Broadband News
Tue, 04th Dec 2012
AAPT launches fast mid-band ethernet service
The new MBE service delivers up to 80Mbps and doesn't require fibre builds.
Source: ARN
Mon, 03rd Dec 2012
The state of Australian 4G
It has been over a year since 4G services landed in Australia, and less than one in 20 Australians have tried out the new technology.
Source: ZDNet Australia
iiNet: copyright law hampering ISPs
Australia's third-largest ISP iiNet has said that Australia's copyright law is creating uncertainty for ISPs seeking to reduce the costs of operating networks.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Optus makes two key management changes
Telco service provider, Optus, has made two key management changes.
Source: ARN
Security researcher calls for Australian cookie audit
The University of Canberra's Centre for Internet Safety (CIS) has called for greater powers for the Office of the Information Commissioner to assist with a crackdown on the use of digital cookies.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra awards NBN-related contract to Service Stream, worth up to $420m
Telstra has awarded a $180 million National Broadband Network-related (NBN) contract to Service Stream for remediation of the telco’s pit and pipe infrastructure.
Source: Computerworld
Sun, 02nd Dec 2012
Conroy rules out fourth FTA TV network
Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy has released the government’s initial response to the media Convergence Review. It confirms that a fourth commercial TV network will not be allowed.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 30th Nov 2012
Inside Telstra's handset testing facility
Telstra this year tested 14 new handsets and 29 software upgrades in its Mobile Innovation Lab in Western Sydney.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra calculations undone by data source error
Telstra has been granted an extension to file mandatory price equivalence reports with the competition watchdog after uncovering a data source error that led to a miscalculation of internal wholesale prices.
Source: iTnews Australia
Vodafone network succumbs to Melbourne heat
Vodafone Australia has blamed an air-conditioning failure at its Melbourne switch for a three hour service outage late Thursday.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 29th Nov 2012
Digging NBN's dirt
With NBN Co now connecting premises as they roll down every street, there's going to be a whole lot of digging required.
Source: ZDNet Australia
4G connected mobile devices set to grow massively by 2016
Almost half of total mobile connections will be 4G by 2016 according to report.
Source: ARN
Conroy launches inquiry into Telstra's Warrnambool fire
An inquiry has been launched into the fire at a Telstra exchange in Warrnambool, Victoria, which cut off the telco's fixed line network to 60,000 residents.
Source: Computerworld
Bondi Beach free wifi switched on
Sydney's Waverley Council has switched on a free wifi network for visitors to Bondi Beach.
Source: iTnews Australia
Do Not Track lands in networking hardware
Router maker adds the controversial technology to its line of hardware for home and small business.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Wed, 28th Nov 2012
NBN Co still in stoush over NSW power poles
NBN Co and the NSW State Government are yet to resolve issues associated with the rollout of overhead cabling for the high speed network.
Source: iTnews Australia
Conroy's spectrum mistake is Telstra's 4G revenge
The very fact that Conroy needed to intervene in the digital-dividend spectrum auctions shows how much things can change in five years. But as Conroy reaps what he sowed, is he making things better or much, much worse?
Source: ZDNet Australia
Base coalition NBN would cost AU$15B
Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said that his NBN policy would cost AU$15 billion, if NBN Co didn't already have contracts in place.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra 're-parents' sub-exchanges to South Melbourne
Telstra has set up its South Melbourne exchange as the temporary "parent" for 11 sub-exchanges located up to 260 kilometres away as part of recovery efforts from last week's Warrnambool exchange fire.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 27th Nov 2012
Remote NBN poses health risks
Delivering telehealth services over the satellite-enabled portion of the National Broadband Network could actually do more harm than good in some situations the CSIRO has warned.
Source: iTWire
Google Fiber: are gigabit speeds the real story, or free Internet access?
Google has been in the news lately regarding their fiber gigabit speeds -- a marvelous prospect that has many of us salivating at the thought of -- but what about the free Internet access they're also offering? That's pretty amazing, too.
Source: ZDNet Australia
AAPT provides direct pipe to Amazon Web Services
AAPT is offering its customers dedicated, private network connectivity to Amazon Web Services infrastructure in Sydney under a new partnership with the cloud giant.
Source: iTnews Australia
iiNet moves into first place for fibre
Telco service provider, iiNet, has connected more than 10,000 customers to Fibre to the Home (FTTH) broadband across Australia, surpassing the total number of FTTH customers connected to the NBN.
Source: ARN
Australians think Abbott will keep the NBN
The Australian opposition still has an election-winning lead over the government, but voters believe it will keep Labor's AU$37.4 billion NBN.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Mon, 26th Nov 2012
Telstra unveils beefy 25 GB mobile broadband option
Telstra has quietly introduced a new 25 GB option at the top end of its range of postpaid Liberty mobile broadband plans.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra repairs continue in Warrnambool, Vic
Telstra has restored Internet and data services for 91 large business customers in southwest Victoria after a fire took out part of the telco’s exchange in Warrnambool.
Source: Computerworld
Sat, 24th Nov 2012
Vectoring could allow Deutsche Telekom to boost copper broadband speeds to 100M bps
German network operator Deutsche Telekom is planning to upgrade its copper broadband network using a technology called vectoring, which will result in speeds of up to 100M bps.
Source: Computerworld
Fri, 23rd Nov 2012
Telstra faces probe on NBN data disclosure plan
Telstra is facing scrutiny over the way it proposes to stop information it receives under the definitive agreements with NBN Co being leaked to its retail arm.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra works to fix Vic phones after fire
Thousands of Telstra customers in Victoria's southwest can expect to get mobile phone reception back in the next 24 hours after a fire damaged a local telephone exchange, but it will be few days before Internet and landlines are restored.
Source: Computerworld
Public dissatisfaction with NBN proposals grow
A fixed wireless tower in Tasmania for the National Broadband Network (NBN) is in dispute, following the initial approval of the tower by Huon Valley Council.
Source: Computerworld