Broadband News
Thu, 16th Aug 2012
First NBN fibre extension comes in: $150,000
A South Australian resident just seven kilometres by line of sight from the Adelaide central business district has been quoted $150,000 to upgrade to a National Broadband Network fibre connection.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 15th Aug 2012
iiNet shaken and stirred with mix and match mobile plans
Touting its own shake up of the mobile market, Internet services provider, iiNet says it will tomorrow launch mix and match mobile phone plans that give customers the freedom to choose a separate mobile SIM plan and handset according to their personal needs.
Source: iTWire
NBN delay is NBN Co's fault, not ours: ACCC
The chairperson of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has hit back at claims from NBN Co that the time it took the watchdog to approve Telstra's structural separation is to blame for a six-month delay to the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Source: Computerworld
Optus to focus on sustainable profit growth
Optus will be focusing on sustainable profit growth built on key pillars, according to its group consumer CEO and Australian chief country officer, Paul O'Sullivan.
Source: ARN
ACCC defends authorising Optus-NBN deal
The ACCC chairman has defended the decision to allow Optus to shut down its HFC network and transfer customers onto the NBN for AU$800 million.
Source: ZDNet Australia
DBCDE troubled by e-government usage decline
The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) has urged agencies to review their online service offerings and consider introducing video services to meet citizen demand.
Source: iTnews Australia
Internode launches NodeMobile social networking plans
Adelaide-based Internet service provider (ISP), Internode, has launched three new NodeMobile plans each offering 150GB of social networking data allowance, alongside other inclusions.
Source: ARN
Tue, 14th Aug 2012
Internode's NodeMobile adds to mobile phone plan choice
Internode has added NodeMobile mobile phone plans to its product roster, offering a generous amount of social media specific data.
Source: iTWire
Optus suffers Q1 earnings slide
Optus has suffered a slide in earnings and revenue during the first quarter of its financial year.
Source: ARN
NBN numbers prove we need more numbers
Now that the updated NBN corporate plan is out, we have better numbers to inform public debate. Haters have jumped to conclusions, but if Conroy is smart, he’ll lift the NBN’s bushel to silence the critics.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Mon, 13th Aug 2012
ADSL2+, cable access to grow in Victoria
The penetration of ADSL2+ and cable fixed line broadband services is expected to nearly double in Victoria over the next four years, according to Deloitte Access Economics.
Source: iTnews Australia
Victorian NBN demand reports: similar stats, different spin
The Victorian Coalition Government has released a report on telecommunications demand, claiming that the NBN rollout is failing the state. When a similar report with similar findings was released to years ago the then Labor Government hailed it as a vindication of the Federal Government's NBN strategy.
Source: iTWire
NBN isn't meeting our needs: Victoria
The Victorian Government has seized on a Deloitte report stating that the NBN's roll-out pace is not keeping up with demand for high-speed broadband.
Source: ZDNet Australia
What if you say no when the NBN comes to your street?
Australians can elect not to be connected, but a decision is yet to be made on whether you’ll have to pay if you want the NBN at a later date.
Source: PC Authority
Coalition to reassess Huawei NBN ban
The Australian Federal Coalition has indicated that it might reconsider the ban on Huawei tendering for the NBN, should the Coalition win the next federal election in 2013.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co formalises user-pays fibre, wireless extensions
NBN Co has formalised a policy allowing users to request an extension to the National Broadband Network's fibre or fixed wireless networks, 15 months after first trialling the user-pays upgrade process in Tasmania.
Source: iTnews Australia
Sat, 11th Aug 2012
The Internet IPv4 address business
Don't want to switch over to IPv6 yet? It's getting to be easier to switch IPv4 Internet address blocks from region to region and to buy them from the free market.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Fri, 10th Aug 2012
We'll wait and see on NBN chief: Hockey
Shadow Treasurer Hockey will not say whether NBN Co's CEO would keep his job if the Coalition wins the next Australian Federal Election.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Internode, Exetel enter Telstra greenfields game
Internet service providers have begun offering competitive services to residents in fibre-to-the-home estates previously locked to Telstra, but first pricing indicates an ongoing wholesale price squeeze.
Source: iTnews Australia
TPG guns for SMBs with new VoIP plans
TPG has decided to cater to the small end of town with two new business VoIP plans.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Roxon reportedly pushes back data retention law
The Federal Government’s controversial data retention scheme has reportedly been stalled until after the next election.
Source: iTnews Australia
Prysmian unveils NBN cable factory
Fibre cable manufacturer Prysmian has opened a new $11 million facility in northern Sydney in a bid to ramp up supply of optic fibre for the National Broadband Network.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 09th Aug 2012
Prysmian expands Sydney fibre factory for NBN
Cabling company Prysmian has opened an expanded fibre production factory in Dee Why, New South Wales to provide fibre cable for the National Broadband Network.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra boosts NBN, mobile investments
Telstra has unveiled plans to speed up its migration to Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile broadband technology, investing a total $1.2 billion and upgrading between 1000 and 1500 mobile base stations over the next 12 months.
Source: iTnews Australia
Optus completes $10m mobile network upgrade
Optus has completed a $10 million, two-year mobile network upgrade across Greater Darwin and Palmerston in the Northern Territory, improving 3G access in the region.
Source: Computerworld
NBN hopelessly behind targets: Lib MP
The head of the National Broadband Network would probably have been fired if the project was funded by the private sector, says a federal Liberal MP with senior experience in the telecommunications industry.
Source: ARN
Telstra reinvests AU$1.2bn in network
Telstra plans to invest AU$1.2 billion back into its mobile network, as the company today reported a full-year profit of AU$3.4 billion on the back of adding 1.6 million mobile customers in the last year.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Internode launches new broadband plans
Internet service provider, Internode, has launched a set of new Reach Fibre Access Broadband (FAB) plans that will be available at over 125 greenfield real estate developments throughout the Australian mainland.
Source: ARN
Aus Govt let public down on NBN: Turnbull
Malcolm Turnbull has said that the Australian Government is letting the public down with NBN delays and cost blowouts.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Government grants $27m to NBN-enabled education projects
The Federal Government has handed $27 million in grants to 12 education and training projects which utilise the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Source: Computerworld