Broadband News
Wed, 15th Dec 2010
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
Sat, 11th Dec 2010
Internet community incensed at 'government-only' Internet governance review
Global Internet bodies are incensed by a United Nations review of Internet governance that will be conducted solely by government representatives. They are urging people to sign a petition calling for a more widely representative review.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 10th Dec 2010
NBN business case release likely next week
Communications minister Stephen Conroy has indicated the 400-page business case for the National Broadband Network (NBN) will be released next week.
Source: Computerworld
Vodafone customers seething over dropped calls, slow data
Vodafone customers have had a horrid run into Christmas with thousands experiencing dropped calls, reception issues and poor data performance over the past two months.
Source: SMH
TIO wants confidentiality in Exetel case
The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman is seeking to keep consumer names confidential in a case brought against it by internet service provider Exetel.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Conroy details NBN Co greenfield fibre role
The Federal Government has moved to further lock in the National Broadband Network (NBN), announcing that NBN Co will install fibre in new developments from 1 January 2011.
Source: Computerworld
VHA, Optus reveal 1800 MHz LTE trials
Vodafone Hutchison Australia and Optus have shed new light on their respective trials of Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile broadband technology in the 1800 MHz spectrum band.
Source: iTnews Australia
Cabling for NBN rollout cut back
A proposal for every new home built after January 1 to be connected with fibre cable for the National Broadband Network has been abandoned.
Source: Australian IT
Thu, 09th Dec 2010
NBN's tilted playing field
New National Broadband Network (NBN) legislation has been introduced into parliament changing existing telecommunications and competition legislation to accommodate the network and NBN Co.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telcos' billing and usage information: a danger to consumers' finances, says ACMA
The ACMA has released a progress report on its 'Reconnecting the Customer' inquiry into how the telecommunications industry deals with its customers, concluding that billing and usage information on telecommunications services is inadequate and potentially detrimental to consumers' finances.
Source: iTWire
All change in the cut-price telco world
As two major low-cost mobile providers set themselves up in Australia, Channel 7 is out to buy the rest of cut-price IP phone provider Engin. So what's going at the cheap end of the industry?
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra mulls more LTE trials
Telstra may conduct further Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology trials to follow up three rounds of tests carried out over the past six months, according to its wireless chief.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN entrenching rural disconnect
In Brigalow, residents will be able to watch earthmovers digging a trench for a lightning-fast cable network they have no chance of using.
Source: Australian IT
Wed, 08th Dec 2010
Should you be terrified of terabyte plans?
We crunch the numbers to discover the best broadband value.
Source: PC Authority
AIIA slams Victoria's opt-in NBN
Australia's peak technology industry representative group has criticised Victoria's new Coalition Government for its apparent decision to reject an 'opt-out' approach to rolling out the National Broadband Network (NBN) in the state in favour of requiring residents and businesses to 'opt-in'.
Source: ARN