Broadband News
Tue, 09th Feb 2010
Exetel drops infringement policy after iiNet win
ISP Exetel had modified its policy for privacy infringement processes in the wake of Justice Cowdroy's landmark ruling in favour of iiNet last Thursday in the Federal Court.
Source: iTnews Australia
Rudd non-committal on copyright law change chances
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has shied away from committing to legislative change to copyright enforcement in the wake of the AFACT v iiNet decision at the Federal Court of Australia last week.
Source: Computerworld
iiNet ruling casts cloud on web media
The Federal Court's decision last week not to hold Perth-based internet service provider iiNet liable for peer-to-peer online copyright infringement has created uncertainty for providers of legal internet movie and TV services.
Source: Australian IT
Mon, 08th Feb 2010
Conroy meets with Google for YouTube filtering
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy had entered discussions with Google to block access to video content that was not technically feasible to filter at the ISP level.
Source: iTnews Australia
TIO website hit by malware
The website of the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) has suffered a malware attack that caused it to be taken offline today.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co hunt for test sites, NOC and data centre
NBN Co is finalising the selection of several "first release sites" across Australia where it will validate its network design in areas it believes replicate the challenges it will experience nationwide.
Source: iTnews Australia
iiNet: The whys and what nows
Last week the Federal Court ruled that internet service providers are not responsible for copyright violation by their customers. This is an important decision not just for iiNet, which spent around $4 million defending the case, but for all ISPs in Australia and, indeed, globally.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Speculation grows on Seven's 4G push
Kerry Stokes is best known for his media interests, a sizeable collection that spans newspapers, radio, magazines, online as well as pay and free-to-air television.
Source: Australian IT
Industry: Conroy's urge for piracy code of conduct is premature
Broadband Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy's calls for the ISP and movie industry to formulate a bilateral code of conduct does not address the root cause of copyright disputes, according to industry watchers.
Source: ARN
Fee cuts to boost networks' revenues
Stephen Conroy has slashed licence fees in a deal ahead of the spectrum sale.
Source: Australian IT
Internet TV braces for Australian push
In the US it's often referred to as "over-the-top TV", but in Australia, it lurches along with the humble handle of internet protocol TV.
Source: Australian IT
ACCC trying to regulate the NBN, and much more, warns Telstra
Telstra has warned that rule changes proposed by the ACCC to 'declared' data transmission services could effectively extend regulation to "NBN Co's proposed new bitstream ethernet services...wholesale DSL, broadband cable Internet, IP-VPN, and VPLS services in the access network." Most of Telstra's competitors disagree.
Source: iTWire
INTERVIEW: Michael Malone still excited, after 16 years
We spoke to Michael Malone shortly after the iiNet court victory.
Source: APC Magazine
Will the AFACT v iiNet case help reduce the rate of online piracy?
A Federal Court judge last week through out a high-profile copyright infringement case against ISP, iiNet, brought by the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT).
Source: Computerworld
Sat, 06th Feb 2010
Australian Democrats calls for radical overhaul of Internet legislation
The Australian Democrats says the current legislative framework for the Internet and related industries is "ill-fitting and ill-serving making it difficult and prohibitive for the Australian Industry to operate with certainty." The party is proposing a radical overhaul.
Source: iTWire
All you ever wanted to know about LTE but were afraid to ask
3G Americas, a wireless industry trade association representing the GSM family of technologies including LTE, has published what is says is a "highly anticipated resource report" on the evolution of mobile technologies to LTE and beyond and designed to be read by "interested members of the general public."
Source: iTWire
Ericsson readies demo of 84Mbit/s HSPA
Ericsson has announced that it will give the world's first demonstration of 84Mbit/s High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) technology at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona later this month.
Source: iTnews Australia
Fri, 05th Feb 2010
Pipe shareholders to decide on TPG merger
Pipe Networks has scheduled a Scheme Meeting, set down for March 12, in which its shareholders will be able to vote on whether to proceed with a $373m takeover offer from TPG.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra separation announced next Thursday?
The eerie quiet that has descended over the once very public stoush between the Federal Government and Telstra (ASX:TLS) could be the clearest indication yet that a deal on the separation of the telco is close at hand.
Source: Computerworld
Optus buys more radio spectrum for mobile broadband
Optus has announced it has bought up all the remaining 2100MHz mobile spectrum to give its 3G/HSPA mobile services in metro areas a speed boost.
Source: APC Magazine
Net piracy fight takes body blow
Hollywood studios and record labels are being forced to go back to the drawing board to come up with a new way of combating online piracy after the Federal Court ruled that internet service providers are not required to police copyright infringement on their networks.
Source: SMH
Legal experts expect appeal in iiNet judgement
Lawyers have predicted that the film industry would appeal its Federal Court loss to ISP iiNet - if only to press the case for Government intervention in the battle against piracy.
Source: iTnews Australia
OECD queries cost of new broadband network
The OOECD has questioned Labor's $43 billion national broadband network as the Communications Minister Stephen Conroy fends off an Auditor-General's report that shows $30 million was lost after he ignored public service advice that his original scheme risked failure.
Source: The Australian
Fibre-optic network backbone begins
The federal government is a week away from seeing the first sod of soil turned in the construction of fibre-optic backbone links for its ambitious $43 billion national broadband network.
Source: The Australian
Thu, 04th Feb 2010
iiNet outcome an "application of common sense": EFF
Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFF) has hailed the outcome of the iiNet vs AFACT case in favour of iiNet, calling the decision an "application of common sense".
Source: Computerworld
All eyes on Conroy: iiNet ruling begs questions
The ruling in favour of the ISP iiNet in its long running court battle with Hollywood movie studios presents a whole new set of issues for Government on how to provide adequate protection for intellectual property in the emerging digital economy.
Source: iTWire
iiTrial verdict: Telstra applauds legal clarity over user piracy
Australia's largest telco has welcomed the Federal Court verdict against a consortium of film and TV studios that tried to sue iiNet.
Source: APC Magazine
Document: Judge's summary of iiNet trial
ZDNet.com.au has obtained Justice Dennis Cowdroy's summary that he read in the NSW Federal Court this morning.
Source: ZDNet Australia
AFACT demands Government curb online piracy
Representatives from the film industry have called on the Federal Government to step in to police online piracy after losing a vital civil battle with ISP iiNet in the Federal Court today.
Source: iTnews Australia
iiNet welcomes Federal Court decision
We have never supported or encouraged breaches of the law, including infringement of the Copyright Act of the Telecommunications Act. Today's judgment is a vindication of that and the allegations against us have been proven to be unfounded.
Source: Computerworld