Broadband News - Page 88

Thursday, 24th February 2011

iiNet piracy appeal decided today

ZDNet Australia

After over six months wait, a judgement on the appeal for the landmark copyright infringement case between internet service provider (ISP) iiNet and 34 film and television studios represented by the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) is due to be handed down at the Federal Court in Sydney at 2:15pm today.

Optus has misgivings on deal with NBN

Australian IT

Optus has renewed calls for "forensic" scrutiny on the legislation that sets out governance arrangements of the National Broadband Network.

NICTA on the hunt for NBN application developers

ARN

NICTA is looking for partners to get on board its Australian Centre for Broadband Innovation (ACBI) initiative.

Wednesday, 23rd February 2011

NBN opt-in hurt by rentals, language

ZDNet Australia

NBN Co admits struggling to drive opt-ins for the National Broadband Network in Brunswick, Victoria, because it has to rely on local authorities to provide property owners with consent forms.

AFACT: Stamping out piracy levels the playing field

ARN

The film industry wants to tackle movie piracy to level the playing-field, not to avoid implementing new content delivery models, according to the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT).

iiNet, film industry copyright decision due

Australian IT

The federal court will tomorrow hand down an anxiously anticipated ruling in a landmark online copyright case between Hollywood studios and ISP iiNet.

Good news for NBN Co: users put speed ahead of price and bundles

iTWire

A survey of UK broadband users undertaken by comparison web site, Cable.co.uk claims to have show that users will forego bundles and lower prices for higher broadband speeds.

Blame backhaul, not NBN, for slow speeds

ZDNet Australia

Tasmanian customers who have experienced lower than advertised download speeds on the National Broadband Network can blame their retail service provider (RSP) for not buying enough backhaul capacity, according to National Broadband Network Company CEO Mike Quigley.

$65m only half of OPEL story: NBN Co

ZDNet Australia

People who claim that NBN Co was ripped off when it closed the $120 million deal to buy 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz spectrum from Austar do not know the true value of the original OPEL deal, according to NBN Co CEO Mike Quigley.

NBN Co rejigs plan for mainland rollout

Australian IT

NBN Co is replanning parts of its strategy to connect the second batch of mainland sites to the $36 billion project while the agreement for Telstra's participation in the new network is finalised.

All five mainland NBN sites to go live by April

ARN

NBN Co has announced that all five first release sites will be activated for trials by April. NBN Co is the company responsible for rolling out the Government's National Broadband Network.

CSIRO wireless to get 10Gbps backhaul

iTnews Australia

The CSIRO has made plans to field test 10Gbps backhaul for its wireless-over-TV technology next year.

Vodafone upgrade keeps it in LTE race

ZDNet Australia

Technology analysts agreed that VHA's network replacement unveiled yesterday was a win for the telco, but disagreed on the reasons behind the investment.

Telstra and NBN Co in greenfield fibre deal

iTnews Australia

NBN Co has struck an interim deal to use Telstra's systems to process applications from new housing developers seeking NBN fibre infrastructure for their estates.

NBN Co chief attempts knock-out blow in fibre vs wireless fight

Computerworld

NBN Co chief executive, Mike Quigley, has sought to drive the final nail into the fibre versus mobile wireless contest stating that politics surrounding the technology debate had become âsterileâ.

3G issues didn't force upgrade: VHA

ZDNet Australia

VHA chief technology officer Michael Young has said that the deal with Huawei to revamp its mobile network was not in response to the customer uproar over network issues, but instead something that had been in planning since the middle of last year.

NBN raises labour concerns

Australian IT

The company building Australia's National Broadband Network is to seek advice on whether to proceed if labour shortages blow out the cost of the project.

Brisbane flushes i3 sewer fibre network

ARN

Brisbane City Council has cancelled its dealings with fibre provider, i3 Asia Pacific, citing a lack of progress. The $600 million scheme was meant to supply fibre optic cabling through Brisbane's sewerage system.

Tuesday, 22nd February 2011

In-depth: Senator Stephen Conroy on the NBN, voluntary Internet filter, Telstra and Turnbull

ARN

Let's face it: Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, drives the Government's National Broadband Network and Internet filtering measures. They are his initiatives and their future depends - to some degreee - on his performance and imagination. In this in-depth interview he discusses why natural disasters will never affect NBN's funding and the voluntary Internet filter's introduction.

Vodafone caught on the hop by smartphone surge

iTWire

Vodafone has issued an apology to customers for its recent problems, admitting that it failed to respond swiftly enough the surge in smartphone popularity and the resulting load on its network, and has detailed plans to improve its network and customer service.