Broadband News
Mon, 19th Aug 2013
Telstra refuses to negotiate on SMS prices: Optus
Optus and Telstra have continued their debate over the regulation of SMS termination fees, with Optus claiming Telstra has refused to bring down prices in the last 10 years.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra burns Kogan Mobile as ispONE calls in administrators
Customers of Kogan Mobile will be forced to find a new prepaid mobile supplier, after Telstra was today advised its wholesale partner ispONE has entered voluntary administration.
Source: iTnews Australia
iiNet looks to new brand for unlimited ADSL2+ product
iiNet will launch an alternative ISP brand called Jiva next month that will offer unlimited ADSL2+ broadband from $79 a month.
Source: iTnews Australia
iiNet launches new ISP brand Jiva
Internet service provider, iiNet has launched a new ISP brand Jiva, aiming to offer simple, high-value Internet services.
Source: ARN
OECD finds Australia cheapest for smartphones
Would you believe Australia is the cheapest country in the developed world in which to own and use a smartphone? It's true, and the OECD has the numbers to prove it.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 16th Aug 2013
Trident signs on Fujitsu for $400m fibre network
Fujitsu has signed an agreement with Trident Subsea Cable System to help build a new $400 million fibre optic network that will connect Perth, the Pilbara and South East Asia.
Source: Computerworld
NBN switched on for some NSW suburbs
The government has connected 5400 homes and businesses in the NSW suburbs of Richmond, Windsor, South Windsor, and Bligh Park, to the NBN.
Source: ARN
Fujitsu to build Trident subsea cable
Trident Subsea Cable has contracted Fujitsu Australia to build its planned new Perth to Singapore cable, which will link resource rich Western Australia with Asia.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co kills tracking of unserviceable premises
NBN Co has changed the way it verifies the status of addresses typed into its online rollout map, killing access to a data file being used to track multi-dwelling unit (MDU) connection statistics.
Source: iTnews Australia
Turnbull's NBN policy 'detailed enough' to escape costing
Opposition Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull believes the Coalition's NBN plan is detailed enough to warrant not pushing further for an independent assessment of costings and assumptions.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 15th Aug 2013
Coalition NBN won't be costed
Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed that unlike most other Coalition policies, the alternative NBN policy won't be costed through the Parliamentary Budget Office.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co leaks 14 fibre locations
An NBN Co data leak has revealed 14 previously-unannounced fibre rollout areas, some with ready for service dates between 2018 and 2020.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 14th Aug 2013
Telstra blocked from cancelling ispONE service until trial
Telstra has been prevented from terminating mobile services to partner ispONE until the pair go to trial over unpaid bills, with a judge today awarding the full injunction ispONE had pushed for.
Source: iTnews Australia
ACCC may monitor actual broadband speeds
Australia could follow the US and other countries in releasing a periodic report on broadband performance.
Source: Computerworld
Optus reports revenue decline, customer losses
Optus has reported an operating revenue decline of 5.3 percent year on year to 2.2 billion on the back of a drop in the number of mobile subscribers.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Globalgig lets users globally roam, gulping cheap 3G data: great!
Global telcos who are well known to rip-off global travellers who happen to roam in countries other than their own need to watch out: the Globalgig cavalry has galloped in, offering international 3G data roamers gargantuan savings on overseas and even local gigabytes.
Source: iTWire
TPG: 48 days and 17 calls to fix dropouts
The internet service provider TPG took 48 days and 17 phone calls to fix a customer's dropout issues - and at the end of it all, the customer is still unsure as to the cause of the problem.
Source: iTWire
NBN Co launches new speeds for fixed wireless network
NBN Co has launched new speeds for its fixed wireless service, which enables 25 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload speeds.
Source: ARN
Which part of 'do not call' don't you understand?
ACMA has come down on two more companies for ignoring the Do Not Call Register.
Source: iTWire
Optus to keep its satellites - SingTel can't find a buyer
Negotiations to find a buyer for the Optus satellite business have fallen through, with parent SingTel unable to find a buyer willing to pay what it wants.
Source: iTWire
ispONE pays another $200k to keep Telstra services alive
ispONE will pay a further $200,000 to ensure continuity of service from Telstra for another day while mediation between the two over unpaid bills moves into its second day.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 13th Aug 2013
Telstra, Ericsson test out LTE-Advanced
Telstra and Ericsson are trialling carrier aggregation LTE-Advanced technology combining spectrum in the 1800MHz and 900MHz bands to get up to 300Mbps download speeds.
Source: ZDNet Australia
ispONE restructures in midst of Telstra fight
Troubled Telstra wholesaler ispONE has registered a new business name as part of a company rebrand it says will “secure its ongoing service offering” and “protect its wholesale partners”.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co doubles Telstra liability to $1.8bn
NBN Co has upgraded its financial liability to Telstra under the definitive agreements to $1.8 billion, the majority of it incurred in the past year.
Source: iTnews Australia
Cairns goes live with NBN
Cairns in Queensland is now switched on to the National Broadband Network (NBN), with the fibre network covering 2700 premises in Bungalow, Cairns North, Manunda, Parramatta Park, Portsmith and Westcourt.
Source: Computerworld
Government sitting on NBN report: Turnbull
The government is withholding a report on the NBN so its progress can't be scrutinised by the public ahead of the election, the opposition says.
Source: ARN
One third of NBN premises passed can't connect
NBN Co has revealed to ZDNet that 55,700 of the 163,500 brownfields premises passed by the NBN's fibre network could not order a service.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co funds enterprise test lab
NBN Co has awarded a contract to Enex TestLab to build a dedicated testing facility, which will allow vendors and service providers to test copper-based applications and equipment on an NBN Co fibre network.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co plan may not be released before the election
Communications Minister Anthony Albanese has signaled that the long-awaited NBN business plan will not be released before the election.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Mon, 12th Aug 2013
All aboard the Pirate Bay web broswer
The ongoing NSA privacy scandal and resulting outrage has at least resulted in some cool apps and tools, and The Pirate Bay is the latest group to join the fray with a new private broswer.
Source: iTWire