Broadband News
Wed, 27th Mar 2013
Exploiting the NBN will stretch IT skills
Australian IT managers surveyed by IT management software company SolarWinds say that finding the skills needed to exploit the opportunities provided by the NBN will be a major challenge.
Source: iTWire
Telstra faces objection over .yellowpages domain
International directories and internet services business Hibu has lodged a legal rights objection against Telstra over its application for the generic top level domain .yellowpages.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co yet to secure NSW pole access deals
NBN Co is yet to reach permanent agreements with two out of three NSW state-owned electricity distributors for access to power pole infrastructure to deploy aerial fibre cables.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 26th Mar 2013
Council IT dept tells of major failures after Telstra fire
Southern Grampians Shire Council has catalogued the trials of its IT department's improvisation efforts to restart core services in the wake of Telstra's exchange fire at Warrnambool late last year.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mozilla begins baking new patch to kill tracking cookies
A new patch for Firefox is now being tested by Mozilla and could see third party cookies banned from being installed if a user hasn't directly visited the cookie owner.
Source: ZDNet Australia
AARNet, NBN connect primary school students
Junior newsreaders in New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria will be broadcasting their sustainability stories via Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) video conferencing service and the National Broadband Network (NBN) today.
Source: Computerworld
Vic govt puts Warrnambool exchange fire cost at AU$18m
The Telstra exchange fire in the Victoria regional town of Warrnambool cost the local economy at least AU$17.9 million, according to the Victorian government.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co awards $170 million contract to Transfield services
NBN Co has awarded a $170 million contract to Transfield Services to roll out fibre optic broadband in Sydney metropolitan and suburban areas.
Source: ARN
NBN Co to simplify fibre approvals for new estates
NBN Co will simplify the application process required for developers to have fibre approved for new housing estates.
Source: iTnews Australia
Feds urged to retain Telstra copper in NBN world
The Victorian Government has urged its Federal counterpart to consider running Telstra's copper and NBN fibre networks side-by-side until the latter proves its credentials to stay online in an emergency.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 25th Mar 2013
Telstra exchange fire cost $408,000 a day
The Victorian Government has revealed that Telstra's exchange fire in Warrnambool last year cost the local economy an estimated $408,000 a day.
Source: iTnews Australia
ICANN approves first new Top-Level Domains
The first 27 of 1898 new global Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) to join the likes of .com, .net and .au live on the Internet have been released by ICANN.
Source: iTWire
Sun, 24th Mar 2013
NBN: Fibre to the world
In this feature, ZDNet explores how fibre deployments across the UK, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States are being achieved, at what cost, whether they have been successful, and how they compare to Australia's NBN.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Fri, 22nd Mar 2013
Telstra reins 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
Optus makes surprise strategic shift to focus on fixed & NBN
Optus has announced a significant refocussing on its fixed network business with the loss of almost 300 staff, but Mobile accounts for 66% of revenues and almost 70% of EBITDA.
Source: iTWire
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