Broadband News
Thu, 23rd Aug 2012
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
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