Broadband News
Fri, 22nd Mar 2013
Telstra reigns in nebulous NBN migration talk
Telstra has sought to upend what it sees as increasingly irrelevant discussion about the 'pull through' copper-to-fibre migration technique.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN fibre splicers in strong demand
As part of its efforts to recover from a three-month delay NBN Co yesterday announced it will train and employ extra fibre splicers.
Source: Computerworld
Thu, 21st Mar 2013
NBN Co to miss June fibre target
NBN Co has downgraded the number of premises it expects to pass with fibre by the end of June to between 190,000 and 220,000.
Source: iTnews Australia
Optus sheds 290 jobs
Optus has confirmed it will cut around 290 jobs as part of a restructure initially flagged last month.
Source: Computerworld
NBN Co names new chairperson
Ten Network Holdings director, Siobhan McKenna, has joined NBN Co as its newest chairperson.
Source: ARN
TPG to offer consumers 'military grade' data security
TPG is to offer its business and consumer customers "military grade" security of their data under a partnership with Cocoon Data Holdings, a company founded in Australia but now headquartered in the US. It has made an investment in Cocoon and has forged a technical partnership with Cocoon and its subsidiaries, Covata Australia and Covata USA.
Source: iTWire
TPG to bid for spectrum?
ISP TPG has emerged as a possible bidder for some of the 'digital dividend' spectrum to be auctioned off next month.
Source: iTWire
NBN Co's contract crisis
When NBN Co pushed back on the prices it was offered by construction companies in 2011, NBN Co's Terry Brown said the organisation was building an national broadband network, "but not at any price".
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 20th Mar 2013
Conroy media reforms could harm Internet investment: IIA
The proposed media reforms drafted by Broadband Minister Senator Conroy and currently being rushed through Parliament could harm Internet investment if passed into law the peak Internet industry body in Australia warned today.
Source: iTWire
Telstra eyes Perth-Singapore fibre link
Telstra has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with SubPartners to acquire capacity on the APX West submarine cable connecting Perth to Singapore.
Source: Computerworld
Conroy skirts commitment to NBN target
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has avoided directly answering questions in the Senate over whether NBN Co remains on track to pass 286,000 premises with fibre cables by the end of June.
Source: iTnews Australia
Beyond limits: Kogan Mobile under fire
Outspoken technology entrepreneur Ruslan Kogan is under fire over his new mobile plans after disconnecting customers for sending too many texts or making too many calls on supposedly "unlimited" plans.
Source: SMH
Antarctic division asks for fibre optic cable
Australia’s Antarctic division is hoping to buy a fibre optic cable to link its ice breaker ship and towed environmental sampling devices.
Source: iTnews Australia
Should NBN Co be reporting more frequently?
The outside disclosure of the number of premises that NBN Co has passed with fibre has revealed that NBN Co isn't being completely transparent.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Syntheo exits NT NBN build
Syntheo will hand construction of the National Broadband Network in the Northern Territory to NBN Co, the company announced this morning.
Source: Computerworld
Telcos given till next year to pay for wireless spectrum
Telco’s participating in the digital dividend auction have been given until the second half of next year to make final payments for spectrum licenses won.
Source: ARN
Tue, 19th Mar 2013
Conroy in hot water again, this time over NBN rollout shortfall
Once called the most incompetent Telecommunications Minister ever to hold the office by iiNet chief executive Michael Malone, Senator Stephen Conroy is once again in the news for all the wrong reasons. This time the issue is the hopelessly behind schedule fibre rollout of the National Broadband Network.
Source: iTWire
Telcos win reprieve over 4G spectrum payments
The Federal Government has given carriers and other bidders at least another year to make final payments on any digital dividend spectrum they win at auction in April.
Source: iTnews Australia
iiNet wants the NBN faster
iiNet announced it now has 10,000 customers on the National Broadband Network (NBN), but speculation around further downgrades in NBN Co targets would be disappointing, according to the ISP.
Source: Computerworld
iiNet hits NBN milestone
Internet service provider (ISP), iiNet, has reached an NBN milestone, connecting over 10,000 customers across fibre, satellite, and fixed wireless services.
Source: ARN
TPG profits soar on back of ADSL, mobile growth
Internet service provider TPG today reported accelerated growth among its mobile subscribers, adding 48,000 mobile customers in the six months to January 31. The new mobile subscribers represent close to 16 per cent of the company's entire mobile subscriber base of 303,000.
Source: Computerworld
Mon, 18th Mar 2013
NBN 'too expensive' for TV networks
The National Broadband Network (NBN) will hurt regional broadcasters and TV stations should get free access to the network, Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes has said.
Source: ARN
NBN rollout continues to lag
New figures published by small National Broadband Network provider Devoted NBN shows that the fibre network has only passed 1,400 more existing premises so far this year.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra sports new changes to its Foxtel on T-Box
Telstra today announced a slew of changes to its Foxtel on T-Box service, including adding Fox Sports 1, 2 and 3 to the Sport package.
Source: iTWire
SingTel to review Optus Satellite
SingTel will undertake a review of its Optus Satellite business, the company told shareholders this morning.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra fibre successful at 1Tbps
Telstra’s fibre optic network has successfully reached 1Tbps following trials by Ericsson.
Source: Computerworld
M2 to acquire Dodo; makes an offer to Eftel
M2 Telecommunications will acquire Dodo for $203.9 million and make an off-market takeover offer for Eftel for 35.81 cents per share, implying a total enterprise value of $44.1 million.
Source: Computerworld
Fri, 15th Mar 2013
Backwards attitude to online identity erodes our power
Demanding that people use their real names to access internet services, except in special circumstances, is a dramatic, but largely undiscussed shift of power away from individuals to corporations and governments.
Source: ZDNet Australia
TPG, Telstra change 'unfair' customer contracts
Australia's consumer watchdog has found the telecommunications industry most guilty of having customers agree to contract terms that allow the business to change without their consent.
Source: iTnews Australia
Visionstream wins NBN contract worth up to $1 billion
Visionstream has won a National Broadband Network (NBN) contract worth up to $1 billion.
Source: Computerworld