Broadband News
Tue, 05th Jul 2016
Ericsson and Vodafone claim new world-first in ‘5G Proof of Concept’ demo
With 5G still in the development stages, along with plenty of tests and trials, there’s an ongoing stream of 5G news, with the latest coming from Ericsson and Vodafone.
Source: iTWire
The joys of being a top brand – new email scam targets Telstra users
Social engineering — the art of manipulating someone to do something like open and install malware — is the basis of the majority of ransomware and cyber attacks. After all, you trust emails from your family, local doctor, gym, bank or Facebook friends don’t you?
Source: iTWire
Mon, 04th Jul 2016
ACCC investigates deregulating ADSL
With the rollout of the NBN and continuing high usage of mobile internet services, the telecommunications regulator is looking into whether to regulate ADSL from 2019.
Source: ZDNet Australia
The ACCC Is Deciding The Future Of ADSL Regulation
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has today commenced a public inquiry into whether the wholesale asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL) service should continue to be regulated.
Source: Gizmodo
Thu, 30th Jun 2016
Telstra experiencing business, enterprise network outage in Victoria
An outage affecting some enterprise and business customers in Victoria has been confirmed by Telstra a day after it committed to spending an additional AU$250 million on improving network resilience.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN opens Redcliffe HFC network to ISPs
NBN has opened its first hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) area to commercial services, inviting retail service providers (RSPs) to target some 18,800 premises in the Queensland suburb of Redcliffe.
Source: iTnews Australia
HFC services officially join NBN mix
The third major fixed-line technology slated to be part of the ‘multi-technology mix’ being employed for the National Broadband Network is now available commercially. NBN announced today that the first commercial Hybrid Fibre-Coaxial (HFC) services had been made available for order in Queensland.
Source: Computerworld
Telstra's Network Is Down Again, This Time In Victoria
Telstra is down for some enterprise and business customers in Victoria the day after announcing a $250 million investment in network improvements, making it the fourth time in as many months the telco has suffered problems.
Source: Gizmodo
Slow NBN will put the brakes on business
Back in the early 1990s, Linux kernel developer Vojtěch Pavlík and his long-time friend Martin Mareš, both resident in the old Czechoslovakia, developed a web search engine for Central and Eastern Europe.
Source: iTWire
Wed, 29th Jun 2016
Telstra to pour $250m into fixing network
Telstra will spend $250 million to address problems with its struggling network following an ongoing series of outages that have plagued Australia's biggest telco since the start of the year.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra invests $250 million to ease network concerns
Telstra has moved to ease concerns raised by ongoing outages on its mobile and broadband networks by investing $250 million over the next year.
Source: SMH
NBN Co's chief architect quits
NBN Co's chief architect Tony Cross will leave the network builder on Friday after more than six years leading the organisation's network architecture operations.
Source: iTnews Australia
MyNetFone exec blasts politicians for ignoring ‘inadequacies’ of NBN
Telecommunications and network provider MNF Group — owner of telco MyNetFone – has criticised both major political parties for not addressing the “inadequacies” of the NBN’s commercial model during the election.
Source: iTWire
Vocus to buy Nextgen for $807 million
Vocus Communications is set to buy fibre network owner Nextgen in a deal worth $807 million.
Source: iTWire
Tue, 28th Jun 2016
Australia set for three more years of buffering
And so, it all seems to be over, at least as far as the NBN is concerned. A tsunami called Brexit has more or less ensured that Malcolm Turnbull will continue as Australia's prime minister after 2 July. And with him, of course, comes that mongrel multi-technology mix NBN.
Source: iTWire
Optus to cut jobs as it considers outsourcing options
Optus is considering job cuts for next year as it looks at outsourcing human resources and back-office financial and accounting functions.
Source: iTWire
Mon, 27th Jun 2016
Fifield clashes with Quigley and Windsor over Tamworth NBN
Australian Communications Minister Mitch Fifield has denied claims by former NBN CEO Mike Quigley and Independent candidate for New England Tony Windsor that the NBN was due in Tamworth in 2013.
Source: ZDNet Australia
iiNet starts NBN HFC cable trials
Internet provider iiNet has primed its first two sites for trials of NBN's hybrid fibre-coaxial cable to see if it is up to standard prior to rolling out a commercial offering.
Source: iTnews Australia
What's New On Stan, Foxtel Anytime And Presto In July
From Mr Robot, to UnREAL and every episode of The Sopranos– here’s just a taste of what Presto, Stan and Foxtel Anytime are streaming for the month of July.
Source: Gizmodo
Lebara, Macquarie Telecom, Hello Mobile, Go Talk and Pivotel Prepaid Join Vodafone 4G
Over the next two weeks five more Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) — telcos who don’t own the network infrastructure — will join TPG Mobile and Kogan on the Vodafone 4G network.
Source: Gizmodo
Former NBN CEO joins Tony Windsor on campaign trail
NBN’s original CEO, Mike Quigley, has joined independent candidate for New England, Tony Windsor, to spruik the potential benefits for regional Australia of returning to a fibre to the premises (FTTP) National Broadband Network rollout.
Source: Computerworld
ISPs, rights holders wrangle over ongoing court oversight for website blocks
The degree of ongoing court oversight involved in the blocking of pirate websites was a central disagreement as Village Roadshow, Foxtel and a group of ISPs returned to Federal Court in Sydney on Friday.
Source: Computerworld
Fri, 24th Jun 2016
Aussie ISPs fight against rolling piracy site blocking
Australia’s biggest carriage service providers are pushing back against Foxtel and Roadshow’s efforts to implement a rolling injunction for piracy sites to stop them from reappearing under new domain names.
Source: iTnews Australia
Turnbull pledges $12m to mobile coverage for Central Coast trains
The Turnbull government this morning promised to spend $12 million improving mobile phone coverage for train commuters between Sydney and Newcastle if it wins next weekend’s election.
Source: iTnews Australia
Your election guide to the NBN
With one week left before the federal election, we've provided a guide for which candidates support fibre to the premises and which are opting for a multi-technology mix for Australia's National Broadband Network.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Genesis: let there be gigabit backhaul speeds and 400Mbps access broadband over copper
In the beginning there were acoustic couplers, and then 300bps modems, but fast forward to 2016, and Genesis Technical Systems has achieved incredibly fast speeds over copper.
Source: iTWire
NBN – it's like a 150-year-old train wreck
Australia has already lived through a communications mix-and-match disaster. We're doing it all over again.
Source: iTWire
Thu, 23rd Jun 2016
Foxtel pushes to prevent workarounds in piracy site-blocking case
The definition of an 'online location' must be sufficiently broad to prevent workarounds once a website block is put in place, Foxtel and Roadshow have argued in court.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN shift to FttN a 'colossal mistake' that will burden Australia: Former NBN CEO
Former NBN Co CEO Mike Quigley has lashed out at the politicised NBN multi-technology mix, saying that if the original FttP plans had been retained, the network would have cost AU$45 billion.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Coalition's NBN will hit electronics retailers
Electronics retailers are likely to be affected by the Coalition's NBN plan, for the simple reason that the speeds on offer will make it difficult for Australians to enjoy the one new benefit that newer TV sets bring: 4K video.
Source: iTWire