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Wednesday, 21st December 2011
Swan to open longest fibre optic link
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Australia's longest-ever fibre optic link, stretching 3800 kilometres from Darwin to Toowoomba, is about to begin operation.
Visionstream to build NBN wireless network
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Leighton subsidiary Visionstream has picked up its second large government deal in as many weeks, winning a contract to construct the fixed wireless component of the National Broadband Network.
Tuesday, 20th December 2011
Mobile-number shortfall prompts changes
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Australian mobile-phone numbers could start with digits other than "04" under a plan to meet increasing demand for mobile services.
Nextgen finishes NBN Regional Backbone Blackspots Program
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Fibre provider, Nextgen Networks, has completed the last component of the Federal Government’s $250 million Regional Backbone Blackspots Program (RBBP) in the Northern Territory.
Comms Alliance to develop guidelines for end-to-end performance over NBN
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Communications Alliance is planning to develop guidelines for the end-to-end performance of Internet Protocol networks, such as the NBN.
Vodafone entry affirms NBN model: Conroy
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Communications minister, Stephen Conroy, says the entry of global mobile telecommunications company Vodafone into the local fixed-line phone market underpins the government's National Broadband Network (NBN).
Darwin prepares for cheaper broadband
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Internet service providers are set to install ADSL2+ equipment in Darwin suburbs in the coming weeks as the Federal Government switches on a backhaul cable linking the Northern Territory capital to Toowoomba in Queensland.
US regulator frets over gTLD expansion
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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has stepped into the ongoing debate around plans for a "rapid" expansion of generic top-level domains on the internet, claiming further web domains would only increase increase "risk of a lawless frontier".
Monday, 19th December 2011
Vodafone trials fetchtv and femtocells over NBN
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Vodafone has connected its first customers to the National Broadband Network, in Armidale: a move that marks its first foray into fixed network offerings.
Second British ISP blocks file sharing site
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British internet service provider Sky has become the second to block file sharing site Newzbin 2 site over piracy claims.
Top 10 Influential 2011: NBN
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No technology topic (with the possible exception of the Cloud) has generated more Australian headlines and stories in 2011 than the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Sunday, 18th December 2011
Arts Council joins the NBN bandwagon
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The Australia Council for the Arts offering funding of $300,000 "pioneering ideas that show the cultural potential of next generation high-capacity broadband."
Friday, 16th December 2011
Qantas to trial in-flight internet
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Not to be outdone by Virgin, Qantas has today announced that it will enable in-flight internet access for passengers travelling on its flagship A380 aircraft.
Telstra rivals welcome wholesale inquiry
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The Competitive Carriers' Coalition has welcomed a snap inquiry into wholesale ADSL by Australia's competition regulator as a move to "reinstate telecommunications regulation".
ACCC re-regulates wholesale services in all previously exempt Telstra exchange areas
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The ACCC has revoked a ruling that exempted Telstra from being required to provide wholesale services at regulated prices from some 200 exchanges.
Time running out for Telstra's structural separation.
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Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy has extended until 31 March 2012, the deadline by which Telstra must complete its structural separation. This takes the total extensions to 12 months, after a further six months legislation requiring Telstra to have instead completed functional separation will come into force.
Thursday, 15th December 2011
AFACT members caught on BitTorrent?
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Despite seeking to limit the infringement of copyright over BitTorrent, Sony, Fox and Universal, all members of the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT), have been caught out using BitTorrent themselves, according to blog TorrentFreak.
Telstra delays mobile data shaping plans
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Telstra has delayed plans to throttle mobile broadband speeds for users who exceed their monthly quota, citing technical issues in implementing the service.
Students get access to ABC's archive via NBN education portal
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The Government has unveiled a new $19.94 million National Broadband Network-enabled education portal that is aimed at giving students and teachers access to and interactive educational resources.
Telstra's separation fairy tale
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Telstra's latest structural-separation undertaking (SSU) attempts to satisfy the industry and the regulator that dealing with the incumbent will be fair and equitable — but is such a promise too good to be true?
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