Broadband News
Wed, 11th Jan 2017
Council pushes ahead with 10Gbps network plan for Adelaide
Adelaide’s Ten Gigabit City plan is a step closer, with the council seeking formal expressions of interest (EOI) for the project.
Source: Computerworld
Ehealth: AMA call for bush broadband boost
The Australian Medical Association has called on the government to tackle barriers to the use of ehealth and telemedicine in rural and regional Australia.
Source: Computerworld
Tue, 10th Jan 2017
Doctors underwhelmed by NBN for e-health
Australian GPs have delivered a lukewarm assessment of the NBN as an enabler of e-health services in regional, rural and remote Australia, just days after the network builder publicly talked up its credentials in the space.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co readies pitch to 'high-value' business users
NBN Co is readying its staff and systems to begin migrating “high-value” business customers off the Telstra network and onto its own.
Source: iTnews Australia
Optus adds NBN HFC to wholesale offerings
Customers of Optus Wholesale will be able to sell services over the National Broadband Network’s hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) infrastructure, the telco has announced.
Source: Computerworld
Optus Wholesale expands NBN offering
Optus Wholesale is expanding its wholesale NBN offering by launching state-based, national and hybrid aggregation models.
Source: ARN
Sydney Buses' free Wi-Fi won't threaten privacy: State Transit Authority
NSW Transport officials have dismissed claims free Wi-Fi on Sydney Buses will become a data mining exercise, invading the privacy of passengers.
Source: SMH
The ACCC Has Decided How Much Accessing Superfast Broadband Networks Should Cost Providers
Back in October 2012, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission declared a local bitstream access service (LBAS), then in July 2016, a superfast broadband access service (SBAS). This means that the network owners must provide access to the service if requested, so that all service providers have access to the infrastructure they need "to supply competitive communications services to end-users".
Source: Gizmodo
Mon, 09th Jan 2017
Telstra pushes for 5G that works in Australia
There's an unexpected obstacle worrying Telstra as it prepares for the next generation of ultra-fast mobile technology: gumtrees.
Source: SMH
Sydney buses trial free Wi-Fi as provider collects and discloses personal user info
The NSW government has announced that free Wi-Fi will be provided in a trial across 50 buses, using a network provider that openly collects a vast amount of user data and passes it onto third parties.
Source: ZDNet Australia
ACCC seeks to match ‘superfast’ broadband prices to NBN charges
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released its proposal for wholesale pricing and conditions that will apply to so-called ‘superfast’ — 25 megabits per second or faster — broadband networks that are independent of the National Broadband Network.
Source: Computerworld
ACCC gives small broadband providers a boost in pricing decision
The ACCC aims to normalise pricing between NBN and non-NBN services for smaller providers, with its latest draft pricing determination.
Source: ARN
Vocus plugs Aussie leadership gap with M2 veteran
Vocus has moved to plug an impending leadership gap with non-executive director, Michael Simmons, who will temporarily head up the company’s corporate and wholesale business in Australia.
Source: ARN
Fri, 06th Jan 2017
A new Wi-Fi spec will help smart homes run like clockwork
On Thursday at CES, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced Wi-Fi Certified TimeSync, a specification for precise time synchronization among Wi-Fi devices. It’s expected to be available in the middle of this year.
Source: Computerworld
Sydney buses to trial sponsored wi-fi
A sponsored wi-fi service will be trialled on 50 public buses in Sydney, with potential for the technology to be fitted to 1000 buses by the end of the year.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 05th Jan 2017
Intel announces 5G modem at CES
Following Qualcomm's announcement in October, Intel has jumped on the 5G modem bandwagon, unveiling its solution at CES on Wednesday.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Wed, 04th Jan 2017
Telstra backs calls to relax line-of-sight for drone flights
Telstra has thrown its weight behind calls to allow drones to operate in Australia beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS) of a pilot.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 03rd Jan 2017
NBN: Four months to move 18k satellite customers to Sky Muster, fixed-wireless
Despite only connecting 29,760 customers to Sky Muster between April and October, NBN left itself just four months to shift over the 18,000 customers remaining on the old satellite service.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Brandis extends submission deadline on telco data retention for civil proceedings
After giving just 15 business days over the holiday period for submissions on whether to allow retained telco data to be used for civil proceedings, Brandis has extended the timeframe by two weeks.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Mon, 02nd Jan 2017
What's New On Netflix And Stan For January
From Sherlock, to Captain America. Civil War - here's just a taste of what Netflix and Stan are streaming for the month of January.
Source: Gizmodo
Wed, 28th Dec 2016
Vodafone boosts 4G network for New Year's Eve
Vodafone Australia is pushing out temporary cells on wheels to boost mobile coverage over the holiday period in high-traffic areas around Sydney Harbour.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Fri, 23rd Dec 2016
TIO board shake-up sees ex-iiNet CTO join
Former iiNet and Internode CTO John Lindsay will sit on the board of the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) next year.
Source: iTnews Australia
Australians Predicted To Download 1,100 TB Of Data On Christmas Day
Y'all are going to use a whole lot of data this Christmas, according to Telstra. Twice as much as last year, in fact.
Source: Gizmodo
Thu, 22nd Dec 2016
Data usage hits a high on Telstra mobile network
Mobile phone and mobile device users flooded Telstra’s mobile network with 76% more data this year that they did in 2015, with the time of the power outages that blacked out much of South Australia topping the telco’s list for data usage in a 24-hour period.
Source: iTWire
Convenience trumps security with Australian public Wi-Fi habits: RMIT
Around 2 million Australians are accessing internet banking on public Wi-Fi networks, a study by RMIT University has found.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Fibre-To-The-Curb NBN Is Coming To Sydney And Melbourne
The company overseeing the National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout has signed a number of deals for the implementation of fibre to around 525,000 premises in Sydney and Melbourne. Most of them will be served by fibre-to-the-curb (FTTC). Here are the details.
Source: Gizmodo
Wed, 21st Dec 2016
NBN updates rollout map for most Australians
Australians are now able to enter their address to see when they will be connected to the NBN, unless they are on HFC.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Brandis rushes to release telco metadata for civil proceedings
Australia's attorney-general has allowed just 15 working days over summer for submissions on a proposed massive expansion of access to retained telco user data.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co's FTTdp to come first to Sydney and Melbourne
NBN Co has signed three new deals with construction partners Downer EDI, Service Stream, and Fulton Hogan to build the first set of fibre-to-the-distribution point (FTTdp) connections.
Source: iTnews Australia
Service Stream picks up new nbn build contract
Network services provider, Service Stream, is among three companies to win a slew of new network build contracts with nbn.
Source: ARN