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Thursday, 12th January 2012
Telstra strategy open to question
The Australian - 0 Comments
Telstra is just days away from opening its vast 3G mobile network to wholesale customers in a bid to further capitalise on the rich revenue it extracts from its mobiles business.
AAPT loses power in battery swapout
iTnews Australia - 0 Comments
AAPT Wholesale has pinned a faulty rectifier as the possible cause of a partial power loss at its Flinders data centre in Melbourne on Tuesday.
Wednesday, 11th January 2012
Internode launches rental service
iTWire - 0 Comments
Adelaide-based national ISP, Internode, has launched its first program to rent industry-leading FRITZ!Box broadband routers and accessories to its customers, at the same time unveiling lower pricing across its range of FRITZ!Box equipment.
NBN preps wireless towers, locals rebel
ZDNet Australia - 0 Comments
As the NBN Co begins to lodge its planning applications for towers for its long-term evolution (LTE) fixed wireless network, the company is already facing backlash from local residents.
SA Premier tours high-tech US city and looks to cash in on NBN
Computerworld - 0 Comments
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has toured a high-tech city in the US as his government looks to cash in on the roll-out of high-speed broadband across Australia.
NBN contractors file fixed wireless plans
iTnews Australia - 0 Comments
NBN Co contractors have offered glimpses into the costs of rolling out its fixed wireless network in planning documents lodged with local councils.
Tuesday, 10th January 2012
Vodafone reins in telemarketers
ZDNet Australia - 0 Comments
Vodafone Hutchison Australia has agreed to tighter controls over its telemarketers after an Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) investigation found it had breached Do Not Call Register rules.
ICANN enters damage control over domain expansion
iTnews Australia - 0 Comments
Internet domain name regulators have played down fears by the United Nations and other international bodies that a planned expansion of possible Website addresses could cause them problems.
Monday, 9th January 2012
NBN Co stands firm on wholesale contract
iTnews Australia - 0 Comments
NBN Co has stood its ground over the looming deadline for internet service providers to sign up to a one-year agreement for the supply of wholesale broadband services.
Under 50% of ISPs sign onto NBN contract
ZDNet Australia - 0 Comments
Just three days out from the expiration of a trial agreement, less than half of the active internet service providers (ISPs) on the National Broadband Network (NBN) have signed the new year-long contract with NBN Co to wholesale its services.
Five things on NBN's plate in 2012
SMH - 0 Comments
If 2011 was the year the NBN gained momentum, with an election looming in 2013, the next twelve months could make or break the infrastructure project.
ICANN to accept new gTLD applications from 12 January
iTWire - 0 Comments
ICANN says that applications for new generic top level domain names (gTLD) will open on schedule on 12 January.
Broadcom debuts first gigabit Wi-Fi chipset
iTWire - 0 Comments
Broadcom has announced what it claims to be the first chipsets supporting the 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard and able to deliver gigabit per second bandwidth in the existing 5GHz WiFi spectrum.
Sunday, 8th January 2012
New iPhone doubles data consumption
iTnews Australia - 0 Comments
Apple's iPhone 4S consumes on average twice as much data as the previous iPhone model and even more than iPad tablets due to increasing use of online services like the virtual personal assistant Siri, an industry study showed.
Friday, 6th January 2012
NBN doesn't 'detract from productivity': govt
ZDNet Australia - 0 Comments
The Federal Government has rejected opposition frontbencher Joe Hockey's claim that its $36 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) project is hurting productivity.
Thursday, 5th January 2012
NBN: 4K down, 7 million to go
ZDNet Australia - 0 Comments
This week, the National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) rather foolishly announced that it had achieved 4000 connections — when its own corporate plan had 35,000 connections by last June. No wonder they got hammered by the press.
Will 2012 be better for the NBN?
PC Authority - 0 Comments
The year 2012 is shaking up to be the true make or break year for the NBN. Here's how far the network has to go.
Wednesday, 4th January 2012
Full Spectrum: iiNode
ZDNet Australia - 0 Comments
You can't say no one saw it coming, but the announcement that iiNet would buy Internode was still a bit of a surprise.
Tuesday, 3rd January 2012
Abbott again slams 'rip-off' NBN project
ZDNet Australia - 0 Comments
Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has again criticised the government's $36 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) project as a waste of money, after it was revealed only 4000 customers had signed up to the service so far.
NBN Co signs its 4000th customer, millions to go
iTWire - 0 Comments
Australia's new government created national broadband company, NBN Co, has signed its 4000th customer, and while the company's own internal projections had user numbers around ten times larger, the fact a government program hasn't as yet lived up to its own projected milestones is a fact of life these days.
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