Broadband News
Wed, 05th Oct 2011
AFACT-iiNet showdown set for December
The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft has confirmed that it will be bringing its case against iiNet to the High Court in the first week of December.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN cash should be for DSLAMs too: ISPs
Internode, iiNet and Adam Internet believe that if Telstra is being paid to decommission its copper network for the National Broadband Network roll-out, other internet service providers should also be compensated as their own infrastructure becomes obsolete.
Source: ZDNet Australia
No political agenda in choice of NBN first release sites
Hoping to confirm the oft-repeated claim that NBN Co's choice of first release sites was politically motivated the Sydney Morning Herald sought, and obtained, NBN Co internal planning documents under Freedom of Information legislation.
Source: iTWire
Tue, 04th Oct 2011
Gillard 'launches' stage two of NBN in Tasmania
Australia's embattled prime minister, Julia Gillard, seems to be clutching at good-news straws. She has today 'launched' the stage two NBN rollout in Tasmania, in Kingston Beach. But it has in fact been underway for some time, did not start in Kingston Beach and is behind schedule.
Source: iTWire
Virgin to introduce customised mobile plans
Virgin Mobile today announced it would simplify its mobile plans, to enable customers to build a monthly plan that suited their needs, through combining elective options for voice calls, texting and data.
Source: iTWire
iiTrial heads to High Court hearings in December
ISP iiNet will head to the High Court in December for the latest round of hearings in its long-running copyright battle with the film industry.
Source: iTnews Australia
Virgin opens 4GB potential to more users
Virgin Mobile has launched a component-priced mobile plan that allows customers to get 4GB of data quota on their handsets for under $40 a month.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 03rd Oct 2011
NBN may reduce need for new power plants
With the internet data per user growing at 40% a year, the power needed to support that growth is also growing. So do we need new power stations to support future broadband use? The NBN and Moore's Law may save us, according to the head of an Australian telecoms research program.
Source: iTWire
Telstra investors resigned to NBN
Telstra shareholders are expected to approve an $11 billion deal with the government and the National Broadband Network Co.
Source: Australian IT
Fri, 30th Sep 2011
Telstra avoids LTE premium pricing trap
There are two main lessons from Telstra’s Long Term Evolution announcement earlier this week: LTE is coming fast and it is coming at a modest price.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra plays down opposition to its structural separation plan
Telstra has told shareholders that it does not expect any changes required by the ACCC to its proposed structural separation plans will have a material impact. This is very surprising given the strident and almost universal opposition to the plans from Telstra's competitors.
Source: iTWire
Internode reduces NBN plan pricing
Internode has cut the prices and increased the quotas for its National Broadband Network (NBN) plans following changes to NBN Co's connectivity virtual circuit (CVC) pricing.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co concludes first mainland trials
Residents and businesses participating in the first five mainland trials of the National Broadband Network (NBN) will have access to commercial services over the network following the completion of the trials.
Source: Computerworld
Internode revises NBN plan prices
ISP, Internode has overhauled its NBN plans boosting data quotas, removing voice bundling requirements and reducing prices.
Source: ARN
Nextgen Networks details NBN products for retail providers
Nextgen Networks has posted on its web site a brochure detailing the products it offers to provide connectivity over the NBN.
Source: iTWire
Turnbull tells Broadband World Forum, NBN is "blind pursuit of superfast broadband at any cost."
Shadow communications spokesman, Malcolm Turnbull, this week told a gathering of broadband industry leaders from around the world that the Labor Government's NBN policy was "a blind pursuit of superfast broadband at any cost" and a dangerous mix of "starry-eyed politicians and staggeringly expensive technology."
Source: iTWire
Thu, 29th Sep 2011
LTE brings new security concerns for telcos
As long-term evolution (LTE) networks, such as Telstra's new 4G network, bring about super fast mobile broadband to consumers across the globe, they could also potentially open up smartphones, tablets and other devices to hacks that previously only concerned PC users, according to network vendor Alcatel-Lucent.
Source: ZDNet Australia
VHA joins opposition to Telstra-NBN Co deal
Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has joined the criticism of Telstra's structural separation undertaking (SSU) with NBN Co, stating the proposed plan fails to prevent the telco from impeding competition.
Source: Computerworld
iiNet, Polycom partner with new SMB hosted telephony offering
Australian ISP, iiNet and global unified communications vendor, Polycom have teamed up to offer small and medium businesses a new, hosted telephony solution called Business Voice which the two companies say enables a business to easily adapt to its ever-changing needs without the hassles and cost of maintaining a physical telephone infrastructure.
Source: iTWire
Wireless mobility overtakes copper
Australians anxious to stay connected on the road have pushed wireless ahead of copper as the most common form of broadband.
Source: Australian IT
Wed, 28th Sep 2011
Turnbull, Google butt heads on fibre benefits
Shadow communications minister Malcolm Turnbull clashed with a lead of Google's US fibre-to-the-home project in Paris last night over whether faster broadband would benefit consumers.
Source: iTnews Australia
Vocus fears Telstra duct eviction
Vocus Fibre has raised concerns that it and other lessees of Telstra duct space could be forcibly evicted to make way for NBN Co.
Source: iTnews Australia
PM launches new broadband lab in Melbourne
The National Broadband Network (NBN) will encourage more people to work from home and make it easier to live and work in rural and regional Australia, the federal government says.
Source: Computerworld
Opposition uses World Broadband Forum to lay boot into NBN
The Opposition has used the Broadband World Forum to once again dismiss the Federal Government’s National Broadband Network (NBN), this time on an international stage.
Source: Computerworld
ACMA cracks anti-spam whip
ACMA has told the business community to ensure customers can unsubscribe from their email lists or face spamming penalties.
Source: Australian IT
iiNet launches Cloud SMB service
Telco, iiNet has introduced a new Cloud-based telephone service aimed at SMBs.
Source: ARN
Tue, 27th Sep 2011
Telstra "4G": where will you be able to get it?
It's one of the faster wireless services in Australia, but Telstra's new 4G LTE service isn't available everywhere. Find out if you're in the coverage zone.
Source: PC Authority
Telstra's mobile network goes all IP, for 2G 3G and LTE
Ericsson says that it and Telstra have created a world first by installing an all IP core network that carries data not only for Telstra's new LTE network but for its existing 2G and 3G networks.
Source: iTWire
Doubling broadband speeds would boost Aus GDP by $3.9b
Ericsson has released findings from a study across 33 OECD economies, including Australia, that, it says found that a doubling of broadband speed produced a 0.3 percent increase in the GDP of that economy - $A3.9b in the case of Australia.
Source: iTWire
NBN Co exceeds IT spend expectations
NBN Co has spent more than expected standing up IT systems ahead of commercial availabillity of broadband services.
Source: iTnews Australia