Broadband News
Wed, 29th Jul 2009
Ecomtel folds, blames Telstra ADSL billing dispute
Ecomtel has launched a scathing attack against its wholesale provider Telstra accusing it of prolonging a billing dispute that "forced" Ecomtel into administration.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN to shift telcos' focus
Macquarie Telecom warns telcos that unless they adopt new business models they risk missing out on the national broadband network.
Source: Australian IT
Statistics experts label ISP filtering trials unscientific
The Federal Government's ISP filter trials lack proper methodology and are not representative, according to experts in statistics and testing from two of Australia's leading universities.
Source: ARN
Mike Quigley: The background check
Father, brother, cancer survivor, highly intelligent engineer and leader of the "Australian mafia" group of executives who battled their way to the top of global telco supplier Alcatel-Lucent. We present Mike Quigley, executive chairman of the National Broadband Network Company.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Tue, 28th Jul 2009
Tudehope pushes Telstra separation
Macquarie Telecom CEO David Tudehope has welcomed the appointment of Mike Quigley as the executive chair of the NBN Company. But upcoming industry regulatory changes remain his company's main focus.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Quigley's job is straightforward
NBN Company executive chairman Mike Quigley and six other board members to be named this week have a series of straightforward "buy or build" decisions to make about Australia's fibre future.
Source: ZDNet Australia
New home buyers fight Telstra lock-in
Politicians, ISPs and analysts are calling on the Federal Government to legislate against exclusive deals that lock homeowners in new housing estates into Telstra's broadband and phone services.
Source: iTnews Australia
Nextgen to wire sports stadiums with fibre network
Leighton-owned Nextgen Networks has signed a deal with Premier Media Group, owner of FOX SPORTS, which will connect several key sports facilities around the nation to Nextgen's fibre network.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN: Foundation for a new industry?
The National Broadband Network could provide the foundation for building an industry generating new export dollars for Australia's or it will be a foreign debt millstone for taxpayers, a Senate inquiry into the project has been told.
Source: iTWire
NBN to reshape net, pay-TV
A major network technology vendor has revealed the potential for Labor's $43 billion national broadband network to radically reshape the internet and pay-TV industries.
Source: Australian IT
Cities battle for NBN central
The government may have just appointed an executive chairman to lead its ambitious plan to build and operate a $43 billion national broadband network but it is not clear which city the NBN company will call home.
Source: Australian IT
Telcos battle over clients
AAPT and Internode have struck out at Australia's dominant internet providers for allegedly delaying the smooth transfer of customers to their networks.
Source: Australian IT
Mon, 27th Jul 2009
Expert: Smaller ISPs will feel bite of mandatory filter
A leading tech expert has warned that small Internet service providers (ISPs) could face huge expenses in purchasing and maintaining a mandatory filter, as proposed by the Federal Government.
Source: ARN
One year for Tassie NBN rollout
It will take 12 months to roll out 600 kilometres of cable to 5000 Tasmanian premises in the first stage of the national broadband network, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said.
Source: Australian IT
Australians cut spending by staying at home & surfing the net
Research commissioned by Telstra suggests that Australians are responding to tough economic times by spending more time at home and increasing their usage of the Internet.
Source: iTWire
Broadband vital for jobs, economic prosperity says Conroy
The Minister for Broadband, Communications & Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy, has laid Australia's future economic prosperity very much at the doorstep of the ICT industry and the development of the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Source: iTWire
AAPT may increase unlimited ADSL2+ downloads
AAPT is considering extending the six-hour window for unlimited off-peak downloads on a range of ADSL2+ plans launched in late May.
Source: iTnews Australia
Vodafone cuts prepaid mobile broadband, adds 2GB bonus
Vodafone drops the price of its Prepaid Mobile Broadband Starter Pack to $119 and extends the promo date for its bonus 2GB of data to get you started.
Source: APC Magazine
Acacia head resurfaces in Tassie NBN
The man behind the mysterious Acacia organisation that fronted a bid in the failed fibre-to-the-node request for tenders last year has resurfaced to lead Tasmania's NBN company.
Source: iTnews Australia
Blog: What's behind Seven's Foxtel hunt?
Seven has made no secret of its expansion ambitions, but buying into pay-TV monolith Foxtel lends even greater clarity to the network's long-term vision. With wireless distribution and solid content channels under its belt, can Seven bring IPTV into the mainstream?
Source: ZDNet Australia
Broadband hiring brings credibility
NBN chief Mike Quigley has a tough job to convince the market that a national high-speed broadband network is financially viable.
Source: Australian IT
NBN boss on hunt for staff
The new head of the national broadband network company is on a hiring spree.
Source: Australian IT
Sun, 26th Jul 2009
AIIA: NBNco board must focus on services
A leading ICT industry body has called on the soon-to-be-announced NBNco board to make its first focus the services and digital economy benefits the National Broadband Network (NBN) will create.
Source: ARN
Victoria's pitch for NBN HQ with $5 million ICT investment
With NSW and Victoria vying for the honours to host the National Broadband Network Corporation the Victorian Government has upped the ante with its announcement that it is investing $5 million to develop and trial next generation ICT applications.
Source: iTWire
Sat, 25th Jul 2009
First NBN locations announced in TAS
The first locations in Tasmania to get connected to the NBN were announced today by the Prime Minister.
Source: Whirlpool
Mike Quigley to be CEO of NBN Co
The Australian Government has named former Alcatel-Lucent senior executive Mike Quigley as the executive chairman of the company set up to deliver the National Broadband Network (NBNCo), describing him as "an Australian executive who has reached the top of their profession globally, and is now able to bring the benefit of that experience home."
Source: iTWire
Former Telstra Country Wide chief, Doug Campbell to chair Tassie NBNCo.
Doug Campbell, former head of Telstra Country Wide and former deputy MD of Telstra, has been named as chair of the Tasmanian NBN Company (TNBN Co), a joint venture between NBNCo and Aurora Energy that will rollout and operate the National Broadband Network in Tasmania.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 24th Jul 2009
Target cyber bullies, not censorship, expert says
The Federal Government should focus on stopping cyber bullying instead of pushing ahead with its controversial plan to filter the web, an internet rights expert says.
Source: ABC News
ISPs give clean feed filter a technical green-light
More than half of the Internet service providers (ISPs) taking part in the Federal Government's ISP filtering trial have reported minimal speed disruptions or technology problems.
Source: ARN
Vic Govt puts up $5 million for NBN applications
The Brumby state government has saddled up $5 million for the development of next generation ICT applications as part of its efforts to be the National Broadband Network's main stable.
Source: ARN