Broadband News
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
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