Broadband News
Fri, 24th Aug 2012
Conroy skips beat on digital inclusion
The Federal Government has reserved action on recommendations by the Sinclair Review to expand digital inclusion programs beyond NBN release sites in regional Australia.
Source: iTnews Australia
Vodafone NZ deploys 100Gbs data network
Vodafone New Zealand has rolled out what it claims is the fastest data network in the country with a reported speed of 100 gigabits per second (Gbs).
Source: Computerworld
NBN delivers 50 jobs to SA
South Australia has benefitted to the tune of 50 jobs from construction on what the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has dubbed 'vital elements' of the National Broadband Network.
Source: ARN
NBN Co's CIO steps down
Claire Rawlins has stepped down from her position as chief information officer of NBN Co after leading its greenfield IT organisation for almost three years.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 23rd Aug 2012
Internode picks Inomial OSS/BSS for new NodeMobile service
Inomial, an Australian developer of web based billing, automation, accounting and network monitoring software for telcos, says that Internode has deployed its Smile revenue system to support its recently launched NodeMobile SIM-only mobile service.
Source: iTWire
Telstra CIO makes space for IT mistakes
Telstra has established a space for IT team members to publicise their mistakes and what they learned from them as part of the telco's move to create an adaptive, "agile" culture internally.
Source: iTnews Australia
New Zealand's broadband muddle
New Zealand's broadband network has been held up as an example for Australia. But is it as good as some might think?
Source: ZDNet Australia
Macquarie Telecom targets business NBN market
Despite a 7.7 per cent drop in telco revenue, Macquarie Telecom firmly has its sights on the business end of the market for the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Source: Computerworld
Poll: 47% don't think they need 4G, but Apple is likely to change that with new iPhone release
Results from a new Piper Jaffray poll show consumers don't think they need 4G, but I am pretty sure Apple will change all of that with the next iPhone announcement. Once you taste the speed of LTE, you don't want to go back.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Wed, 22nd Aug 2012
Turnbull's NBN French KISS is right, but so wrong
Malcolm Turnbull has been caught investing in a telco that's rolling out fibre to the home, despite opposing such a move in Australia.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Rackspace Hosting launches Sydney datacentre
Open Cloud company, Rackspace Hosting, has launched its first Australian datacentre.
Source: ARN
Parliament House gets free wifi
The Department of Parliamentary Services has committed to spending $10,000 a year on free wifi for visitors, politicians and employees of Parliament House.
Source: iTnews Australia
Turnbull likes fibre to the home - in France
Opposition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull is opposed to putting fibre-optic cables all the way into households - but that is what he is investing in.
Source: SMH
News Corp boss demands ISP action on 'copyright bandits'
News Limited chief executive Kim Williams is demanding new copyright laws to protect creative works and for ISPs and network providers to take responsibility for the actions of their users.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 21st Aug 2012
Telstra to close two regional call centres
Telstra will make at least 422 staff redundant and close two regional call centres in a wide restructure of its customer service division.
Source: iTnews Australia
Amcom records double figure profit jump
Telco and converged IT services provider Amcom Telecommunications's net profit after tax jumped 10 per cent to $24.8m in the year ended June 30.
Source: ARN
Conroy calls for Turnbull to release Coalition broadband plans
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has called on Malcolm Turnbull to stop hiding from the Australian people and release the Coalition's broadband plan.
Source: ARN
By the numbers: iiNet and TPG get it on
On-net customers are the only ones worth having. iiNet has to get more of them through organic growth if it is to reduce its costs per customer.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Mon, 20th Aug 2012
Despite NBN ban, Huawei reinvests profits into Australia
Huawei has made a decision to start reinvesting local profits back into the Australian market, even though it has been banned from tendering on the National Broadband Network.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN to save up to AU$700m in copper maintenance costs
Despite an AU$37.4 billion price tag, NBN Co could save money in the long run by using fibre instead of the ageing copper network or an FTTN model, according to analyst firm BIS Shrapnel.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Huawei to plough local profits back into Australian market
China's Huawei Technologies is to start reinvesting local profits back into the Australian market, with the local board and company founder and CEO, Ren Zhengfei, currently on a visit to Australia, already on the lookout for opportunities for further business development and investment.
Source: iTWire
FTTP could save $700m a year in maintenance
A fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) network could save up to $700 million per year in telecommunication maintenance, according to a new report released today by BIS Shrapnel.
Source: Computerworld
Fri, 17th Aug 2012
Flood of top-level domains requires higher protections: Melbourne IT
The proposal is meant to prevent bad actors from registering. For example, a fraudster could set up a domain like redcross.charity to solicit donations.
Source: Computerworld
iiNet downplays mobile ambitions
iiNet chief executive Michael Malone has downplayed the internet service provider's ambitions in the mobile market, despite almost doubling its mobile customer base in the past financial year.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co passes 'commercial activities' scrutiny
NBN Co has been cleared in its use of "commercial" grounds to deny Freedom of Information requests, with a review finding no grounds to change or revoke the exemption.
Source: iTnews Australia
iiNet to focus on mobile strategy
iiNet has expressed its intention to focus on its mobile strategy, with the recent launch of its handsets segment.
Source: ARN
Thu, 16th Aug 2012
802.11ac is not destined to repeat the mistakes of the 802.11n launch
Netgear and Broadcom tell us why early adopters shouldn't be afraid of the new gigabit wireless standard.
Source: PC Authority
iiNet reports "best year ever"
iiNet has delivered what it says is its "best ever financial result" for the year to 30 June, in which it made two very substantial acquisitions: Internode and TransACT.
Source: iTWire
iiNet net profit up 11 per cent to $37m
The ASX-listed Internet services provider posted revenue of $831m, up 19 per cent from the previous year.
Source: ARN
Facebook crackdown just the start for ACCC
The Australian watchdog's warning to companies to moderate social media comments is just the tip of the social media iceberg, according to experts.
Source: ZDNet Australia