Broadband News
Mon, 08th Aug 2011
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
Townsville ISP joins NBN mainland trials
Townsville-based ISP, On Q Communications, has joined the National Broadband Network (NBN) mainland trial.
Source: ARN
Thu, 04th Aug 2011
Internet already shaping Australian economy before NBN: Google's Leeder
Google Australia managing director, Nick Leeder, has a message for the nation: the Internet is already worth big bucks to the economy - $50 billion to be precise. And that's before the government even started digging trenches to house the NBN.
Source: ARN
Capacity no biggie for our wireless: NBN Co
As it is a fixed wireless network, the National Broadband Network (NBN) long-term evolution (LTE) deployment will not suffer the same capacity issues as regular mobile networks, according to NBN Co's chief technology officer Gary McClaren.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Brunswick renters posed NBN challenge
The inner-city Melbourne suburb of Brunswick has gone live on the National Broadband Network (NBN) today, but has been afflicted by a low sign-up rate due to the high number of renters and apartment buildings in the area.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Microsoft PR to lead NBN push
Microsoft stalwart Cathy Jamieson is leaving the software giant tomorrow to take up a new role running a nationwide public information campaign for NBN Co.
Source: iTWire
Turnbull offers good NBN alternative
Stephen Conroy says he is looking forward to seeing Malcolm Turnbull negotiate with Telstra over broadband with "an empty hand".
Source: Australian IT
NBN switches on in Brunswick -- but only 50 per cent sign up
The National Broadband Network (NBN) has finally made it to the big city, with the NBN this morning being switched on for the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick. The First Release area includes around 2700 households, but only 52 per cent have signed on for a lead-in to the fibre network, NBN Co has revealed. Fourteen customers have so far been hooked up.
Source: Computerworld
Coalition plan rejects need for speed
A policy anchored on affordability and availability for taxpayers will form the Coalition's alternative to the National Broadband Network.
Source: Australian IT
NBN rolls into first metropolitan area: 14 customers connected
Nbn Co has switched on the National Broadband Network (NBN) in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick with 14 customers on-board.
Source: ARN
NBN Co prepares for wireless tower backlash
NBN Co has startedan education campaign to curb potential opposition to new phone towers required in communities that will receive fixed wireless services.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 03rd Aug 2011
Conroy unveils first release sites for NBN's fixed wireless service
Communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, today revealed the first regions that will receive the National Broadband Network's 12 megabits per second (12Mbps) fixed wireless service.
Source: Computerworld
Opposition promises 'comparable' broadband for bush
The federal opposition has vowed that all Australians living in the bush will have access to fast broadband at a price comparable to their city cousins under the coalition's alternative plan to the NBN.
Source: Computerworld
Internet to cost more with NBN: Turnbull
Malcolm Turnbull has warned that Labor's National Broadband Network will needlessly push up internet prices and make life more difficult for struggling families.
Source: Australian IT
Turnbull challenged over NBN costing
Labor has challenged the opposition to release costings for its broadband policy after Malcolm Turnbull declared a Coalition government would retain completed parts of the NBN.
Source: Australian IT
NBN could revolutionise business: Conroy
Australia is lagging behind other developed countries in harnessing the internet for business and needs to catch up, the federal government says.
Source: ARN
NBN Co announces construction dates for Second Release sites
NBN Co has announced the dates for the start of construction of the National Broadband Network's Second Release sites in NSW, Queensland and the ACT.
Source: Computerworld
Tue, 02nd Aug 2011
NBN Co lists starting dates for new sites
The National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) is starting construction on its second wave of mainland sites this month, located in two states and one territory, according to the company.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN 'second release' sites announced in NSW, Qld, ACT
A bunch of new sites for the national broadband network are due to begin construction in NSW, ACT and QLD between August and the end of the year, with two NSW locations to be first cabs off the rank.
Source: iTWire
Mobile exodus from Vodafone
Vodafone Hutchison Australia is expected to reveal an exodus of mobile customers from its network.
Source: Australian IT
Optus implements internet filter
Optus has fulfilled its pledge to filter its customers' internet traffic, blocking websites that are listed on the Interpol "worst-of" list.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Mon, 01st Aug 2011
Telstra split plan the 'bare minimum': Optus
Telstra has only met the bare minimum requirements set out by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy in its structural separation plan, according to Optus - which doesn't believe that the plan makes sure that Telstra Wholesale will treat its retail arm on an equal basis to its rivals.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co to begin Brunswick trial this week
NBN Co will this week begin trials at the third mainland Australia National Broadband Network (NBN) site situated in Brunswick, Victoria.
Source: iTWire
1500% cost rise on NBN: Australia On Line
The head of internet service provider (ISP) Australia On Line has warned that smaller telcos will face up to 1500 per cent cost increases for infrastructure as a result of the competition regulator's decision to extend the National Broadband Network (NBN) to 121 points of interconnect.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telcos stop worrying, learn to love NBN
Once you look past the amazingly heated, persistent antagonism towards the NBN, things are far less troublesome than we have been led to believe.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Vividwireless rolls over unused data
Internet service provider vividwireless has introduced rollover credits to its prepaid wireless broadband plans, allowing customers to keep unused quota indefinitely.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra commits to structural separation by 2018
Telstra has submitted its structural separation undertaking (SSU) and migration plan to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) as the telco prepares to separate its wholesale and retail arms by July 1, 2018.
Source: ARN