Broadband News
Fri, 12th Aug 2011
NBN key to Labor's plan for the arts
The future of the arts looks wired and inspired under Labor, with a discussion paper identifying key planks of a federal cultural policy.
Source: Australian IT
Thu, 11th Aug 2011
LTE: Telstra cost-cutter, Optus cash river
Telstra CEO David Thodey has revealed that the company's plans to launch long-term evolution (LTE) broadband devices later this month are aimed at reducing the cost of transporting data on Telstra's network, while Optus says it sees LTE as a new source of revenue.
Source: ZDNet Australia
iiNet renews call for industry collaboration on copyright
On the eve of a the High Court hearing an appeal application from the movie studies that have been waging a long running legal battle with iiNet over copyright issues, iiNet has called for the industry as a whole to get together and make content legitimately available online.
Source: iTWire
Proposed NBN laws to bypass state rules
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy yesterday proposed amendments to existing legislation that would make it easier for the National Broadband Network Company to connect premises to the network.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra forges ahead with NBN deal approval
Telstra has flagged plans to hold a shareholder vote on its $11 billion agreement with NBN Co in October, even if it does not receive approval on a structural separation undertaking lodged with the competition watchdog.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN: demand-side folly or supply-side win?
The NBN has spent so much time as a political football that we've forgotten to think of it in the simplest terms: as a way to right the imbalance of supply and demand. Getting this wrong, as we've seen in other industries, can be disastrous, which should be reason enough to support making the right investment now.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Optus net profit falls 5pc
Optus posted a 5 per cent fall in quarterly net profit as revenue jumped to $2.3 billion, its parent, SingTel, said.
Source: Australian IT
Telstra: Profit down, shares up
Telstra shares are one of the top performers on the Australian market after the company reported a 17 per cent fall in annual profit but forecast improvements in revenue and earnings in the year ahead.
Source: ARN
Internode completes IPv6 deployment
Internet service provider Internode has moved to a production IPv6 environment for all subscribers, two years after trials began on the protocol.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 10th Aug 2011
NBN fibre splits renters and landlords
For Australian renters, fighting with the landlord might take on a new dimension as the National Broadband Network (NBN) rolls out, unless NBN Co does something about it.
Source: ZDNet Australia
New study a fillip for NBN
The case for a National Broadband Network (NBN) has been given a fillip by research findings that show by 2015 there will be an almost six-fold increase in internet traffic in Australia.
Source: Computerworld
AARNet launches five-year plan
The Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet) has announced a wide range of initiatives around network upgrades, collaboration, and mobility as part of a new five-year plan.
Source: Computerworld
Telstra and AAPT advocate flexibility in NBN Co wholesale contracts: Optus says no
Both Telstra and AAPT are calling for NBN Co to be given some flexibility in the terms and conditions of its contracts with its wholesale customers. In contract, Optus says no discrimination should be permitted.
Source: iTWire
NBN providers clamour over Telstra exchanges
Service providers AAPT and Optus have warned of the potential for continued discrimination in Telstra's favour at points of interconnect under the National Broadband Network.
Source: iTnews Australia
Net too expensive for seniors: study
More than 40 per cent of older Australians say that the internet is too expensive, leaving them at risk of being shut off from health and other online services.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Large ISPs face $2m penalty over service guarantees
Large internet service providers could face fines of up to $2 million if they do not meet performance benchmarks for customer connections, fault repair and appointments.
Source: iTnews Australia
Backlash forces NBN rebates
One-third of the revenues NBN Co had hoped to derive over the next 15 years from a controversial pricing structure will come under pressure.
Source: Australian IT
Tue, 09th Aug 2011
NBN Co calls truce in wholesale cost fight
NBN Co has reached a compromise in its public war on network connection costs by agreeing to rebate the first 150 Mbps of connectivity virtual circuit charges in the early stages of the build.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN listens to Hackett, cuts prices for now
After months of fierce criticism from Internode founder Simon Hackett, the National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) has rejigged its connectivity virtual circuit (CVC) charge, waiving the charge for usage under 150 megabits per second in areas where less than 30,000 premises have been passed.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Issues raised over NBN's role in disaster communications
The National Broadband Network (NBN) will play a minor role in providing communications in a major natural disaster due to its low levels of redundancy and availability, according to the country's fifth largest ISP, Internode.
Source: Computerworld
Gyppedsland: NBN's too hard basket meets 'install different'
The news that several towns in Gippsland will miss out on a piece of the moral broadband challenge of our generation is joined by the NBN Co shifting responsibility for getting consent to get the fibre connected from itself, to ISPs, although renters will still need the landlord's consent.
Source: iTWire
Telstra: 800MHz better for public safety than 700MHz
While emergency services organisations (ESOs) continue to fight for the 700MHz spectrum, Telstra has insisted the 800MHz spectrum is an even better substitute for a high-speed public safety mobile broadband network.
Source: ARN
Mon, 08th Aug 2011
Global recession fears to put pressure on NBN: Turnbull
Unstable global financial markets will put more pressure on the government to cut the cost of delivering its National Broadband Network (NBN), according to opposition communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull.
Source: Computerworld
Police declares Govt's 800 MHz plan unviable
The Police Federation of Australia has stepped up criticism of a Government proposal to shunt a planned emergency services mobile network into the 800 MHz band, saying it could take "decades" to clear a suitable block.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tas schools, govt access NBN via Aurora
Tasmanian utility Aurora Energy has been picked to provide internet services to Tasmanian schools and government on the National Broadband Network (NBN), following a month of controversy over the deployment of internet in the region.
Source: ZDNet Australia
IPv6 technology guide
Our four-part IPv6 migration, budgeting, technology issues and IPv6 products.
Source: Computerworld
Telstra 4G to launch end-August
Telstra will begin selling USB modems for its 4G network from August 29 but refuses to nominate the speeds the new network will achieve.
Source: Australian IT
Fri, 05th Aug 2011
Internode rescinds forced plan changes
Internode managing director Simon Hackett has revoked recent plan changes after they largely affected the service provider's most loyal customers.
Source: iTnews Australia
Online tax ruling triggers a barrage
Retailers have slammed the Productivity Commission's recommendation to keep purchases from foreign internet sites tax-free.
Source: Australian IT
Conroy defends take-up of NBN service
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has defended the tiny numbers of NBN customers in the scheme's first inner-city trial area.
Source: Australian IT