Broadband News
Wed, 01st Dec 2010
Will Victoria's Coalition Govt back NBN opt-out?
Victoria's Coalition Government-Elect has given tantalising signs that its support for the National Broadband Network rollout in the state will not be as complete as that of its Labor predecessor.
Source: Delimiter
ISPs sign up to voluntary anti-zombie code
Some 18 Australian ISPs, serving over 80 percent of internet users, have signed on to a new voluntary code of practice to limit the problem of "zombied" computers being run by internet users.
Source: iTnews Australia
TPG boosts earnings guidance above $215m
TPG Telecom (ASX:TPM) Ltd has upgraded its full year earnings guidance to a range of $215-225 million after a good start to the financial year.
Source: Computerworld
Baillieu airs conditional NBN support
Newly-elected Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu has pledged his tentative support for the Federal Government's National Broadband Network (NBN) roll-out, providing that mobile service providers offer beefed-up coverage to regional Victoria.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN first release sites to trial telehealth
Two of the first mainland release sites under the National Broadband Network (NBN) will receive telehealth monitoring units in coming months, as part of a $4 million trial conducted by NSW Health.
Source: Computerworld
Tue, 30th Nov 2010
Telstra split no big deal: Howard
Former Prime Minister John Howard, the man who oversaw the privatisation of Telstra in the late 1990s, has claimed that the passing of legislation ensuring the company's structural separation isn't big reform.
Source: ZDNet Australia
4G to cover more than 4 billion people by 2015
More than 60 per cent of the world's population will have access to some form of 4G mobile broadband technology by 2015, according to a new report from ABI Research.
Source: ARN
Mobile broadband plans confusing: poll
Another from the 'dog bites man' department: most consumers don't know how much mobile broadband data they need, and many are paying for bigger allowances than they need.
Source: iTWire
Telstra Wholesale extends Point Cook fibre trial
Telstra has extended its open access fibre-to-the-home trial in Point Cook by seven months, according to one of the ISPs reselling services on the network.
Source: iTnews Australia
4G advances make NBN an uphill battle
Our major telcos seem further down the 4G route than previously thought and this could and should have major implications for our government-led broadband roll-outs.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Mobile internet is already dominant, survey says
The people behind the Opera mobile Web browser have released the results of their State of the Mobile Web survey, which questioned 300,000 users in July and August this year. It makes for fascinating reading.
Source: Computerworld
Xenophon to vote against NBN bill
South Australia Independent, Nick Xenophon, has vowed to vote against a National Broadband Network (NBN) legislation introduced into parliament last week.
Source: ARN
Whirlpool attackers escape charge
The perpetrators behind the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against broadband website Whirlpool have been let off the hook as a "sign of good will".
Source: ZDNet Australia
One in two customers in dispute with telcos
Telecommunications companies and ISPs are in the firing line again with new research showing that one in two customers has faced a problem with their phone or internet service provider in the last year.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 29th Nov 2010
PM hails NBN passage as historic
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has hailed as historic the passage of legislation to structurally separate Telstra.
Source: ARN
Vividwireless tests LTE for future migration
A war between competing fast wireless broadband technologies will begin within days over Sydney skies as telco Vividwireless kicks-off what it says will be the first trial of its kind in Australia.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Xenophon demands uniform NBN pricing
It's only been a matter of days since independent Senator Nick Xenophon forced the Federal Government into a corner over one piece of legislation pertaining to the National Broadband Network; now he's flagged plans to do it again.
Source: Delimiter
Turnbull attempts to change Telstra split bill
Opposition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull has made a last-ditch attempt to put the Coalition's stamp on the Telstra split bill by pushing a fresh round of changes that – if agreed to - would delay its passing this year.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN cherry-picker laws introduced
The Government has introduced draft laws that, if passed, will force carriers that build new or upgrade existing fibre networks to provide an open access, wholesale service to internet retailers.
Source: iTnews Australia
Labor downplays critical report on NBN
The federal government has downplayed an international study which claims the benefits of the national broadband network (NBN) have been grossly overstated.
Source: ARN
Don't add Telstra deal to NBN cost: Quigley
It is unreasonable to add the $13.8 billion payment to Telstra, which National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) counts as an operating cost, to the $35.7 billion capital expenditure cost of the whole network, NBN Co chief Mike Quigley has said.
Source: ZDNet Australia
IPv6 compatibility coming to more Billion routers in 2011
Network hardware vendor Billion has announced a forthcoming firmware upgrade for its X series routers that will allow the devices to simultaneously support IPv4 and IPv6 addressing.
Source: iTWire
Happy Budde faces a hostile NBN crowd
Paul Budde's support for the National Broadband Network project is well known, with most in the industry considering the analyst's open bias to be a matter of public record.
Source: Delimiter
Nervous investors await ruling on NBN Co
Investors are watching how the ACCC plans to break the deadlock over NBN Co's plans to charge the same prices in the city and bush.
Source: Australian IT
NBN benefits 'grossly overstated'
An international study has found the claimed benefits of a national broadband network have been "grossly overstated", and accuses the federal government of misusing research to build the case for it.
Source: ARN
Sun, 28th Nov 2010
NBN boss: We know the Telstra financials but we won't tell you
The boss of the government-owned company in charge of implementing the NBN rollout today refused to reveal details of the project's business case relating to Telstra. Mike Quigley, In an interview on ABC TV, the CEO of NBN Co Mike Quigley claimed that the cost of buying Telstra's network could not be added to the cost of implementing the NBN but would not reveal how much Telstra is expected to improve NBN Co's bottom line.
Source: iTWire
Sat, 27th Nov 2010
Early customers test NBN's limits
Nbn customers in Tasmania who have bought high-speed connections are stretching their ISP's bandwidth capacity.
Source: Australian IT
Fri, 26th Nov 2010
Telco reform bill passes Senate
Labor's controversial legislation to break up Telstra and restructure the telecommunications sector was approved in the Senate this afternoon, in a long-awaited move that the Federal Government has been pushing for for more than a year.
Source: iTWire
Govt stays ISP zombie laws
A peak Australian technology body has welcomed the Federal Government's decision to not force internet service providers (ISPs) to disconnect the infected computers of its customers as part of its response to a Senate committee report into online security threats.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Focus shifts to Telstra-NBN Co deal as Bills pass the Senate
With legislation crucial to the NBN and NBN Co's deal with Telstra now through the Senate the focus shifts to the deal between NBN Co and Telstra: NBN Co's business plan is predicated on definitive and binding agreements being signed by year end.
Source: iTWire