Broadband News
Wed, 30th Oct 2013
Telstra and NBN Co to face off in court
Telstra is taking NBN Co to the NSW Supreme Court based on a matter concerning renting the telco’s pits and ducts under its $11 billion agreement.
Source: ARN
Half a million NBN fibre connections in limbo
NBN Co has culled ready for service dates for 506,850 premises in brownfields suburbs across Australia, casting doubt on whether those households will ever receive a fibre-to-the-home connection.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 29th Oct 2013
No decision yet on NBN ban: Huawei
Huawei has said the government has indicated that a review on its ban from tendering for the NBN is still underway, despite reports that the ban would remain in place.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN ban on Huawei to stay: George Brandis
Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is still hoping to have a federal ban on its involvement in building Australia's national broadband network overturned, despite Attorney-General George Brandis saying it will not be lifted.
Source: SMH
Mon, 28th Oct 2013
Telstra considers LTE-Broadcast for software updates
Telstra has conducted a world-first trial of LTE-Broadcast, which the company says can be used to reduce congestion on the network when software updates are pushed out.
Source: ZDNet Australia
ISPs await invites into new anti-piracy talks
Australia's internet service providers are awaiting official invitation into a fresh round of talks to be convened by the Attorney-General's Department on ways to combat online piracy.
Source: iTnews Australia
M2 to cut staff in post-acquisition restructure
Following the acquisitions of Dodo and Eftel, telecommunications company M2 has announced a restructure of the company, with up to 100 positions being made redundant.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra tests LTE Broadcast tech for more efficient data delivery
Telstra has completed a trial of 4G LTE Broadcast technology, becoming the first telco in the world to do so.
Source: Computerworld
Fri, 25th Oct 2013
MyNetFone may pick up PennyTel customers
VoIP provider MyNetFone has given strong indications that it is moving to pick up PennyTel and iVoisys customers left hanging after the companies were placed into liquidation, but no deal has yet been signed.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Mobile OS updates shape as turf war
Telstra, Optus and Vodafone intend to continue vetting smartphone operating system updates, despite efforts by OS makers to deliver updates directly to users, potentially bypassing OEM and carrier testing entirely.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co chair commits to Suncorp role
The chairman of both Suncorp and NBN Co, Ziggy Switkowski, has said that he will stay the chairman of Suncorp despite his new responsibilities at NBN Co.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Thu, 24th Oct 2013
First new gTLDs added to the root
The Internet - or at least its namespace - just got bigger. Early this morning, while most of Australia was eating breakfast or getting ready for work, four new top-level domains were added to the Internet's domain name root zone.
Source: Computerworld
Telstra talks up copper as it prepares for NBN negotiations
Telstra CEO David Thodey has again talked up the value of the copper network as the company begins to lay out what it wants out of a renegotiated deal with NBN Co.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co is one of our top 10 workplaces
NBN Co has leapt into Australia's top 10 most 'InDemand' employers after LinkedIn released its list of most sought-after workplaces today.
Source: iTWire
iiNet sees domestic capacity as new ISP 'choke point'
ISP iiNet believes domestic transmission costs have replaced international capacity costs as the "choke point" for internet service providers.
Source: iTnews Australia
Complaints drop 25 percent but Vodafone still Australia's worst: TIO
The TIO fielded 25 percent fewer complaints about Vodafone in the 2012-13 financial year, but the troubled telco still got more complaints than Telstra and Optus put together.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra shuffles the deck
Telstra has announced a major reorganisation of its senior management, and a 'refined long term strategy'.
Source: iTWire
Telstra puts more LTE-Advanced trials on roadmap
Telstra will conduct a fresh round of trials of LTE carrier aggregation technology this financial year, combining 700 MHz and 1800 MHz spectrum assets to see if theoretical speeds of 300 Mbps are possible.
Source: iTnews Australia
Slow broadband not sustainable, Europe tech chief says
Slow broadband is not sustainable, a European tech chief says, with better infrastructure key to faster Internet.
Source: ABC News
Wed, 23rd Oct 2013
Mobile phone complaints plummet
Consumer complaints to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) reached a five-year low in 2012-13 with all major telcos, including Vodafone, recording declines in complaints received.
Source: iTWire
Revealed: What Telstra wants added to NBN deal
Telstra will need to add fresh usage rights and a cutover mechanism to the definitive agreements it holds with NBN Co in order to make them fit-for-purpose under the revised National Broadband Network project.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra free to make TPG-style basement fibre play
Telstra's definitive agreements with NBN Co and the government would not preclude it from pursuing a fibre-to-the-basement rollout similar to that planned by TPG, though the incumbent isn't about to "do anything crazy" on that front.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN campaign targets Turnbull's electorate
Supporters of FttP broadband have crowdsourced enough money to target Australian Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull's electorate with a full-page advertisement in his local newspaper.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra promotes Kate McKenzie to lead Operations
Telstra has made Kate McKenzie its chief operations officer after promoting current COO Brendon Riley to run a new business unit focused on enterprise services.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co makes Mike Kaiser redundant
New NBN Co boss Ziggy Switkowski has made the role of Labor stalwart and former NBN Co head of quality Mike Kaiser redundant in order to bring in former Telstra executive JB Rousselot.
Source: iTnews Australia
Ex-Telstra executive director to head NBN Co review
NBN Co's executive chairman, Ziggy Switkowski, has announced that former Telstra executive director JB Rousselot will lead the strategic review into the government-owned company's rollout of the National Broadband Network.
Source: Computerworld
NBN Co to start fibre-to-the-basement field trials
NBN Co will begin fibre-to-the-basement technology trials in a mix of multi-dwelling units and other complex premises types in the first quarter of next year.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 22nd Oct 2013
Telstra very softly launches two-plan Belong ISP
The new ISP offers 70GB and 250GB plans for residents of metropolitan NSW in select locations.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra bushfire warning
Telstra says back up your data and be prepared to move quickly - a computer can easily be replaced but data - especially scanned photos and documents cannot. It could be a good time to activate that cloud account.
Source: iTWire
Google to take on Internet censorship
Google has announced a number of new services in a targeted effort to protect news organisations and human rights groups from cyber effects and, more broadly, 'free expression' on the Internet.
Source: iTWire