Broadband News
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
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