Broadband News
Thu, 28th Feb 2013
The NBN isn't a copyright boogeyman
Industries seeking to push their own agenda will really only blame the NBN in a move to try to force the Labor government to see things their way.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Coalition plans to demolish NBN: Conroy
The Coalition is intending to demolish the NBN if elected, according to Minister for Broadband, Communications, and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy.
Source: ARN
NBN oversight falls victim to partisanship
Independent MP Rob Oakleshott has lambasted the Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network (JCNBN) for becoming more about party politics than about the roll out of the NBN.
Source: Computerworld
Eftel culls staff following Engin takeover
Fixed-line wholesale internet provider Eftel has announced that it has closed its Perth and Malaysian offices following the acquisition of VoIP provider Engin last year.
Source: ZDNet Australia
For cost per Mbit/sec fibre beats copper hands down
Point Topic has released its latest quarterly benchmark of global broadband tariffs, showing that the cost of fibre services per megabit of bandwidth in one fifth that of services over copper and predicting that European nations will need to accelerate fibre rollouts.
Source: iTWire
Vocus revenue and net profit rise
Majority of revenue growth came from its internet, fibre and datacentre business.
Source: ARN
Wed, 27th Feb 2013
Prices down, bandwidth up - Aussie consumers the winners
The ACCC's new Telecommunications Report shows Australian consumers continue to benefit from falling prices for telecommunication services. And Australians now spend more time on mobiles than fixed lines.
Source: iTWire
Australian internet access prices fall for fifth year
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has found internet access prices have fallen for the fifth consecutive year, down 2.7 percent in the past year.
Source: iTnews Australia
So what's wrong with the NBN being unique?
Say what you like about Malcolm Turnbull, his grasp of facts on NBN-like (I use the term loosely) broadband networks and related policies in other countries puts that of most journalists covering the area to shame.
Source: iTWire
iiNet wants to introduce you to a new Budii
iiNet's latest home router - the Budii - features a smartphone and tablet.
Source: iTWire
Small businesses don't see benefit in NBN: report
Forty per cent of small business owners believe the National Broadband Network (NBN) will not help their business, according to a Roy Morgan report.
Source: Computerworld
Trans-Pacific bandwidth prices slow to drop
Australian and New Zealand prices for wholesale bandwidth over optical wavelengths are refusing to budge, despite big price drops on other routes elsewhere around the world.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 26th Feb 2013
2014 the year of the FTTN NBN
It has now reached the stage where even rusted on ALP supporters have accepted the inevitable demise of the current government and the end of the fibre to the door National Broadband Network. The NBN will continue but from 2014, when the new government gets down to business, its nature will be very different, as will the company overseeing its rollout.
Source: iTWire
ACCC keeps eye on network congestion management
Increased data usage will create congestion challenges for network operators, according to a report by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC).
Source: Computerworld
Vodafone Australia records AU$800m loss
Vodafone Australia's parent company Hutchison has revealed that the troubled company lost AU$817.6 million in 2012.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Vodafone loses 443,000 customers
Hutchison Telecommunications Australia (HTA), which has a 50 per cent share in Vodafone Hutchison Australia, has reported a $408.8 million loss for VHA, compared to $175.4 million in 2011.
Source: Computerworld
Vodafone: No contact from law firm on class action
Vodafone states it hasn't been provided with any details of the class action brought on by Piper Alderman.
Source: ARN
Vodafone to face class action lawsuit
Vodafone Australia is facing renewed threats of a class action lawsuit being filed on behalf of 23,000 angry customers.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 25th Feb 2013
Vodafone to be served class action over network issues
Law firm Piper Alderman has announced plans to serve Vodafone with a class action following years of collecting customer experience stories through its online survey.
Source: Computerworld
NBN Co tech report a 'cheap stunt', says Turnbull
NBN Co's call for a third-party report on policy and technology options that could impact the national network is little more than a "cheap stunt", according to shadow communications minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN study is 'policy chaos': Turnbull
Australian Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said NBN Co CEO Mike Quigley's idea for a broadband study is four years too late.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Sat, 23rd Feb 2013
NBN Co's CEO calls for a study into broadband technologies
NBN Co's CEO Mike Quigley has called for a study from the Communications Alliance to decide what is the best technology to use to roll out high-speed broadband across Australia.
Source: Computerworld
Fri, 22nd Feb 2013
Quigley calls for industry to inform NBN debate
NBN Co chief executive officer Mike Quigley has asked the telecommunications industry to report on policy and technology options that could impact the NBN.
Source: iTnews Australia
AAPT culls customers, job cuts flagged
Business telco AAPT has exited "low-margin" customer relationships and faces the prospect of job cuts as parent Telecom New Zealand embarks on a business simplification programme.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN switched on in first regional Vic town
The first regional Victorians are about to be plugged in to the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Source: Computerworld
Thu, 21st Feb 2013
NBN delays work in our favour: iiNet
iiNet CEO Michael Malone has said that, while annoying, delays in rolling out the National Broadband Network benefit a company like iiNet.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Six 'telcos' outside TIO scheme under investigation
Six carriage service providers are under investigation over their alleged failure to join the mandatory Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman scheme, according to Australia's communications watchdog.
Source: iTnews Australia
iiNet net profit jumps 122 per cent
iiNet’s $165 million acquisitions of Internode and TransACT have paid off for the ISP, with the acquisitions helping to drive a 122 per cent jump in net profit to $32 million, the company reported.
Source: Computerworld
Broadband flat, revenue up for iiNet
ISP iiNet has reported a flat broadband market in its results for the first half of 2013, leading it to focus on selling more products to each of its 1.61 million customers.
Source: iTnews Australia
Internode crowned Roy Morgan's ISP of the Year again
Internet service provider (ISP), Internode, has been named Home ISP of the Year for the second consecutive year at the Roy Morgan Research Customer Satisfaction Awards.
Source: ARN