Broadband News
Tue, 09th Mar 2010
ITU launches satellite interface standard for mobiles
The International Telecommunication Union has released a new standard which it claims will boost mobile services in the areas of roaming and compatibility.
Source: iTnews Australia
Hasty call-out for passive NBN kit
NBN Co, the company charged with building Australia's $43 billion National Broadband Network (NBN), today released an expression of interest for companies to provide passive network kit for the national roll-out.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Anti-filter flash mob planned to educate fools
An online activist group will use a flash mob on April Fools Day to raise its concerns about the Internet content filter to the general public.
Source: Computerworld
NBN likely to create skills shortage
As NBN Co begins to hire in earnest, it will shy away from poaching top telco talent and could face a shortage of skilled IT professionals this year.
Source: Australian IT
NBNCo won't dob on job seekers
The National Broadband Network Company (NBNCo) has poured cold water on reports it will contact the employers of prospect executives who attempt to jump ship from other telecommunications providers.
Source: Computerworld
PIPE dream set to come true for TPG
Speculation that TPG Telecom would struggle to garner 75 per cent support from PIPE Networks shareholders for the proposed $373 million acquisition was enough to knock 20ยข off the PIPE share price yesterday, closing at $6, a discount of 5 per cent to the offer of $6.30 a share. The shareholder vote will take place on Friday.
Source: SMH
Mon, 08th Mar 2010
Primus Telecom gears up to offer IPTV
Primus Telecom is putting in place the content and technology to enable it to deliver IPTV services to its ADSL customers, but CEO Ravi Bhatia says he remains unconvinced there will be sufficient demand to merit launching the service.
Source: iTWire
Sydney's anti-filter turnout: Photos
The national day of action to protest the government's internet filter took place last weekend, although only some passionate anti-filter people turned up to the event held in Sydney.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Not all welcome at Perth anti-filter rally
Opponents of the Federal Government's internet filter plan faced unexpected controversy in Perth on Saturday, when an anti-immigration group joined the 'National Day of Action'.
Source: iTnews Australia
Photos: Stop the Filter protest, Melbourne
Almost 300 individuals met at the State Library in Melbourne to protest the Federal Government's ISP-level internet filter plan.
Source: iTnews Australia
Unwanted premium SMS banned
Mobile phone companies will be banned from charging consumers for premium SMS messages against their will.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Soul/TPG lays down Pipe final offer
Soul/TPG is trying hard to convince Pipe Networks shareholders the deal on the table is the best and final offer.
Source: ARN
Up to three weeks to fix rain-affected satellite broadband
Hundreds of satellite broadband units haven't been able to withstand the heavy rains in Queensland and northern NSW, and some people have been without internet access for weeks.
Source: ABC News
Greens will vote against filter Bill
Greens MP Lee Rhiannon said on Saturday at the National Day of Action against the government's internet filter that all five Greens senators will vote against the internet filtering Bill.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Net filter protests fail to deliver crowds
Nationwide protests against the Federal Government's Internet Content Filter plans held on Saturday still struggled to draw big numbers.
Source: Computerworld
Sun, 07th Mar 2010
BigPond software cripples home PCs
Something went wrong -- very wrong -- with BigPond's software on Friday, preventing PCs from booting.
Source: APC Magazine
Sat, 06th Mar 2010
Never mind the fixed-line network, we are going wireless
Telstra is not the only potential threat to the national broadband network.
Source: SMH
What is the national broadband network?
When the federal government supercharged its attempts to build a national broadband network last year, one thing was abundantly clear: they meant business.
Source: SMH
It's all on the line: Telstra sweats it out
Government may have lit the Telstra fuse but both sides are sweating on talks that will recast Australia's telco industry, writes Colin Kruger.
Source: SMH
Fri, 05th Mar 2010
Anti-filter rallies finally off the ground
Australian Greens communications spokesperson, Senator Scott Ludlam, is set to join hundreds in Perth to call for a stop to mandatory ISP filter plans.
Source: ARN
ACCC should stop Conroy's 100Mbps claims
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has put a stop to telco's marketing "theoretical maximum" speeds to consumers. Should Conroy be banned from making speed claims too?
Source: ZDNet Australia
ISP offers all-you-can-eat Google traffic
ISP Cinenet, covered on iTnews for the first time earlier this week, has begun offering its business customers all-you-can-eat Google traffic for a flat fee after signing a peering agreement with Pipe Networks.
Source: iTnews Australia
Internet censorship not a vote-changer
The Federal Government's planned introduction of mandatory internet filtering was unlikely to change the way most broadband users voted in the next election.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 04th Mar 2010
2009 survey results now available
The results of Whirlpool's 2009 Australian Broadband Survey are now available.
Source: Whirlpool
Editorial: ISP filtering policy is not evidence-based
The Federal Government's proposed ISP-level filtering policy is costly, complicated, and will be completely ineffective.
Source: Whirlpool
NBN could increase digital divide
Most people would describe the digital divide as the discrepancy in the availability of new technologies, particularly broadband. On that basis, the roll-out of the NBN (extending broadband to almost every household in Australia) should be good news as it will lessen the divide.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Conroy wades into wireless NBN debate
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has waded into the debate about whether the growing popularity of 3G wireless broadband services has the potential to cannibalise National Broadband Network subscriptions, saying the two platforms are complementary.
Source: iTWire
Mobile and wireless licences to be renewed
The Federal Government will reissue the current 15-year radio frequency spectrum licences used by telcos to provide 2G and 3G mobile phone and wireless services.
Source: Computerworld
Law centre launch: NBN Co promises transparency
The re-launch of UTS's Communications Law Centre (CLC) last night added yet another name to the group of organisations keeping a watchful eye on the build of the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Source: iTnews Australia
Telco analysts happy with NBN trial announcement
The announcement of the NBN mainland trial sites has been largely welcomed by the country's telecommunications analysts, although some have criticised the selection of the trial sites.
Source: Computerworld