Broadband News
Tue, 22nd Mar 2011
Adam Internet revamps business plans
In a bid to attract more business customers, South Australian ISP, Adam Internet, has revamped its business plans.
Source: ARN
CSIRO brings Ngara to NBN Co, regulators
The CSIRO this week met with vendors, regulators and NBN Co to discuss potential uses of its 'Ngara' wireless-over-TV technology.
Source: iTnews Australia
13 ISPs sign up to sell NZ fibre services
A total of 13 retail service providers have signalled their intention to provide services over the New Zealand Government's NZ$1.5 billion Ultra-Fast Broadband fibre network.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Revenge of the router: FRITZ!Box 7270 review
While the German-made AVM FRITZ!Box might be new to Australia, it's one of the most popular SOHO routers in Europe. And we can see why.
Source: APC Magazine
Piracy: are we being conned?
Is piracy really sending the entertainment industry broke or are the claimed hundreds of millions of dollars in annual losses and thousands of job cuts just a load of hogwash?
Source: SMH
TPG reports 23% rise in profits
Internet service provider TPG has announced half-year net profits of $33.8 million, up 23 per cent from the previous half-year.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Will NBN wireless latency match ADSL?
Nbn Co has declined to say what latency can be expected from the wireless technology it will use to cover the small percentage of Australia that won't be covered by fibre-optic cable, in the wake of concerns the technology might be a step backward from what is currently offered by ADSL2+ fixed broadband.
Source: Delimiter
Optus satellite out of control
Optus has conceded it has started losing control of the last of its ageing B-series satellites as it announced plans to upgrade its regional fleet.
Source: Australian IT
Mon, 21st Mar 2011
Filter encourages complacency: Microsoft
Cyber safety will not be delivered by an internet filter alone, a series of high-profile internet companies have told a parliamentary committee.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Government introduces NBN legislation amendments
New amendments to legislation concerning the National Broadband Network (NBN) are being drafted by the Federal Government, according to Greens communications spokesperson, Senator Scott Ludlam.
Source: ARN
Singel-Optus set to expand coverage
Singtel-optus has revealed plans to expand its satellite capacity across its Australia and New Zealand coverage areas.
Source: Australian IT
Coalition: Government will never privatise NBN
The Federal Government will back down on its promise to privatise the National Broadband Network even after its completion, Coalition senators have claimed.
Source: ARN
VHA touts 850 MHz network rollout progress
Vodafone Hutchison Australia has deployed about a third of the 1500 cell sites planned for its new 3G 850 MHz network announced last year.
Source: iTnews Australia
Xenophon takes aim at NBN volume prices
Independent Senator Nick Xenophon has outlined "significant problems" he has with provisions of the NBN Companies Bill that could allow NBN Co to vary price terms to access seekers in return for an "efficiency" gain.
Source: iTnews Australia
Govt to change NBN cherry-picking law
The Federal Government has announced plans to introduce a number of amendments to National Broadband Network legislation to address industry concerns around cherry-picking provisions for fibre network providers.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Putting NBN words in Cisco's mouth
Alright, admit it. Who's been feeding News Ltd commentator Andrew Bolt stats published by global networking giant Cisco? Fess up. We know it was one of you anti-NBN guys.
Source: Delimiter
NBN may not be completed, says Turnbull
Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull late last week warned the National Broadband Network may end up not being fully constructed, due to what he described as "the crippling costs of the project" and the likelihood that the Australian Labor Party might lose government in a future election.
Source: Delimiter
Sat, 19th Mar 2011
Telstra urged to disclose NBN deal
Investors and analysts have called on Telstra to provide more detail on its $11 billion deal to transfer its fixed-line monopoly to the NBN.
Source: Australian IT
Fri, 18th Mar 2011
Google CEO: NBN will help Australians waste more time
As Google boss Eric Schmidt knows, whenever he goes on the record about something as politically sensitive as Australia's $36 billion publicly funded National Broadband Network, it will get reported. Therefore, one has to wonder why he so willingly blurted out in an interview that the NBN will enable Australians to waste more time on YouTube.
Source: iTWire
NBN Co not phased by Telstra vote delay
national Broadband Network provider, NBN Co, has moved to allay fears that an announced delay of Telstra's extraordinary general meeting to put a vote to shareholders on selling the company's network for $11 billion could put the brakes on the NBN rollout.
Source: iTWire
Delays threaten $36bn NBN rollout
Delays threaten to hit the rollout of the national broadband network after Telstra postponed a shareholder vote on its deal with the NBN Co.
Source: Australian IT
University: Bundle student NBN access cost into HECS
Upfront technology costs including access to the National Broadband Network (NBN) should be part of the Federal Government's deferred education fee payment scheme for university students, according to Monash University.
Source: ARN
Telstra fails to meet NBN deal vote date
Telstra has announced that its $11 billion deal with the National Broadband Network Company won't be finalised in time for its shareholders to vote on by the 1 July deadline.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN plan assailed over curbs on retail
Key legislation proposed for the National Broadband Network faces a scathing new attack from big business and the Coalition.
Source: Australian IT
Thu, 17th Mar 2011
Stop NBN from creeping into retail Opposition demands
The Federal Coalition has launched a campaign to stop NBN Co from retailing broadband services to utilities and telecoms carriers for their internal communications needs. According to the Coalition, two key National Broadband Network (NBN) Bills, due to be debated in Parliament on Monday, if passed without amendments would allow the NBN to creep into the retail market.
Source: iTWire
Senate Committee says pass NBN bills
The Senate Committee examining the NBN companies and access bills has recommended they be passed without change, largely ignoring industry concerns.
Source: iTnews Australia
ACMA seeks views on numbering plan
ACMA is contemplating increasing revenue from its phone number allocation regime as it moves into the third phase of the numbering plan.
Source: Australian IT
NBN Co supplying directly to utilities deemed acceptable by Senate Committee
Utility companies wishing to procure National Broadband Network (NBN) services directly through NBN Co should be allowed to do so, according to a Senate Committee report.
Source: ARN
Critics brand internet piracy report a 'translation' job
Australia's Attorney General Robert McClelland has been pulled up for quoting from a report on the economic impact of internet piracy that critics branded a "direct translation" of another controversial text.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN cherry picking rules to come under fire
Rules protecting the National Broadband Network's technological turf are expected to come under fire in a report due out on Thursday.
Source: ARN