Broadband News
Fri, 31st Aug 2012
Optus introduces spending alerts system for post-paid customers
Optus has today introduced a new usage alert service for post-paid mobile customers, aiming to provide greater transparency of mobile accounts to enable better spend management.
Source: ARN
ACMA shocked by abolition calls
ACMA chairman Chris Chapman has said that he was "gobsmacked" by the Convergence Review recommendation that ACMA be abolished, saying he sees a big future for the authority in a digital world.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Thu, 30th Aug 2012
Billion's first new routers in two years
Australian specialist broadband device distributor, PCRange has starting shipping its first new Billion routers in two years, with the Billion V Series Broadcom chipset-based routers now coming on to the market in Australia.
Source: iTWire
Telstra to pull plug on 3GIS services at 10am Friday
Telstra is counting down the hours until the final shutdown of mobile services on the 3GIS network begins.
Source: iTnews Australia
Exetel internet outage brings down website, phone support
Australian ISP Exetel has experienced a network outage, which also brought down the company's support phone lines and website, leaving disconnected users to turn to social media.
Source: ZDNet Australia
iiNet's MD sells $13.2m worth of shares
Michael Malone, managing director at iiNet, has sold $13.2 million worth of shares in the company.
Source: Computerworld
Wed, 29th Aug 2012
Oakeshott 'surprised' at Coalition's Huawei pledge
Independent MP Rob Oakeshott has expressed surprise at a Coalition pledge to review Huawei's ban from NBN works should it come to power in the next election.
Source: iTnews Australia
Developers think NBN fibre is free: Opticomm
Fibre network company Opticomm has said that developers incorrectly believe that NBN Co's fibre installation in new housing developments is free of charge.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Turnbull sheds light on Coalition NBN plans
Malcolm Turnbull, Shadow Minister for Communications and Broadband, has shed further light on what the Coalition's approach would be to the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Source: Computerworld
NBN Co speeds up service delivery with automated tools
NBN Co is using management software tools to help speed up the delivery of new high-speed broadband services across Australia. The National Broadband Network wholesaler has deployed IBM Rational software to build the capabilities required to automate the process of activating services for retail service providers.
Source: Computerworld
Asian expansion helps boost Vocus results
Winning business from Asian carriers operating on the Singapore route and the flow through of benefits from the expanding cloud market has helped Australian-listed telecommunications provider of Data Centre, Dark Fibre and International Internet connectivity, Vocus Communications, to a big increase in earnings and an expansion in revenue to $45.29 million for the full year 2012.
Source: iTWire
Coalition pledges to review Huawei's NBN lockout
Shadow communications minister Malcolm Turnbull has pledged to review Huawei's exclusion from National Broadband Network contracts should the Coalition come into power.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 28th Aug 2012
Vocus continues fibre optic network expansion
Vocus Communications plans to add 40km of fibre optic cable to its network in the coming financial year, further expanding its reach.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra 4G to reach 66% of Aussies by June 2013
Telstra has announced plans to extend its LTE to 66.6 per cent of Australians by June 2013.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra Wi-Fi gives Coke super-fast speeds
Coca-Cola Amatil has signed a deal with Telstra to deploy 3000 digital media units that will give people free Wi-Fi with their Coke purchase.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Mon, 27th Aug 2012
Telstra DNSChanger infections have almost halved
It's been about a month and a half since the temporary DNSChanger servers were cut from the internet, so how has Telstra's temporary redirect worked during that time?
Source: ZDNet Australia
Huawei rails against Aus Govt 'vendor discrimination'
Chinese telco giant Huawei has warned that proposed changes to telecommunications security legislation might harm competition by discriminating against particular vendors and their countries of origin.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Optus puts Facebook credits, BlackBerry apps on the phone bill
Optus has announced arrangements that will allow its subscribers to charge BlackBerry App World and Facebook credits purchases to their mobile phone accounts.
Source: iTWire
Telstra adds wholesale data products
Telstra announced a set of data products for wholesale customers available today.
Source: Computerworld
Optus signs on for BlackBerry, Facebook direct bill payments
Optus has jumped on the payments innovation bandwagon, allowing its customers to pay by having charges put on their mobile phone bill.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Fri, 24th Aug 2012
NBN satellite ground station to be built at Ceduna
Ceduna in South Australia has been announced as the location for another satellite ground station for the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Source: Computerworld
NBN spurs business process overhaul at Telstra
The NBN has driven Telstra to overhaul internal processes to become more competitive, according to Telstra director of products and IT enablement, Jenny Wood.
Source: Computerworld
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