Broadband News
Fri, 19th Apr 2013
NBN Co to launch 1 Gigabit wholesale broadband service in December
NBN Co has announced that it will be launching a 1 Gigabit wholesale broadband service by December 2013 to areas that can access the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Source: Computerworld
NBN Co plan to fast-track users onto fibre in doubt
NBN Co is facing a setback to its plan to open 82 partially-complete fibre areas to retail services, after failing to win the support of major ISP customers.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN customers set for world-leading download speeds to happen by end of the year
Australians linked to the national broadband network will be able to get world-leading internet download speeds of one gigabit per second by the end of this year, the company building the network will announce on Friday.
Source: SMH
Thu, 18th Apr 2013
Conroy visits iPrimus NT customer and NBN user
iPrimus, part of the M2 Telecommunications Group, has hosted the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy, to a visit to its first customer in the Northern Territory to be connected to the NBN via Fixed Wireless technology.
Source: iTWire
iiNet hits wall dismantling Telstra's ADSL costs
iiNet is pressing the competition watchdog for a private briefing on how draft wholesale prices for ADSL have been put together.
Source: iTnews Australia
Ipswich angry after NBN cuts phone cable
Queensland business owners on their third day without internet and phone services are angry after contractors laying the National Broadband Network accidentally cut a cable.
Source: Computerworld
Telstra and Australian Defence sign off on AU$1.1 billion contract
Telstra has said it plans to create 350 new roles to implement an AU$1.1 billion Department of Defence contract to build the department's new terrestrial communications network.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra still has best quality wireless network
The gap in network quality performance between the highest- and lowest-ranked carriers has narrowed in the last year, but Telstra is still best and Vodafone is still worst.
Source: iTWire
Telstra ADSL charge zones challenged
A key council on Melbourne's urban fringe is calling for a review of the boundaries of Telstra's charging zones for ADSL ports, amid concerns many are outdated.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN workers cut internet: Qld councillor
Contractors laying the National Broadband Network have cut Internet connections to thousands of homes and businesses in Queensland, a local councillor says.
Source: ARN
Wed, 17th Apr 2013
Telstra to drive big ADSL users off busy DSLAMs
Telstra is planning to separate "high volume" and regular users on its ADSL network under continued efforts to confront the causes of network congestion.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co signs contract to connect apartments in NT and QLD
NBN Co has signed a $17.9 million contract with ISG Management to connect apartments to the National Broadband Network (NBN) in the Northern Territory and Queensland.
Source: Computerworld
Telstra needs to offer wholesale naked DSL: Rivals
Telstra's competitors have called for the competition regulator to force Telstra's wholesale arm to offer naked DSL products, which Optus claims will save customers at least AU$6 per month.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Northern Territory to get 3G services
Telstra and the Northern Territory government have signed an agreement for mobile phone sites to be installed in eight locations to provide 3G services in the Top End.
Source: Computerworld
Coalition to rescue NBN in new housing estates
The Coalition's broadband policy is being lauded as a potential breakthrough for issues that have plagued NBN Co's fibre rollout in new housing estates.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 16th Apr 2013
Coalition NBN plan provides certainty: Macquarie Telecom
Macquarie Telecom has said the Coalition's NBN announcement is "great news" for businesses because it brings certainty that there will be an NBN if there is a change of government.
Source: Computerworld
Businesses are not prepared for NBN rollout: Macquarie Telecom
Although businesses expect massive change from the NBN, many of them are still underprepared for its effects on their employees and the market share, according to a survey by telecommunications company, Macquarie Telecom.
Source: ARN
NBN construction pay rates 'extremely poor': NSW Business Chamber
The New South Wales Business Chamber has said that it has received complaints from NBN contractors over the pay rates for constructing the fibre network.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Pipe warns NBN Co off mobile backhaul turf
Pipe Networks is warning NBN Co to stay off its turf after suggestions the taxpayer-funded network is considering becoming involved in mobile backhaul.
Source: iTnews Australia
Eftel directors resign
ISP, Eftel has made a number of changes to its board of directors as a result of its acquisition by M2 Telecommunications earlier this year.
Source: ARN
Net capacity down to wire
Australia's submarine fibre-optic links to the world may not be fully utilised at the moment, but more are being built to cater to our insatiable appetite for data and content.
Source: SMH
NBN Co to fast-track more users onto fibre
NBN Co is hoping to fast-track users onto its fibre network by cutting down the wait time for a retail internet service.
Source: iTnews Australia
PIPE opposes NBN entering mobile backhaul market
Fibre backhaul provider PIPE networks has rejected suggestions NBN Co could help provide backhaul for mobile networks, saying it will damage the fibre backhaul industry.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Mon, 15th Apr 2013
NBN will change regardless of government: Analysts
The firm that last month projected what a Coalition government could do with Australia's NBN has said that the project will likely change under either government after September.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Coalition's NBN analysis needs more analysis
The Coalition's background discussion paper on competing NBN policies raises important questions over the current policy, but overlooks some of its own problems.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Poll shows voters prefer Labor's NBN
Labor's national broadband network is more popular than the Coalition's cheaper version, according to the first national poll on the policies.
Source: SMH
Sydney train tunnels get phone reception
Sydney commuters will be able to use their phones and access the internet inside train tunnels on the City Circle line for the first time, after a network infrastructure upgrade.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Turnbull 'knows' Telstra enough to cut copper deal
Opposition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull is confident his relationship with Telstra will help the Coalition cut a deal for the copper access required for a future fibre-to-the-node network.
Source: iTnews Australia
Fri, 12th Apr 2013
Court docs detail bitter Kogan, ispONE fight
Kogan Mobile has accused wholesale telco partner ispONE of 'continually' breaching its agreement with the retailer by suspending and flagging Kogan's most active users.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN and IPTV trial for dental students launches
A trial has been launched at the University of Melbourne’s Shepparton campus which aims to deliver dental education to regional Victoria using high-speed broadband and IPTV.
Source: Computerworld