Broadband News
Wed, 23rd Jun 2010
Minor parties keen to talk on Telstra deal
Australia's minor political parties are all ears for the Rudd Government's plan to spend $11 billion on an NBN deal with Telstra.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 22nd Jun 2010
Conroy defends the "real" Telstra-NBN Co deal
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has attacked Opposition senators over their criticism of the $11 billion Telstra-NBN Co agreement announced on Sunday.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN boosts Australia's profile in global ICT market
The National Broadband Network is creating enormous interest among overseas ICT companies, says Austrade, which is planning an ICT portal to showcase Australia's capabilities.
Source: iTWire
Protest: 19,000 Australians petition against Internet filter
More than 19,000 Australians have opposed mandatory internet filtering in a petition tabled in the Senate this week.
Source: iTnews Australia
New standard for 40 & 100Gbps ethernet ratified
The IEEE has ratified a new ethernet standard covering operation at both 40Gbps and 100Gbps; it is the first to specify two different speeds.
Source: iTWire
Greens table EFA petition against filter
The Greens Party yesterday tabled a petition in the senate containing more than 19,000 signatures of Australians opposed to the Federal Government's plan to block "refused classification" material on the internet. The online petition was run by Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA), a group against the filter.
Source: ZDNet Australia
ISPs could pay millions to store web data
Online personal data will be placed at risk and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) may be forced to cough up millions if the Federal Government acts on plans to legislate data retention laws, industry insiders say.
Source: Computerworld
Telstra Wholesale partners charmed by NBN deal
The $11 billion agreement between Telstra and NBN Co has given Telstra Wholesale resellers the confidence to create long term business plans that include the National Broadband Network next to their incumbent carrier.
Source: iTnews Australia
Satellite provider slams NBN Co
An Australian-owned satellite operator has condemned the NBN Co for its handling of the tender process for internet services in rural areas.
Source: Australian IT
Mon, 21st Jun 2010
Telstra's NBN deal a win-win: analysts
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has managed a real, tangible win-win outcome with yesterday's deal between Telstra and the National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co), according to telecommunications analysts.
Source: ZDNet Australia
National Party votes 'no' to ISP filtering
The National Party of Australia has used its Federal conference to vote against the Government's plan for a mandatory filter.
Source: ARN
Telstra-NBN Co deal: Telstra plans phased copper decommission
Residents and businesses on Telstra's copper and cable networks will be effectively pushed to the National Broadband Network (NBN) under the $11 billion Financial Heads of Agreement deal between the telco, network wholesaler NBN Co and the Federal Government.
Source: Computerworld
Telstra had a gun to its head: Opposition
The Federal Opposition has said that Telstra was forced into signing a preliminary agreement with the National Broadband Network Company because Labor had a gun to the company's head.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Unions, iiNet welcome Telstra/NBN deal
Two major unions, as well as the third-largest ISP, iiNet, have welcomed the deal to sell access to Telstra's infrastructure to the NBN.
Source: APC Magazine
Telstra eyes astronomical pits and pipes lease
Telstra will lease access to its passive infrastructure of pits and pipes to NBN Co over a contract term beyond the "horizons" of any leasing arrangement previously agreed to, Telstra CEO David Thodey said today.
Source: iTnews Australia
FAQ: Making sense of Telstra and NBN Co's agreement
Telstra and NBN Co have struck up a complex and as-yet unfinished agreement to migrate Telstra's copper and cable services onto NBN Co's fibre network.
Source: iTnews Australia
Coalition vows to scrap $11bn NBN Co-Telstra deal
The Federal Opposition will scrap the $11 billion agreement between NBN Co and Telstra should it come to power at the next election, despite widespread industry support for the deal.
Source: iTnews Australia
Sun, 20th Jun 2010
NBN Co to buy Telstra network for $11 billion
Telecommunications incumbent Telstra has agreed to migrate its copper and cable broadband networks to Government-owned NBN Co in a deal worth $11 billion.
Source: iTnews Australia
New company to deliver USO if Telstra does deal with NBN Co
The Government would set up a new company to take over most of Telstra's universal service obligations if the agreement just signed by Telstra and NBN Co is consummated.
Source: iTWire
Telstra signs transfer deal
Telstra has signed an $11 billion deal with NBN Co to transfer customers from the copper network onto the National Broadband Network's fibre network and share Telstra's infrastructure.
Source: SMH
Sat, 19th Jun 2010
Optus urges go-ahead on NBN
The government's national broadband network does not need Telstra for it to roll out, Optus chief executive Paul O'Sullivan says.
Source: The Australian
Fri, 18th Jun 2010
Toxic net filters 'shelved until after election'
The internet censorship policy has joined the government's list of "politically toxic subjects" and will almost certainly be shelved until after the federal election, Greens communications spokesman Scott Ludlam says.
Source: SMH
Telstra LTE trial: 100 Mbps wireless over 75km cell
Telstra's LTE trial, which pitches three of the world's largest networking companies against each other in a proof-of-concept for a next generation data network, has racked up some impressive results, pushing a 100 Mbps wireless downlink to the edges of a 75 kilometre cell.
Source: iTnews Australia
Support accelerates against NBN Co privatisation
Support for the Federal Government to keep the key National Broadband Network (NBN) wholesaler NBN Co in public hands has continued to grow among both the industry and the Opposition.
Source: Computerworld
Telstra flags new broadband deals, just in time for T-Box launch
Three new Telstra bundles will go on sale this week, as the planned national launch of the T-Box creates new demand for better value data services.
Source: PC Authority
Kogan mocks cost of internet filter
Australian gadget manufacturer Kogan has weighed into the internet filter debate in a satirical YouTube video that mocks the cost and effectiveness of the Federal Government's plan to filter the internet.
Source: iTnews Australia
Senators question benefits of NBN
Senators investigating the government's ambitious national broadband network have said the project should be dropped.
Source: Australian IT
Thu, 17th Jun 2010
NBN leads the world, says expert
The $43 billion broadband plan has Australia leading the world in terms of strategies for national infrastructure, a telecommunications expert says.
Source: Australian IT
Senate NBN enquiry winds up after two years and 19 hearings
Two years almost to the day and five reports later the Senate Select Committee set up to enquire into the NBN Mark 1 has issued its fifth and final report and has finally wound up.
Source: iTWire
NBN study doesn't replace cost analysis
In a report on the National Broadband Network, the Senate has again called for the Federal Government to commission a detailed cost-benefit analysis into the project.
Source: ZDNet Australia