Broadband News
Mon, 19th May 2014
Telcos see low adoption of data plans for tablets
Why buy mobile broadband when you can tether? That's the question many Australians are asking, according to a Telsyte report released today.
Source: Computerworld
NBN Co renews Service Stream greenfields contract
NBN Co construction partner Service Stream has inked a contract renewal with the government-owned company charged with rolling out the National Broadband Network.
Source: Computerworld
Fri, 16th May 2014
Faulty DHCP server downs iiNet NBN, IPTV services
Customers of iiNet’s NBN fibre broadband and iiNetTV services were unable to connect to the internet for five and a half hours on Friday due to a faulty DHCP server.
Source: iTnews Australia
MyBroadband cost up to $223k
The Department of Communications has spent AU$223,225 so far on the set up and running of its MyBroadband speed test and broadband information website.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Thu, 15th May 2014
SingTel reports 4Q net profit climb, revenue drop
Singapore telco clocks 4 percent increase in net profit but sees revenue drop of 8 percent, closing the year with S$3.65 billion in net profit and lower operating revenue of S$16.85 billion. Growth was muted by weakening regional currencies.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Vodafone scraps CIO role
Australia's third largest telco Vodafone will ditch the role of chief information officer after its current CIO Andrew Wiles departs from the role today.
Source: iTnews Australia
Senate votes to protect domestic submarine cables
A bill to afford Australian submarine fibre optic cables the same protection as fibre links to international locations is set to become law, after the proposed legislation passed the Senate today.
Source: iTnews Australia
Coalition seeks to break Conroy's NBN committee dominance
The Australian government wants a less Conrovian NBN committee with Coalition senators voting against extending the Senate Select Committee's life to the end of the first term of the Abbott government.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Thousands of seniors lose their phone number
Potentially thousands of elderly Australians have lost their phone number for good, with the new receivers of telecommunications company ONESeniors announcing existing landline numbers will have to be terminated.
Source: iTWire
Optus boosts yearly profit despite tough quarter
Optus has managed to lift its net profit for the full fiscal year by 10 percent to $835 million despite a tough last three months, thanks to its ongoing efforts to cut costs and restructure the business.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra claims world first 450Mbps network speeds over LTE
Australian telecommunications giant, Telstra, has hit network speeds of 450 megabits per second (Mbps) by coupling the 1800MHz and 2600MHz bands on LTE Advanced Carrier Aggregation.
Source: ARN
Wed, 14th May 2014
Senate extends life of NBN committee
The Senate late today voted to extend the life of a select committee investigating the national broadband network for up to two and a half more years.
Source: iTnews Australia
Budget 2014 - NBN funding goes private after FY2017
The National Broadband Network will have to rely on private funding after the 2017-18 financial year, according to the 2014-15 budget released last night.
Source: Computerworld
Telstra makes $A561m profit from $A2.03bn sale of CSL
Telstra has made $US1.99 billion for its 76.4 per cent stake in CSL, having completed the sale of the Hong Kong-based business to HKT Limited on May 14.
Source: ARN
How Optus left millions of customers' mobile voicemail accounts exposed for months
A security flaw in the way Optus handled its voicemail allowed for anyone to access any one of its millions of mobile customers' voicemail accounts without a PIN using caller ID "spoofing".
Source: SMH
Canberra's tech projects handed expiry notice
Treasurer Joe Hockey has taken a knife to some of the Australian Governmen's most ambitious technology projects in his 2014-15 Federal Budget, with looming funding deadlines now in place for the National Broadband Network and National ICT Australia.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 13th May 2014
NBN Co calls for telco guarantee shakeup
NBN Co wants the Government to abandon the customer service guarantee (CSG) on fixed-line voice services, capping months of concerns over the company's lack of support for the standards.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co buys VDSL2 vectoring gear from Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent has revealed NBN Co is one of the customers for its VDSL2 vectoring products used for fibre to the node (FTTN).
Source: Computerworld
NBN Co releases medium business services
Business customers waiting for improved speeds and service levels from the national broadband network have been given more options to choose from, as new plans are released to service providers.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 12th May 2014
Telstra trialling 4G in the skies
It's long been the bane of existence for business travellers wanting to do business in the skies - a lack of Internet for doing business - but that all could change with a new Telstra trial.
Source: iTWire
$100 million submarine cable planned for NT, WA
Natural gas projects in north-west Australia will soon get a boost from a new submarine cable system connecting Darwin in the Northern Territory and Port Hedland in Western Australia.
Source: Computerworld
Microsoft strikes cybercrime agreement with ACMA
The Australian Communication and Media Authority have formed an alliance with Microsoft to fight cybercrime.
Source: ARN
Turnbull's pride the NBN's biggest problem
Malcolm Turnbull has published a detailed rebuttal of the Senate's criticism of his plans for the NBN. It contains an admission that he is committed to most of Labor's spending.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 09th May 2014
Regional Western Australia lands $45m for mobile coverage
As part of the Western Australia state budget, royalties from taxes on the resources industry will fund mobile phone towers in regional parts of the state.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Thu, 08th May 2014
NSA director praises Australia's Huawei ban
Australia made a "tremendous" decision to block Chinese owned telecommunications provider Huawei from competing for work on the NBN, according to a former NSA director.
Source: iTWire
Level 3 accuses major ISPs of forcing internet traffic into the slow lane
Slow internet? According to Level 3, it could well be that your ISP of deliberately throttling your traffic.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Wed, 07th May 2014
NBN Co to spend $1.4bn more on regional rollout
NBN Co will need to allocate up to $1.4 billion in additional funds to its fixed wireless and satellite rollout in regional areas after underestimating demand for the services by almost 400,000 users.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co to ramp up fixed wireless
NBN Co's current plan to deliver broadband services to the 7-8 per cent of population outside the NBN fixed line footprint woefully underestimates the demand in those areas according to a report released today by the government-owned company.
Source: Computerworld
Vocus picks up ONEseniors, iBOSS, One Telecom
The businesses and customers of iBOSS International and One Telecom including the ONEseniors customers, have been acquired by the Vocus Communications group.
Source: iTWire
Vocus cannot guarantee service reactivation for iBoss, One Telecom customers
Telecommunications company, Vocus, is rushing to reconnect services interrupted by the court-ordered administration of iBoss International last week, which subsequently hit sister company, One Telecom, but is not promising that all services can be reactivated.
Source: ARN