Broadband News
Mon, 20th Dec 2010
NBN return lower than in commercial plan
The National Broadband Network will deliver an internal rate of return of 7 per cent, according to the NBN Co business plan released today.
Source: Australian IT
Hundreds of POIs 'insane': Hackett
National broadband provider Internode has published a strongly worded argument supporting the National Broadband Network Company's small proposed number of points of interconnect (POI) where internet service providers link their networks to that of the NBN, describing rival proposals as "insane".
Source: ZDNet Australia
Broadband network business plan to be released in full
The government is expected to release the full business plan for the $36 billion national broadband network today.
Source: SMH
Fri, 17th Dec 2010
Libs hazy on NBN Co commercial mandate
The debate over whether the National Broadband Network (NBN) should be run as a government body or a commercial enterprise that has had its share of acrimony. Yet with the Libs' latest shot across Labor's bow, Malcolm Turnbull has exposed a curious double-standard.
Source: ZDNet Australia
UN mulls internet regulation options
The United Nations is considering whether to set up an inter-governmental working group to harmonise global efforts by policy makers to regulate the internet.
Source: iTnews Australia
CSIRO trials TV aerial Wi-Fi broadband
The CSIRO has started testing its wireless broadband technology, which uses existing TV antennas, at the first National Broadband Network roll-out site of Smithton in Tasmania.
Source: ZDNet Australia
ACCC sues TPG over $29.99 'Unlimited' plan
The national competition regulator today dragged national broadband provider TPG into the Federal Court, claiming its $29.95 'Unlimited' ADSL2+ plan actually cost a great deal more.
Source: Delimiter
iiNet challenges ex-AAPT 24x7 customers to leave
ISP iiNet's chief regulatory officer Steve Dalby has challenged any disgruntled users of the former AAPT Unlimited 24x7 plan to leave of their own accord rather than wait for a letter giving them a fee-free exit.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 16th Dec 2010
Spinners in $250,000 pitch for NBN plan
The government will spend more than $250,000 to hire a public relations firm to help promote its $36 billion National Broadband Network.
Source: Australian IT
iiNet, Internode gear up for apps in 2011
iiNet and Internode have changing business strategies for 2011, with applications and improved customer service becoming they focal points in the coming year.
Source: Computerworld
iiNet reveals device sketches
SP iiNet has revealed a series of sketches of future products being worked on by its labs, including two futuristic curved devices with built-in touchscreens.
Source: iTnews Australia
Turnbull: Financially sound business plan will not guarantee NBN success
The Shadow Communications Minister hinted that regardless whether the full NBN business case claims can financially justify the $35.7 billion network is irrelevant to its eventual success.
Source: ARN
No content future for ISPs
As internet service providers (ISPs) accept lower margins from access provision, the battle is on to find a sustainable alternative revenue source. But it won't come from content provision.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Wed, 15th Dec 2010
iiNet launches BYO mobile service
Internet service provider iiNet has moved into the mobile arena, unveiling a number of contract-free mobile phone plans today.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Does iiNet's mobile leap make sense?
iiNet now offers mobile, with residential and business mobile plans.
Source: PC Authority
A perspective on the National Broadband Network (NBN)
The ramifications for Australia of implementing its NBN are significant and complex. We have a unique opportunity to give ourselves an international competitive edge that our children and their children will benefit from. We can get it right but we need to have it explained in a form that removes our fears and opens our eyes as to why it is important and important today.
Source: iTWire
Don't protect Australia's mobile telcos, Mr Turnbull
Let's get real about this: Australia's mobile telcos can take care of themselves.
Source: Delimiter
Man charged with phone cable theft
A NSW man allegedly posing as a telephone cable has been charged after causing $110,000 in damage by stealing active phone cabling earlier this year.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Vividwireless trials TD-LTE in Sydney
Vividwireless plans to run a four-week trial of TD-LTE kit in Sydney to understand how it compared to the company's current technology of choice, WiMAX.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 14th Dec 2010
LTE not all about speed: Ericsson
Carriers and pundits must move beyond speed battles to achieve more of the potential benefits available from commercial deployments of long term evolution (LTE) mobile networks, Ericsson has urged.
Source: Computerworld
iiNet Labs fathers BoB Lite
National broadband company iiNet has extended its popular BoB integrated ADSL router product line with what it has billed as the first product to come out of its new in-house development labs -- a younger sibling dubbed BoB Lite.
Source: Delimiter
Internode expands symmetrical broadband footprint
Brisbane now home to the South Australian-based ISP's symmetrical business broadband offering, Extreme SHDSL.
Source: ARN
Will NBN karma run over Libs' dogma?
The change of government in Victoria and its posture towards the NBN-enabling opt-out legislation highlights the persistent dichotomy between what needs to be done and what will be done.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Optus: The new definition of irony
Wow, Optus is really giving its rivals a free kick at the moment. Yesterday the news arrived that the telco is suing Vodafone over the company's mobile advertisements, which use the term "infinite".
Source: Delimiter
Telstra achieves 149.4Mbps LTE speeds
Telstra has reached download speeds of up to 149.4Mbps as part of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile technology trial with Chinese network vendor Huawei.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Mon, 13th Dec 2010
Optus sues Vodafone over 'Infinite' ads
After recently copping a ban on advertising certain broadband plans, Optus is now taking Vodafone to court over its "Infinite" mobile phone plan advertisements.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Windows Live on the cards for BigPond email
The nation's biggest telco Telstra is considering dumping the email, blogging, photos and online storage platforms used by customers of its BigPond internet service provider division and migrating customers to Microsoft's Windows Live platform.
Source: Delimiter
NBN business case expected this week
After sitting on the document for over a month, the Federal Government is expected to release the controversial business case for the National Broadband Network (NBN) in the next few days.
Source: ZDNet Australia
The NBN is not about "basic voice services"
Fletcher is demeaning his technical background by focusing on such a pointless argument. You don't debate the cost of placing a call to Dubbo when the Government is talking about technology that can enable high-definition videoconferencing to every home in Australia. It's that simple.
Source: Delimiter
Attack the NBN on retail terms: Fletcher
The Opposition's attack on the National Broadband Network (NBN) should focus on how replacing Telstra's copper wire will lead to higher consumer costs, Liberal MP Paul Fletcher has suggested.
Source: ZDNet Australia