Broadband News
Tue, 22nd Apr 2014
ACCC extends deal with Telstra's copper network until 2019
The Australian competition watchdog will continue to allow retail telecommunication service providers to use Telstra's copper network for another five years.
Source: ZDNet Australia
AT&T to roll out fibre-to-the-premise to 21 US cities
US telco AT&T will expand its fibre network to up to 21 new major metropolitan areas by next year, it announced today.
Source: iTnews Australia
iiNet chases over $241k in unbilled line rental
Internet service provider iiNet is chasing more than 8000 of its customers for outstanding payments after under-billing their accounts over a six month period.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 17th Apr 2014
Telstra sees red over expanded wholesale regulation
Telstra has hit back at the ACCC over its decision to re-regulate Telstra's wholesale line rental and local carriage services in a number of CBD areas, claiming that it runs contrary to the Coalition Government’s agenda to reduce red-tape.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telcos seek to strengthen NBN Co wholesale restrictions
Major telcos and Internet service providers including Telstra, Optus, Vodafone and iiNet have pushed for clarity on some aspects of NBN Co's wholesale role and the tightening of restrictions that prevent the company rolling out the National Broadband Network from supplying services to end users.
Source: Computerworld
Vodafone tackles FIFA World Cup with $5 roaming in Brazil
Vodafone is targeting Australians traveling to the 2014 FIFA World Cup with the addition of Brazil to its $5 per day roaming deal.
Source: ARN
NBN Co seeks 'early resolution' of TPG fibre threat
The company in charge of rolling out and operating the National Broadband Network has called for a speedy resolution to the issue of infrastructure-based competition.
Source: Computerworld
Wed, 16th Apr 2014
iiNet bowls up success with cricket, football sponsorships
Perth-based national ISP iiNet has renewed its sponsorship of Big Bash cricket team the Sydney Sixers with a three-year principal partner deal, lauding the branding and sales benefits of sports sponsorship.
Source: iTWire
NBN Co reports $1.17 billion loss
NBN Co has reported a $1.1 billion loss after generating revenue of almost $70 million in the past nine months.
Source: ARN
Court slaps TPG with $400k fine over 000 failure
TPG has been fined $400,000 after court action taken by the Australian Communications and Media Authority relating to the telco's failure to provide triple zero access to all of its customers.
Source: Computerworld
NBN Co boss suggests levy for TPG
NBN Co’s new CEO Bill Morrow has suggested the Federal Government apply a levy onto NBN infrastructure competitors like TPG in order to ensure a sustainable economic model in the provision of broadband services to rural customers.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co chief calls for government subsidy to offset cost of rural NBN
NBN Co chief executive, Bill Morrow, has called on the federal government to impose a cross-subsidy or infrastructure levy on competitors to offset to the cost of delivering broadband to rural areas.
Source: ARN
NBN Co hits 105Mbps in limited FTTN trial
NBN Co achieved 105 megabits per second download speeds in a of test of fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) technology at a shop on the New South Wales Central Coast.
Source: Computerworld
Tue, 15th Apr 2014
NBN Co set to tackle TPG head on
Fresh from making sweeping changes to the NBN Co executive team new CEO Bill Morrow is set to fight fire with fire and announce an aggressive fibre-to-the-basement (FTTB) rollout to compete with TPG, which recently announced NBN plans of its own.
Source: iTWire
New NBN Co chief challenges TPG with early rollout
NBN Co has expedited its roll-out of Fibre-to-the-Basement technology in a direct challenge to TPG's attempt to cherrypick value inner-city customers.
Source: ARN
Small businesses divided over NBN benefits
Australian small businesses are split about the NBN and unsure if faster internet speeds will improve their lot.
Source: SMH
NBN Co drops speed guarantees for FTTN service
Australia's national broadband network will come with substantially lower speed guarantees than expected, as part of the Coalition mandated fibre-to-the-node redesign.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 14th Apr 2014
Revealed: NBN Co scales back fibre rollout
NBN Co is now only expecting to roll out fibre to 20 percent of Australia premises, down from the 22 percent in the Coalition's 2013 election policy.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co may have to pay Telstra $98b
Telstra could be paid over $98 billion by NBN Co over the next 55 years for infrastructure leases and other fees, according to a report in industry publication CommsDay.
Source: SMH
Bot masters in cut-throat DDoS fight
Botnet operators in the criminal underground are launching large denial of service attacks against each other in a bid to knock out rivals in the race to compromise computers.
Source: iTnews Australia
EscapeNet enjoys life as an indie ISP
Australia's Internet service provider market has gone through an extended period of consolidation.
Source: Computerworld
Fri, 11th Apr 2014
TPG's unlimited NBN plans enabled by AAPT buy
As debate rages over TPG competing against NBN Co, TPG has released its unlimited plans for services on NBN Co's network, which the company says were only possible through its large fibre infrastructure assets.
Source: ZDNet Australia
TPG pushes unlimited NBN fibre plans
Internet service provider TPG has launched its National Broadband Network plans, with all six of the offers including unlimited data quotas. The plans are TPG's first NBN offerings; the ISP foreshadowed offering an unlimited NBN data plan in 2012, but it hasn't started to sign up customers for NBN services until now.
Source: Computerworld
TPG releases NBN piggy back plans
TPG has released a range of NBN Internet and home phone bundle plans. Coincidence or good timing?
Source: iTWire
Thu, 10th Apr 2014
NBN Co in surprise executive clean out
Three highly experienced NBN Co executives have been sensationally turfed out of the company following a restructure by new CEO Bill Morrow a mere week after he took over the top job.
Source: iTWire
NBN Co execs out the door: Report
The chief financial officer, chief technology officer and head of corporate and commercial have all left NBN Co, the company charged with rolling out the National Broadband Network, according to a report in the Australian Financial Review.
Source: Computerworld
Turnbull walks away from NBN high ground claims
In one swift move on the fifth birthday of the NBN, Malcolm Turnbull has fallen into the same practice that he accused Labor of for years.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Aussie big business exposed to dangerous 'heartbleed' hole
Twenty of Australia's ASX top 200 organisations are exposed to the dangerous 'heartbleed' vulnerability in OpenSSL revealed this week.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 09th Apr 2014
NBN: Good-bye FTTP, we hardly knew ye
The Coalition government today signed the death warrant for the roll out of a predominantly fibre-to-the-premises-based National Broadband Network.
Source: Computerworld
Costs must be fixed first in piracy solution: Comms Alliance
Australia's peak telecommunications organisation has said ISPs are willing to come to the table on a new deterrence system for online copyright infringement but rights holders have to sort out who will pay for such a system first.
Source: ZDNet Australia