Broadband News
Wed, 28th Mar 2012
Conroy named a community visionary
Federal Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, who is overseeing the government's $36 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) project, has received an award from a New York-based think tank.
Source: ARN
Pay TV piracy hits Murdoch
A secret unit within Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation promoted a wave of high-tech piracy in Australia that damaged Austar, Optus and Foxtel at a time when News was moving to take control of the Australian pay TV industry, a four-year investigation by The Australian Financial Review has revealed.
Source: SMH
Tue, 27th Mar 2012
ACCC taking Apple to court over misleading '4G' iPad claims
The ACCC is taking Apple to Court alleging that it has mislead consumers by touting the new iPad has having '4G' capabilities. Exactly as iTWire predicted when the product was announced.
Source: iTWire
Pacific Fibre stirs up FUD about Huawei's sub cable technology
Pacific Fibre the New Zealand company planning to build a submarine cable system linking Australia, New Zealand and the USA, has seized on the Australian Government's concerns about the security of Huawei equipment to disparage a potential rival TransTasman cable system that plans to use Huawei gear.
Source: iTWire
NBN Co to release three-year rollout plan Thursday
NBN Co has revealed it will release the much-anticipated forward rollout plan for the National Broadband Network on Thursday.
Source: iTnews Australia
Big news for IPv6: Akamai to launch service in April
Akamai will offer IPv6 services to its entire customer base in April - a long-awaited move that will be a major boon to the adoption rate of the next-generation Internet Protocol.
Source: Computerworld
Telstra International revamps subsea cable
Telstra International has deployed a 40-gigabit per second (Gbps) Infinera DTN digital switching technology for its Reach subsea network in Asia.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Townsville tornado rips through NBN infrastructure
NBN Co's Townsville first release sites for the National Broadband Network (NBN) suffered severe damage last week after a mini tornado hit the area.
Source: Computerworld
Mon, 26th Mar 2012
iiNet and Internode users can now share unmetered content
iiNet and Internode customers will now be able to share access to the content libraries of each internet service provider without being charged from their monthly quotas.
Source: Computerworld
Greens call for govt to explain Huawei ban
The Greens have called for the Federal Government to explain the reasoning behind its decision to ban Chinese network giant Huawei from tendering for the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN security more than just the network
Creating an open, borderless network for the ever-expanding NBN Co organisation came down to creating a highly segmented network divided across the company's different businesses, according to the company's general manager of information and security Peter Watson.
Source: ZDNet Australia
How to configure your router
An introduction to important setup options on your router for getting the best performance and security. If you're not across modulation types, NAT and port forwarding, QoS and IPv6 then read on.
Source: PC Authority
Huawei links to cyber attacks 'absurd'
Former foreign minister Alexander Downer has criticised suggestions that Huawei is somehow involved in cyber warfare after the Chinese vendor was blocked from bidding for NBN work over security fears.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co inks $300m construction contract in Tasmania
NBN Co has inked a $300 million construction and maintenance contract with Visionstream Australia for the complete rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) in Tasmania.
Source: Computerworld
Sat, 24th Mar 2012
Govt banned Huawei from NBN bids
The government has reportedly banned Chinese-owned Huawei from tendering for National Broadband Network contracts, with the office of Attorney-General Nicola Roxon issuing a statement saying the government needed to protect the integrity of Australia's information infrastructure.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Fri, 23rd Mar 2012
Primus first to be NBN Co certified for B2B interoperation
Primus has become the first retail service provider to be certified by NBN Co for direct integration of its systems with those of NBN Co, enabling it to automate order management, assurance and billing operations for services provided on the NBN to its end user customers.
Source: iTWire
ACTA treaty mauled in hearings
Academics have savaged the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) treaty over the power it affords intellectual property rights holders during a second round of joint committee hearings in Canberra.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra sparks 900 MHz LTE movement
Telstra is investigating the viability of using its remaining 2G mobile spectrum stocks to deploy the second phase of its 4G mobile network.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 22nd Mar 2012
iiNet makes claims against Foxtel-Austar merger
iiNet has publicly rallied against the imminent merger of pay TV providers Foxtel and Austar, warning approval from the competition watchdog would give Telstra an increased advantage in the regional broadband market.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN key for Royal Children's Hospital
Although the new Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne is already equipped with a fibre backbone, director of ICT architecture Brendan Kelly says "thank god" for the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co gets first Emerson build modular data centre
Emerson Network Power has handed over to NBN Co the first of 10 modular data centres it has been contracted to build for the company.
Source: iTWire
Pipe Network's Brisbane data centres suffer outage
Australian fibre wholesaler, Pipe Networks, suffered an unexpected outage at its Brisbane-based DC1 and DC2 data centres in the early hours of this morning due to power and air conditioning issues.
Source: Computerworld
Will users reject native 4G for Wi-Fi?
analysis Long-term evolution (LTE) may be the technology that brings faster mobile broadband speeds, but research shows that users are rejecting native 3G connectivity for Wi-Fi, and, if history repeats itself, the same could occur for native 4G support in tablets.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Emerson hands keys to first NBN PoI
Emerson Network Power has delivered the first of ten purpose-built data centres to NBN Co to be used as points of interconnect on the National Broadband Network.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 21st Mar 2012
VoIP providers prepare NBN attack
VoIP and telephony providers Engin and MyNetFone are set to become retail service providers over the National Broadband Network in the first move by non-traditional ISPs to broadband services.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra starts selling 4G wireless hotspot
Telstra has today launched its first 4G long-term evolution (LTE) Wi-Fi hotspot to business customers in collaboration with Sierra Wireless.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Engin launches NBN plans via Nextgen and provides white label VoIP to Nextgen's NBN retailers
VoIP and broadband service provider, Engin - a Seven Group subsidiary - has announced its retail broadband and VoIP plans as part of a two way deal with Nextgen Networks under which it will: use Nextgen's wholesale NBN services to deliver its own NBN services; and provide white-labelled VoIP services to Nextgen for resale to Nextgen's other retail NBN service provider customers.
Source: iTWire
VHA appoints new CEO, reiterates roadmap focus
Bill Morrow has been appointed as CEO of Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA), with the role of chairman to be taken over by Hutchison Whampoa managing director, Canning Fok.
Source: ARN
TPG boosts half year profits by 65 percent
TPG Telecom has reported a 65 percent increase in NPAT for the half year ended 31 January 2012 to $55.7m, and a 17 percent increase in EBITDA to $131.9m on revenues of $324.5m, up 17 percent.
Source: iTWire
Hundreds likely to go in Optus review
More than 750 jobs could be made redundant under an internal review currently underway at Optus.
Source: iTnews Australia