Monday, 10th March 2014

Vodafone takes fight to Telstra over regional mobile funding

The battle over the Federal Government's AU$100 million funding for regional mobile coverage blackspots heats up.
Source: ZDNet Australia

Yet another NBN inquiry - this one's after Conroy's blood

Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced another NBN inquiry - the fifth - on how Labor planned it. What will it achieve?
Source: iTWire

Vandals break Basslink fibre cable

Vandals are being blamed for damaging a terrestrial fibre optic cable owned by Basslink Telecoms, resulting in almost 20 hours of internet connectivity problems for Tasmanian residents over the weekend.
Source: iTnews Australia

Friday, 7th March 2014

Turnbull to audit the conception of Labor's NBN

The Coalition Government has announced it will conduct a four-month audit into the process by which the previous Labor government conceived of the national broadband network.
Source: iTnews Australia