Broadband News
Mon, 15th Feb 2010
Telstra Velocity fibre network remains closed shop
A proposal to open Telstra Velocity fibre networks up to other internet service providers appears to have ground to a halt, with customers remaining locked in to Telstra internet services in Smart Community housing estates.
Source: iTnews Australia
Nextgen starts $250m backhaul build in Qld
Mount Isa in Queensland's north will this Wednesday become the starting point for the Federal Government's $250 million backhaul blackspots build.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Tassie eyes fourth subsea internet cable
Tasmania will get a fourth subsea fibre cable crossing Bass Strait within five years, according to an infrastructure blueprint for the island state.
Source: iTnews Australia
AFACT v iiNet: Appeal decision to be known in a fortnight
The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) will take the next two weeks to consider appealing the recent loss of a copyright infringement case against ISP, iiNet.
Source: Computerworld
No cap on broadband downloads
The dream of unlimited broadband downloads is a reality for internet users with the introduction today of Australia's first truly no-limit plan.
Source: The Daily Telegraph
Will nice guy Thodey finish last?
Nobody wants the pugnacious Sol Trujillo back, but is Telstra's charming new CEO David Thodey too much of a soft touch to rescue Telstra from steady decline?
Source: APC Magazine
Sun, 14th Feb 2010
3G wireless broadband moving to 112Mbps
Telstra will be one of the first operators in the world to offer a commercial HSPA data service at 42Mbps maximum downlink bandwidth, but Nokia Siemens is touting the next evolution of the technology offering up to 112Mbps.
Source: iTWire
High-tech bust costs web pirate $1.5m fine
People who download the latest TV shows, films and games are at risk of prosecution as major distributors use new forensic technology to target individuals who illegally file-share on the internet.
Source: SMH
Fri, 12th Feb 2010
Optus chases Telstra confidentiality breach ruling
Optus has appealed to a full bench of the Federal Court to find Telstra breached confidentiality when it used Optus' call information to prepare internal market share reports.
Source: iTnews Australia
Months still in Telstra govt talks
It was likely to be months, not weeks, before a deal was reached between Telstra and the federal government on a proposed national broadband network (NBN), according to Telstra CEO David Thodey.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Is it worth waiting for Vivid Wireless 4G?
Is it worth waiting for another contender to emerge in the wireless broadband space? We examine the news that Channel 7's Vivid Wireless will roll out 4G wireless in Australia.
Source: PC Authority
AAPT enjoys revenue growth from business customers
Australian telco AAPT has delivered revenues of NZ$66 million (AU$51.7m) to its parent company, Telecom New Zealand in the second quarter, up 28 percent on the prior quarter and driven by gains in the business market.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra profit on hold as people abandon landlines
The rot plaguing Telstra's fixed-line telephony business has spread to other parts of the empire, crunching first-half profits and forcing chief executive David Thodey to cut forecasts for the third time under his watch.
Source: The Australian
Thu, 11th Feb 2010
Internode upgrading its network security
Internode has announced it is moving to increase the security protection of its customers with an update to its network firewall.
Source: Computerworld
iiNet and TPG battle for bronze
TPG and iiNet are neck and neck in terms of customer numbers, battling it out for the position of third largest provider. Will the company that comes out on top with the most customers be the ultimate winner, or will other factors come into play?
Source: ZDNet Australia
Anonymous blasts Government sites for second day
Hackers continued to bombard the Australian Parliament House website with traffic for a second straight day as part of Operation Titstorm.
Source: iTnews Australia
Federal Government builds secret database to fight cyber-terrorism
Australia's biggest banks, telcos, and utilities have handed sensitive data to government for the protection of critical infrastructure (CI) against terrorism and natural disasters.
Source: Computerworld
Telstra speaks to Google about rolling out fibre-to-the-home
Telstra today said it had spoken to Google management about its rollout of gigabit fibre-to-the-home in the US which was announced overnight.
Source: APC Magazine
Wed, 10th Feb 2010
80% of Aussies support filter
A survey commissioned by the ABC's Hungry Beast, has found that 80 per cent of respondents supported Labor's proposed filter.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Roadshow Films gave $500k to political parties
Roadshow Films, one of the film studios that brought a copyright case against ISP iiNet, donated almost $500,000 to Australian political parties in the lead up to filing its case.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Vividwireless reveals five-city expansion plans
Vividwireless will create metro extension networks in five capital cities within 12 months of its Perth "4G" wireless broadband network in March.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBNCo's Quigley unphased by Opposition's NBN policy void
National Broadband Network (NBN) chief Mike Quigley has kept mum on whether a change in Federal Government could signal trouble for the $43 billion initiative.
Source: Computerworld
Stokes: Seven must adapt to illegal content sharing
Seven Network director Ryan Stokes has admitted that the television network is lost as to how to stop the proliferation of its content - both local and licensed - via peer-to-peer networks and YouTube.
Source: iTnews Australia
Operation Titstorm: hackers bring down government websites
Hackers connected with the anti-Scientology group Anonymous this morning launched a broad attack on government websites.
Source: SMH
Telstra NBN deal closer: Future Fund chief
Telstra's biggest shareholder is confident the company and the government are moving closer to a deal on NBN.
Source: Australian IT
Optus asset sale put on hold
Optus has put plans to sell its cable broadband network to the national broadband network on ice after reporting another solid profit .
Source: Australian IT
Tue, 09th Feb 2010
Optus won't reprimand pirating users
Optus director of government and corporate affairs Maha Krishnapillai said today that although it planned to work with other internet service providers and the government on preventing internet piracy, it did not believe in sending alleged infringement notices to users.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Google cold on voluntary YouTube filtering
Google Australia could not give the Government an assurance it would voluntarily remove all refused classification content from YouTube, its policy head said today.
Source: iTnews Australia
Optus cable to hit 100Mbit/s by mid-2010
The nation's number two telco Optus today said it was on schedule to upgrade the speed of its HFC cable network in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to 100Mbps by mid-2010.
Source: APC Magazine
ISPs still buying ADSL kit
Australian internet service providers are increasing their purchases of ADSL equipment, according to Ericsson, despite the potential for the construction of the National Broadband Network to make such investments irrelevant in the long term.
Source: ZDNet Australia