Broadband News
Mon, 26th Mar 2012
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
Tue, 20th Mar 2012
Huawei claims 30Gbps wireless "beyond LTE"
Huawei claims to have developed technology "beyond LTE" that is capable of delivering data at 30Gbps, but has given scant information, in particular what bandwidth is required to achieve this.
Source: iTWire
TPG sees mobile rebound
TPG Telecom has reported a second half year of growth in its mobile subscriber base, reversing years of decline following the purchase of Soul Mobile.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra aims to be one-stop shop for the connected home
Telstra has unveiled ambitious plans to provide everything the consumer of the connected home might need in the way of connectivity, content, services and the devices to make use of these.
Source: iTWire
Telstra cable 'deliberately' damaged
Telstra has confirmed it is a third of the way through restoring a 100-fibre line cable in the Hunter Valley after it was deliberately cut, downing services in the region.
Source: Computerworld
Mozilla may support H.264 video codec in Firefox to compete on mobile phones
Mozilla Foundation is considering adding support for the H.264 video codec in mobile versions of the Firefox browser, a move it has avoided up to now because H.264 is encumbered by patents. Mozilla's policy up to now has been to support only open codecs, but it is relaxing that rule because support for the codec is important in mobile browsers, the foundation's chair said.
Source: ARN
iiNet slashes ADSL transfer times
The hassle of going weeks without fixed-line internet while switching between providers could be over after iiNet announced a new rapid-transfer system that will only mean hours of downtime for ADSL2+ or Naked DSL customers transferring from rival telcos, rather than up to two weeks.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Full Spectrum: switching ISPs fast
One of the biggest deterrents in switching fixed broadband internet service providers (ISPs) is just how long you have to go without internet. Hopefully, it will soon be a thing of the past.
Source: ZDNet Australia
TPG grows profit by 65 per cent in six months
ISP now has 567,000 broadband subscribers and is looking to bring out new consumer products such as a set top box and IP surveillance systems.
Source: ARN
Telstra fibre cable cut by 'vandals'
Telstra has warned of a deliberate cut to a major fibre cable connecting Maitland and the Hunter Valley in NSW, affecting thousands of phone and broadband services.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 19th Mar 2012
The NBN in Melbourne: where and when
A quick overview looking at what the NBN Co's maps show about where the NBN is coming to Melbourne suburbs.
Source: PC Authority
ClubTelco offers contract-free NBN
ClubTelco has unveiled National Broadband Network retail plans without contracts, provided subscribers pay a $50 annual fee while using the internet service provider.
Source: iTnews Australia
ClubTelco NBN plans for the uncommitted
ClubTelco has announced its plans for the National Broadband Network (NBN) today. Although it is pretty average in terms of pricing, it's interesting to note that you won't have to sign long contracts, because they're all on a month-to-month basis.
Source: ZDNet Australia