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Hawaiki Cable secures Oregon landing site for Pacific cable

New trans-Pacific cable moves a step closer after inking a deal to land its cable and for backhaul.

Inside Alcatel-Lucent's bid to keep its NBN contracts

Alcatel-Lucent has flown in its fixed networks president to meet with NBN Co officials this week in a bid to preserve as much of the up to $1.5 billion value of equipment contracts it holds for the national broadband network as possible.

Source: iTnews Australia

NBN Co to assimilate TransACT's network in nine months

Following the competition regulator's nod of approval, NBN Co will begin incorporating TransACT's Canberra fibre network into its own over the next nine months.

Source: ZDNet Australia

Canberra to get free wifi in July

The ACT government plans to have free wifi available in its public spaces and transport hubs by July next year.

Source: iTnews Australia

Govt to protect domestic subsea cable routes

Domestic submarine fibre optic cables could be afforded the same protections as international links under legislative changes introduced to parliament.

Source: iTnews Australia

Senate, Turnbull duel for NBN oversight

Oversight of the re-aligned national broadband network project is being fiercely contested in the first days of the new parliament, with duelling proposals aired for separate committees.

Source: iTnews Australia

ACCC signs off on iiNet FTTH sale to NBN Co

NBN Co's purchase of iiNet’s fibre-to-the-home network in the ACT has been approved by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

Source: Computerworld

Optus loses customers amid 4G growth

Despite the continuing exodus of customers from rival Vodafone, Optus too is experiencing a drop in the number of mobile customers on its network.

Source: ZDNet Australia

Turnbull accuses Lundy of 'rolling' Clare on NBN committee

Labor's shadow communications ministers will not be a part of an NBN committee after Labor and the Greens put forward proposal to establish a Senate committee in place of the existing committee.

Source: ZDNet Australia

TPP leak reveals Australian government secrets

Wikileaks has leaked a draft of the IP chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, confirming the Australian government is backing a reinforcement of geoblocking and will also be opposing moves to make ISPs not responsible for what their users do.

Source: iTWire

Optus talks to government about NBN backhaul

Optus shares concerns about the high cost of backhaul for mobile services but is not ready to take a position on opening the NBN to mobile operators for that purpose, according to Optus chief country officer Kevin Russell.

Source: Computerworld

Optus revenue dips, but profit increases

Optus has seen its net profit increase 33 per cent to $218 million and earnings before tax growing 11 per cent to $23 million in its second quarter financial results, ending September 30.

Source: ARN

NBN Co activated 2554 premises in past week

The NBN Co has passed 6004 additional premises in the week ending Sunday, November 10.

Source: ARN

Penalties for piracy as three strikes off the table in TPP negotiations

Three-strikes or a graduated response to online copyright infringement will no longer be a part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, but could be replaced by civil and criminal enforcement provisions.

Source: ZDNet Australia

Vodafone Australia customer numbers slide by another 600,000

Vodafone Australia's customer base has slid to just over 5 million users, in another tough half year for the mobile company.

Source: ZDNet Australia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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