Broadband News
Thu, 20th Jun 2013
No date to resume NBN work: Thodey
Telstra chief executive David Thodey says he does not know when work will resume on remediation of asbestos-affected telecommunications pits.
Source: Computerworld
NBN Co launches 25/5 Mbps fixed wireless services
NBN Co has introduced a 25/5 Mbps speed tier to the fixed wireless network, with several ISPs already unveiling retail plans.
Source: iTnews Australia
iiNet cops AU$102K fine for very fine fine print
iiNet has been handed an AU$102,000 fine for a bus ad for naked DSL services with too small fine print.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra announces NBN asbestos requirements
Telstra has announced a number of requirements for its three key NBN rollout contractors about handling asbestos in pit remediation.
Source: iTWire
Vodafone has no plans for 4G modems
Vodafone Australia is unlikely to launch 4G modems for its new Long Term Evolution (LTE) network this year, focusing instead on smartphone users.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN contractors required to take asbestos training
Telstra has reviewed a number of requirements for its NBN contractors and subcontractors to improve asbestos handling in its cement pits.
Source: ARN
Wed, 19th Jun 2013
Transfield wins new NBN contracts
Transfield Services has been awarded one new and one extended contract with NBN Co for network builds in Victoria, the company announced today.
Source: iTnews Australia
Transfield wins $366m in new NBN work
Engineering firm Transfield Services has won $366 million in new work on the national broadband network.
Source: ARN
Telstra opposes 700 MHz for emergency 4G network
Telstra will oppose a last-ditch bid by emergency services to secure unsold 700 MHz spectrum for a national 4G network, arguing the spectrum should be kept for commercial mobile broadband growth.
Source: iTnews Australia
Vodafone unveils new pricing for data add-ons
Telecommunications company, Vodafone, has unveiled new pricing for data add-ons, which it claims will give customers choice when tailoring post-paid plans for smartphones.
Source: ARN
NBN Co could miss revised June fibre targets
NBN Co is facing the very real possibility of missing its revised June fibre rollout targets for built-up areas by as little as a couple of thousand premises, the latest rollout analysis by iTnews reveals.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 18th Jun 2013
Bass Strait limits NBN options
Tasmania may have been the first state in Australia to receive NBN services but customers there have a limited choice of service providers, thanks to the cost of getting data traffic across Bass Strait.
Source: SMH
Mon, 17th Jun 2013
Committee urges NBN Co to prepare for new govt
NBN Co needs to prepare for potential policy changes as a result of the September federal election, according to the NBN joint oversight committee, which recommended an update to the company's corporate plan.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co put rejected apartment alternative in corporate plan
Exclusive: NBN Co originally put an alternative fibre-to-the-basement proposal for apartment blocks in the revised corporate plan in 2012, but it was rejected by the Australian government.
Source: ZDNet Australia
4G shootout: Vodafone vs Optus vs Telstra
How does Vodafone's new 4G network stack up against the competition? PC & Tech Authority took to the streets of Sydney to find out.
Source: PC Authority
NBN Co sinks Telstra's NBN info-sharing plan
Telstra is winning few friends with its attempts to limit restrictions on how it handles NBN information, failing to gain the confidence of even the information source, NBN Co.
Source: iTnews Australia
Armidale hosts fastest wireless NBN in Australia: Fusion Broadband
Armidale, NSW is now the location of the fastest wireless NBN in Australia - four times faster than what the NBN is currently promising - according to broadband service provider, Fusion Broadband.
Source: ARN
Police Federation makes play for unsold 700 MHz
The Police Federation of Australia is making a play for two-thirds of the 700 MHz spectrum passed in at May's digital dividend auction to underpin a planned national 4G network for emergency services.
Source: iTnews Australia
Sat, 15th Jun 2013
Google pilots 'balloon internet' above New Zealand
Google is piloting a mesh network of high-altitude balloons in the skies above New Zealand that it hopes will eventually carry reliable internet services to all corners of the globe.
Source: iTnews Australia
Fri, 14th Jun 2013
Telstra may dodge legal challenge to Sensis cuts
Telstra is a step closer to dodging a legislative bullet aimed at saving the jobs of almost 700 Sensis workers after a Greens-backed amendment to existing laws failed to gain traction with a Senate committee.
Source: iTnews Australia
Aussie telcos mull mixed cellular-Wi-Fi networks
Network equipment makers are pushing technology that enables mobile data traffic to be "steered" in real-time between cellular and Wi-Fi networks, but Australia's telcos are unlikely to have a use for it in the short to mid term.
Source: iTnews Australia
iiNet, Optus reject Telstra's revised NBN infosec plan
ISPs iiNet, Optus and AAPT are pressuring the competition watchdog to reject fresh revisions to the way Telstra proposes to handle confidential NBN information.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 13th Jun 2013
NBN contractor Service Stream extends trading halt
NBN Co contractor Service Stream will remain in a trading halt for close to two weeks while it reviews its joint venture company Syntheo, which has struggled to meet NBN Co construction deadlines.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Internode launches new business bundles
Internode has launched new bundled business plans starting from $79.95 per month on 24-month contracts.
Source: Computerworld
Telcos issue trans-Tasman cable tender
The three largest telcos in Australia and New Zealand, Vodafone, Telstra and Telecom NZ, will proceed with a cable construction project between the two countries, with a tender issued for the build today.
Source: iTnews Australia
Black vault for a deluge of secrets
The Australian government has been building a state-of-the art, secret data storage facility just outside Canberra to enable intelligence agencies to deal with a ''data deluge'' siphoned from the internet and global telecommunications networks.
Source: SMH
Wed, 12th Jun 2013
Vodafone claims 'superfast' speeds with 4G launch
Vodafone is claiming Australia's fastest mobile data speeds with today's launch of its 4G network in selected areas of Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane, and in Newcastle and Wollongong.
Source: iTWire
Aspley switches on to the NBN
Aspley in Queensland has been switched on to the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Source: Computerworld
NBN approach less "chaotic" than US broadband: The Intelligent Community Forum
The growth of broadband in the US was more chaotic and viewed less as a national priority when compared with the NBN, according to The Intelligent Community Forum.
Source: ARN
Vodafone switches on 4G network
Vodafone today announced the launch of its 4G network in Australia, the latest effort in its comeback plan to win back the hordes of customers that deserted the company for poor mobile service.
Source: iTnews Australia