Broadband News
Tue, 03rd Apr 2012
Equinix brings expansion plans forward
Global data centre giant Equinix has announced it will bring expansion plans for its Sydney facility forward by six months to meet strong demand for data centre space.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co to educate public on network
With 40 retail service providers (RSP) now signed on to offer National Broadband Network (NBN) services, NBN Co has flagged plans to significantly raise public awareness of the network.
Source: Computerworld
Gartner: Factor NBN into enterprise plans
Analyst firm Gartner has urged businesses to plan their enterprise networks in consideration of the National Broadband Network rollout to take advantage of its promised ubiquity and low prices.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 02nd Apr 2012
Can broadband save the world from global warming?
It is said that to limit global temperature rise to 2°C, emissions need to be capped at approximately 44 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2020. However emission are likely to hit 53 gigatonnes by 2020. The ITU says that ICT and broadband-enabled applications could limit the total to just 45.2 gigatonnes by 2020.
Source: iTWire
iiNet bowls up NBN hat-trick
Australia's largest NBN service provider, iiNet, says it will be the first company to offer NBN services across all three access methods - fibre, satellite and wireless.
Source: iTWire
Internode unveils NBN wireless plans in Armidale
Internode has begun to sell national broadband network (NBN) fixed wireless services to the residents of Armidale in northern NSW.
Source: Computerworld
NBN goes wireless with iiNet
Whether its fibre, satellite and wireless, iiNet now has the honour of becoming the first company to offer the NBN across all three.
Source: ARN
Virgin Mobile beefs up mobile broadband quotas
Virgin Mobile has increased data quotas on its postpaid mobile broadband plans by between 500 MB and 4 GB a month.
Source: iTnews Australia
No NBN fate but what NBN Co makes
No matter how you feel about the NBN, you have to give it to Labor: they know how to make it look like they're doing something. And yet, as the NBN kicks into overdrive with this week's announcement of the company's three-year plan, the ambitious targets the party has announced seem almost destined to make liars out of it. The real question is: will anybody care?
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN not the only opportunity in Australia for Huawei
The Australian head of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei says there is still a role for the company in Australia, despite being banned from any participation in the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Source: Computerworld
Fri, 30th Mar 2012
Politics not behind suburbs covered by NBN
Suburbs and towns covered by the National Broadband Network (NBN) were chosen mainly for engineering reasons and not because of politics, NBN Co boss, Mike Quigley, says.
Source: ARN
Telstra submits plans for independent telecom adjudicator
Telstra has submitted to the ACCC drafts of the constitution and charter of the Independent Telecommunications Adjudicator (ITA) that it is required to set up under the structural separation undertaking given to, and recently approved by, the ACCC that sets out details of its participation in the NBN.
Source: iTWire
iiNet builds NBN automation for growth
iiNet has revealed plans to integrate with NBN Co's newly launched business-to-business interface next month to speed up activation of new services for customers and its subsidiaries on the National Broadband Network.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN rollout shortchanges Victoria: Vic govt
Victoria has been "dudded" by the federal government's rollout of the National Broadband Network, the state government says.
Source: Computerworld
Thu, 29th Mar 2012
Three year plan for 3.5 million premises to be connected to NBN
Prime Minister Julia Gillard just announced stage one of the National Broadband Network's wide-scale rollout plan.
Source: NBN Co
Internode joins fast transfer party
Internode has now put the same process into place that iiNet did last week, enabling customers to transfer to the internet service provider without weeks of downtime.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co announces stage 1 rollout plans
Phase 1 of the NBN fibre rollout will reach up to one third of homes and businesses over the next three years. Will you be covered?
Source: iTWire
NBN announces 3-year rollout plan
NBN Co Ltd boss, Mike Quigley, says the launch of the three-year rollout schedule for the high speed National Broadband Network (NBN) is a "turning point" for the federal government project.
Source: Computerworld
'Bill shock' hits one in two mobile phone users: study
"Bill shock" is hitting nearly half of Australian mobile phone users and is costing the country more than $557 million a year, a new study has found.=
Source: SMH
Wed, 28th Mar 2012
ACCC delays decision on Foxtel-Austar tie up
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has delayed a decision on the proposed acquisition of regional pay TV operator Austar by Foxtel.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Nextep expands to NBN
NEC subsidiary Nextep has signed a wholesale agreement with NBN Co to offer sub-wholesale services on the National Broadband Network by the middle of the year.
Source: iTnews Australia
Huawei fears spread to New Zealand
The Australian Government's decision to ban Huawei from tendering for the National Broadband Network (NBN) has sent ripples across the Tasman, with the New Zealand Labour Party calling on its government to explain Huawei's involvement with New Zealand's ultra-fast broadband roll-out.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN may accelerate education revolution
The National Broadband Network (NBN) is expected to speed up the transformation process of the education sector, according to NBN Co.
Source: Computerworld
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