Broadband News
Tue, 31st Jan 2012
Optus nabs Telstra exec for business
Optus has confirmed the appointment of former Telstra executive John Paitaridis as managing director of the number two telco's business division.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra wins bid to expand WA mobile coverage
Telstra has won the contract to expand mobile coverage in regional Western Australia.
Source: ARN
Mon, 30th Jan 2012
Tony Abbott touts Coalition cyber safety push
Coalition leader Tony Abbott has announced plans to set up an Online Safety Working Group to develop the Coalition's online safety policy.
Source: iTWire
Telcos seek ACCC veto on NBN contracts
Internet service providers (ISPs) have used the competition regulator's review of NBN Co's special-access undertaking (SAU) to call for more oversight of the company's one-year contracts.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Greenfields lobby group escalates NBN complaint
A consortium of greenfield fibre operators will escalate allegations of anti-competitive behaviour levelled against NBN Co, after a Productivity Commission investigation resulted in no action.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra plans repair to North Bundaberg
Telstra has sped up plans to reconnect some 900 premises in North Bundaberg to fixed-line services by Wednesday this week.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telcos demand more power for ACCC in NBN Co SAU
Telcos are worried about the insufficient powers the Australian Competition and Consumers Commission (ACCC) can wield over the National Broadband Network (NBN) under NBN Co’s special access undertaking (SAU).
Source: ARN
Fri, 27th Jan 2012
Telstra's competitors call for wholesale ADSL to be regulated
Telstra's major competitors, from Optus downwards have been unanimous in calling on the ACCC to regulate Telstra's wholesale ADSL service.
Source: iTWire
Israel plans to rollout its own NBN
Israel's state-owned electric company hopes roll out its own high-speed national broadband network.
Source: Australian IT
Internode adjusts fibre plans to match NBN services
South Australia-based ISP, Internode, has released new fibre broadband service prices for more than 20 real estate development locations to match the speed and pricing of its National Broadband Network plans.
Source: ARN
Thu, 26th Jan 2012
Wireless bandwidth: Are we running out of room?
Wireless bandwidth is like land in Manhattan -- it's extremely valuable because they're not making more of it.
Source: Computerworld
Wed, 25th Jan 2012
Greenfields residents gain terabyte quotas
Internode has begun offering terabyte data quotas to residents in supported new housing estates for the first time in the latest of several changes bringing its greenfield prices in line with National Broadband Network offerings.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra opens 4G era for smartphones, but Bondi's off line
Smartphones have just become a whole lot faster potentially. Advantages can run from loading web pages five times more quickly than with the fastest 3G phones to using Facebook and email simultaneously and having video chats with less disruption.
Source: SMH
Vodafone plans Australian restructure
Vodafone Australia has confirmed it will embark on a restructure of the organisation in the "coming weeks" to reduce costs.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 24th Jan 2012
Dodo core routers downed
A fault in Cisco switching equipment on Dodo's core network overnight has been blamed for intermittent and downed connections for thousands of users overnight.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telco industry group attacks Telstra fibre network exemptions
Communications Minister granted Telstra's application to exempt some of its fibre networks from NBN laws does not sit well with the telco industry group.
Source: ARN
Telstra upgrades to boost fixed over mobile
Telstra's upgrades to street cabinets will drive some frustrated customers back from mobile broadband to fixed-line internet services, according to the Commonwealth Bank.
Source: ZDNet Australia
TPG wades in on Telstra SSU discussion
TPG has issued a scathing review of Telstra's revised structural separation undertaking (SSU).
Source: ARN
Telstra opens Velocity estates to third parties
Telstra has cut a deal with the Federal Government that will see 118 of its Velocity fibre-to-the-premise communities opened to retail competition for the first time.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 23rd Jan 2012
The Megaupload takedown
Megaupload, rated by some as the 13th most visited site on the Internet was taken down late last week by the FBI under accusation of copyright infringement, however many other rights have been infringed by their actions.
Source: iTWire
iiNet offers free wi-fi to Perth subscribers
iiNet has rolled out wireless hotspots across Perth's central business district in a bid to extend its reach beyond existing customers' fixed lines.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra fibre networks to offer regulated and fair wholesale services
The telco will have to offer open access wholesale services on its South Brisbane fibre network and some of its Greenfield fibre rollouts subject to ACCC scrutiny.
Source: ARN
Internode NBN FOI request rejected
The Freedom of Information Commissioner has upheld a decision by NBN Co not to release the full details of its $11 billion deal with Telstra to rival internet service provider Internode under Freedom of Information laws.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra skirts SEA-ME-WE3 cable limits
Telstra has bought one of four fibre pairs on a new subsea cable system connecting Perth and Singapore, partly to gain some control over transmission technology upgrades on the route.
Source: iTnews Australia
Sun, 22nd Jan 2012
$20.6m to pilot NBN based telehealth
The Federal Government has launched a telehealth pilot program that will use the National Broadband Network to provide services to older Australians, people living with cancer and those requiring palliative care.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 20th Jan 2012
Telstra 3G wholesale sign of a maturing market
Mobile wholesale and customer segmentation have been key planks of telco strategies in mature markets throughout Asia Pacific.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN constructs towers for April LTE trial
Ahead of an April customer trial, NBN Co has begun construction on 12 towers for the fixed-wireless network, but has warned residents that they may be forced to use satellite if tower plans are not approved.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co urges 16-year regulatory break
NBN Co has urged the competition watchdog not to subject it to a major regulatory review until after it commences privatisation sometime in 2028.
Source: iTnews Australia
Optus invites the consumer voice
Optus has launched a new online forum, My Optus Community, designed to encourage customer interactivity and feedback.
Source: ARN
Police shut down Megaupload sites
New Zealand Police this morning arrested four executives in a major international operation that shut down file-sharing service Megaupload and its affiliate Megavideo.com.
Source: iTnews Australia