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Telstra fails again on SSU, says Macquarie Telecom

Macquarie Telecom has issued a damning assessment of Telstra's revised structural separation undertaking saying it fails to provide for equivalence, transparency, monitoring and compliance in an appropriate and effective manner.

Source: iTWire

Challenge looms for NBN booster tower

Plans for a wireless signal tower to deliver the NBN near Ballarat may face a legal challenge from residents.

Source: The Australian

Telstra begins wholesaling non-NextG 3G service

Telstra has launched a wholesale 3G postpaid mobile service with maximum data download speed of up to 7.2Mbps.

Source: ARN

Unbiased info about IPv6 available here

Looking for practical, non-biased advice about how to deploy IPv6? The Internet Society is launching a new Web portal that will be a central resource for standards documents, best practices, case studies and other useful information for network engineers planning to adopt IPv6, the next-generation Internet Protocol.

Source: Computerworld

ClubTelco culls national price scheme

Melbourne internet service provider ClubTelco will remove its national broadband pricing from next month, blaming a widening gap in wholesale prices for metropolitan and regional areas.

Source: iTnews Australia

iiNet signs NBN Co Wholesale Broadband Agreement

Iinet announced today it has reached an agreement with NBN Co and signed the Wholesale Broadband Agreement (WBA) through negotiations.

Source: Computerworld

Primus signs NBN Co Wholesale Broadband Agreement

Primus Australia today signed NBN Co’s Wholesale Broadband Agreement (WBA), enabling the telco to sign up customers in areas where the National Broadband Network (NBN) has been rolled out.

Source: Computerworld

NBN Co lures more ISPs to agreement

NBN Co is nutting out the final details of its wholesale broadband agreement with internet service providers (ISPs) that have been reluctant to sign, despite the fact that a trial agreement expires today.

Source: ZDNet Australia

Greenfields exempted from NBN trial expiry

NBN Co has agreed to continue providing new trial services to greenfield developments until at least the end of the month, despite the expiry of its trial agreement with retail internet service providers.

Source: iTnews Australia

Primus cements NBN wholesale agreement

Primus Telecom has signed its National Broadband Network (NBN) wholesale broadband agreement (WBA) with NBN Co.

Source: ARN

Too few players on NBN's level field?

Michael Malone, Simon Hackett and Mike Quigley discuss whether the structure of the National Broadband Network forced Internode's sale to iiNet.

Source: ZDNet Australia

802.11ac routers to hit 800Mbit/sec this year

Next-generation 802.11ac wireless routers will deliver massive boost in data throughput, five or six times faster than 802.11n.

Source: PC Authority

Telstra strategy open to question

Telstra is just days away from opening its vast 3G mobile network to wholesale customers in a bid to further capitalise on the rich revenue it extracts from its mobiles business.

Source: The Australian

AAPT loses power in battery swapout

AAPT Wholesale has pinned a faulty rectifier as the possible cause of a partial power loss at its Flinders data centre in Melbourne on Tuesday.

Source: iTnews Australia

Internode launches rental service

Adelaide-based national ISP, Internode, has launched its first program to rent industry-leading FRITZ!Box broadband routers and accessories to its customers, at the same time unveiling lower pricing across its range of FRITZ!Box equipment.

Source: iTWire

NBN preps wireless towers, locals rebel

As the NBN Co begins to lodge its planning applications for towers for its long-term evolution (LTE) fixed wireless network, the company is already facing backlash from local residents.

Source: ZDNet Australia

SA Premier tours high-tech US city and looks to cash in on NBN

South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has toured a high-tech city in the US as his government looks to cash in on the roll-out of high-speed broadband across Australia.

Source: Computerworld

NBN contractors file fixed wireless plans

NBN Co contractors have offered glimpses into the costs of rolling out its fixed wireless network in planning documents lodged with local councils.

Source: iTnews Australia

Vodafone reins in telemarketers

Vodafone Hutchison Australia has agreed to tighter controls over its telemarketers after an Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) investigation found it had breached Do Not Call Register rules.

Source: ZDNet Australia

ICANN enters damage control over domain expansion

Internet domain name regulators have played down fears by the United Nations and other international bodies that a planned expansion of possible Website addresses could cause them problems.

Source: iTnews Australia

NBN Co stands firm on wholesale contract

NBN Co has stood its ground over the looming deadline for internet service providers to sign up to a one-year agreement for the supply of wholesale broadband services.

Source: iTnews Australia

Under 50% of ISPs sign onto NBN contract

Just three days out from the expiration of a trial agreement, less than half of the active internet service providers (ISPs) on the National Broadband Network (NBN) have signed the new year-long contract with NBN Co to wholesale its services.

Source: ZDNet Australia

Five things on NBN's plate in 2012

If 2011 was the year the NBN gained momentum, with an election looming in 2013, the next twelve months could make or break the infrastructure project.

Source: SMH

ICANN to accept new gTLD applications from 12 January

ICANN says that applications for new generic top level domain names (gTLD) will open on schedule on 12 January.

Source: iTWire

Broadcom debuts first gigabit Wi-Fi chipset

Broadcom has announced what it claims to be the first chipsets supporting the 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard and able to deliver gigabit per second bandwidth in the existing 5GHz WiFi spectrum.

Source: iTWire

New iPhone doubles data consumption

Apple's iPhone 4S consumes on average twice as much data as the previous iPhone model and even more than iPad tablets due to increasing use of online services like the virtual personal assistant Siri, an industry study showed.

Source: iTnews Australia

NBN doesn't 'detract from productivity': govt

The Federal Government has rejected opposition frontbencher Joe Hockey's claim that its $36 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) project is hurting productivity.

Source: ZDNet Australia

NBN: 4K down, 7 million to go

This week, the National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) rather foolishly announced that it had achieved 4000 connections — when its own corporate plan had 35,000 connections by last June. No wonder they got hammered by the press.

Source: ZDNet Australia