Broadband News
Tue, 12th Nov 2013
Internet entrepreneur Simon Hackett joins NBN Co board
Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has appointed the internet entrepreneur Simon Hackett to the board of the company in charge of the National Broadband Network rollout. Mr Hackett founded and internet service providers Internode and Agile Communications.
Source: ABC News
Hackett picked for NBN Co board
Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has tapped industry veteran and Internode founder Simon Hackett for the new NBN Co board, along with former NBN Co head of construction Patrick Flannigan and ex-Telstra executive Justin Milne.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Mon, 11th Nov 2013
Remote Australia seeks mobile services through NBN
NBN satellite service is not enough for Australia's most remote areas, according to the Broadband for the Bush Alliance.
Source: Computerworld
IPTV multicast trial ends before NBN review deadline
NBN Co's nearly year-long trial of IPTV services over the National Broadband Network will end this month, with the company not saying whether the service will continue.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Fri, 08th Nov 2013
Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7
Microsoft has extended access to the latest version of Internet Explorer, which previoulsy only came with its newest Windows 8.1 operating system, to users of Windows 7 the company said today.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra makes signal control changes in IP core
Telstra is rolling out new controllers to manage the increase in diameter signalling on the core IP network underpinning 4G LTE mobile services.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 07th Nov 2013
NBN Co hires former Telstra contract negotiator, Greg Adcock
Another ex-Telstra employee has joined the NBN Co leadership team with Greg Adcock becoming the new COO.
Source: ARN
Wed, 06th Nov 2013
Microsoft urges rethink of NBN plan
Software giant Microsoft has said that the Abbott government should reconsider its National Broadband Network policy.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Tas Govt tries to resurrect NBN over power lines
Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings wants to roll out fibre optic cables over power poles in order to get the NBN rollout in Tasmania back on track.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 05th Nov 2013
Regulation not needed for enterprise competition: Telstra
Telstra has argued that competition for telecommunications services for government and corporations is strong enough without the need for further regulation.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN 2.0: What future for Australia's National Broadband Network?
The Liberal-National Coalition may have won the federal election, but whether it ever won the argument over the National Broadband Network is open to debate.
Source: Computerworld
Vodafone's Christmas promotion will double data until January
Vodafone will double the data allowance on its $30 prepaid cap from 500MB to 1GB as part of a Christmas promotion, but the deal is a limited one that will only run until the end of January 2014.
Source: ARN
Mon, 04th Nov 2013
FttP or FttN, the NBN is already slipping from Turnbull's grasp
As if a slowdown in the NBN rollout weren't problem enough, communications minister Malcolm Turnbull's NBN Co has been hit by lawsuits, subcontractor chest-beating, and protracted timeframes for its Telstra renegotiations. Has he already lost his grip on the NBN?
Source: ZDNet Australia
Optus launches unlimited broadband bundles
New package deals from Optus include unlimited calls and data.
Source: iTWire
Optus serves up throttle-free unlimited broadband
Optus customers can get unlimited broadband data - with apparently no throttling - for $115 under new bundle plans announced today.
Source: Computerworld
Visionstream must meet NBN contract terms to keep Tasmanian rollout
Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has indicated that Visionstream asking for more money for NBN fibre network construction in Tasmania could be grounds for breaking the contract.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Broadband view out of whack with experts
Tony Abbott recently pronounced the former government ''wacko''. The Prime Minister was not referring to Rudd's campaign of Count of Monte Cristoesque vengeance, or to Gillard's bizarre ''real Julia'' gambit, or abandonment of single parents to Newstart. No, for Abbott, what's certifiable is the Labor Party's national broadband network.
Source: SMH
More than 100 Australian websites attacked by activists
Hackers claiming links to international activist group Anonymous defaced dozens of websites belonging to Australian businesses and Philippine government agencies on Sunday.
Source: iTnews Australia
Government seeks advisor for renegotiation of Telstra-NBN Co deal
As the NBN Co conducts its strategic review, the Commonwealth has put out a call for a commercial and strategic advisor.
Source: Computerworld
Telstra trial to bring solar power into exchanges
Telstra is working on a new way to feed solar power into its telephone exchanges, one of several initiatives underway to reduce its reliance on coal-fired electricity.
Source: iTnews Australia
Fri, 01st Nov 2013
Huawei's NBN ban becomes a diplomatic spat
China has criticised the Australian Government's decision to continue Labor's ban on Huawei supplying the NBN.
Source: iTWire
NBN Co to bring fibre to 150k more homes
NBN Co has confirmed it will bring fibre connections to an additional 150,000 brownfields premises following approval from the new government.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 31st Oct 2013
NBN rollout 'stalled' on asbestos issue, not Turnbull
Claims that Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has 'stalled' the NBN after the election are inaccurate, according to NBN Co, which is laying the blame for the post-election slowdown on the asbestos issue.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Vocus extends dark fibre service into North Sydney
Vocus Communications (ASX: VOC) has announced plans to extend its dark fibre service into North Sydney suburbs to improve connection speeds for customers.
Source: Computerworld
Turnbull removes thousands of homes from NBN map
Welcome to the new NBN world. Thousands who thought they were about to get it are likely to be disappointed.
Source: iTWire
Telstra pulls NBN rollout data file offline
Telstra Wholesale has culled access to a spreadsheet of NBN ready for service data that identified the locations of 506,850 premises in danger of missing out on fibre-to-the-home as a result of the change of government.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 30th Oct 2013
ACCC claims broadband speed audit provides needed oversight
The ACCC is forging ahead with a proposal to audit broadband speeds, while telcos believe that the Australian competition watchdog is targeting a non-issue.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co unveils high-level overview of rollout stats
NBN Co will publish a weekly dashboard charting its rollout progress and how it is tracking with key metrics as part of a transparency drive announced today.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co posts loss of nearly $1 billion
NBN Co has posted a loss of nearly $1 billion in the last year - well below the projected $1.3 billion loss it forecast in its corporate plan.
Source: ARN
NBN Co cleanses rollout website
NBN Co has removed key rollout data from its website, leaving hundreds of thousands of premises that had been scheduled to get the NBN in the next three years in doubt.
Source: ZDNet Australia