Broadband News
Wed, 09th Dec 2009
Equinix secures Pipe interconnect deal
Pipe has selected the Equinix Sydney1 data centre as an interconnect provider for its PPC-1 cable between Sydney and Guam.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 08th Dec 2009
Telstra raises ISP ire over BigPond price drops
Telstra has been accused of repeating anti-competitive behaviour from 2004 after again failing to reduce wholesale DSL prices in line with lower BigPond prices announced last week.
Source: iTnews Australia
Internode calls an end to 'fraudband' plans
National ISP Internode has dropped its old 256Kbps and 512Kbps plans, and will deliver a minimum of 1500Kbps to new customers. The company has also announced a "truly unlimited" plan.
Source: iTWire
Internode lifts lid on wholesale internet costs
Internode has revealed it pays around $3100 per megabit in wholesale 3G costs to provide a wireless broadband service to its customers.
Source: iTnews Australia
Conroy gets new shadow: Tony Smith
Liberal member for Casey, Victoria, Tony Smith has been appointed as the Coalition's new shadow communications minister, but his views are at odds with new shadow finance minister, Nationals senator, Barnaby Joyce.
Source: ZDNet Australia
ACMA gears up to allow in-flight mobile phone usage
The ACMA is proposing new spectrum licensing rules that would enable airlines to offer mobile phone services in-flight, but these are likely to be limited to SMS and GPRS data - Australian airlines aren't keen to offer voice services.
Source: iTWire
LTE - the bandwidth it will really deliver
Enthusiastic cellular operators hoping to upgrade to long term evolution (LTE) and their equally enthusiastic vendors have been cheerfully talking up the bandwidth capabilities of the technology to dizzying heights. Verizon Wireless has brought some reality to the situation, announcing what users can expect to get on its LTE network.
Source: iTWire
Revealed: Telstra-NBN asset deal dangers
The NBN Co and Government may be negotiating access to an unusable duct system and customer base it could win over by other means than a deal with Telstra, a regulatory gabfest in Sydney heard today.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co's FTTP tender: suppliers will have one month to respond
NBN Co has revealed details of its planned acquisition timetable for the key FTTH components of the National Broadband Network, saying it will give organisation invited to tender just one month to respond.
Source: iTWire
ISPs urged to increase security responsibility
The founder of the Australian High Tech Crime Centre (AHTCC) has called on Internet service providers (ISPs) to cooperate with each other and government to fight cyber crime.
Source: Computerworld
Mon, 07th Dec 2009
Telstra looks to the web for feedback loop
Telecommunications incumbent Telstra has invited a subset of its customers to take part in a twice-monthly customer satisfaction survey.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra threatens vividwireless speed claims
Within a month of the birth of Channel Seven's WiMax internet service provider, vividwireless, Telstra had welcomed it with "cease and desist" letters over its use of the term "4G".
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra manager deems separation
Telstra has branded functional separation of its wholesale and retail businesses as "wasteful" and claims it could cost customers up to $1 billion.
Source: ARN
Quickflix readies for NBN with Macquarie Hosting
Listed Australian online movie subscription company, Quickflix has signed a three-year, half-million dollar deal with Macquarie Hosting to host its online portal as the company prepares for what it says is an expected big increase in business with the eventual launch of the NBN.
Source: iTWire
ISPs in 2010 - iiNet
With the revelation of the NBN, the potential break up of Telstra, the AFACT vs iiNet and ISP-level filtering trials, 2009 has shaped up as quite a year for ISPs. What could be in store in 2010? We ask some of the leading internet service providers. In this edition, iiNet's MD Michael Malone.
Source: Computerworld
Telstra: Separation could be a $1bn IT project
Telstra would be forced to break apart the IT systems it implemented during its five-year transformation project at a cost of at least $500 million if it is forced to functionally separate, the telco’s public policy director said today.
Source: iTnews Australia
Internode ready to lose geek image and go mainstream
Adelaide-based Internode may soon doff its propeller hat to the geek image that has helped it prosper in Australia's cutthroat internet game for nearly two decades.
Source: The Australian
NBN Co fires starting gun for network vendors
Federal Government-funded National Broadband Network company (NBN Co) has requested networking equipment vendors provide it a statement of their capabilities in preparation for the build out of a $43 billion fibre-to-the-home (FttH) national network.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN 'a window' to grab market share
The launch of the $43 billion National Broadband Network will give Australian companies a brief window of opportunity to grab market share.
Source: Australian IT
Sun, 06th Dec 2009
NBN and IPv6 Forums to dominate next week
The National Broadband Network (NBN) and the migration to IPv6 will dominate conversations at three conferences this week.
Source: Computerworld
Sat, 05th Dec 2009
NBN Co moves into network acquisition mode
The NBN Co has kicked off the process for acquiring the equipment needed to rollout its FTTH network with a request for capability statements from potential suppliers, confirming that it intends to rollout a GPON network.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 04th Dec 2009
iiNet, Internode, MacTel circling new backhaul links
ISPs iiNet, Internode, Adam and Macquarie Telecom will look to offer services to some or all of the 100 regional towns that will benefit from the Government's $250m backhaul blackspots scheme.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN blackspots maps
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy reveals maps of 100 regional cities and towns to benefit from six new fibre links to be built by Nextgen Networks.
Source: iTnews Australia
Nextgen wins $250m NBN backhaul project
Nextgen Networks will build all six backhaul links under the Government's $250 million blackspot scheme, connecting 100 regional towns to high-speed broadband in just 18 months
Source: iTnews Australia
World's eyes on Aussie NBN: Conroy
Australia's impending National Broadband Network (NBN) has garnered considerable interest internationally, according to Broadband Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy.
Source: ARN
1000 jobs for regional NBN project
Broadband blackspots in five states and the Northern Territory will be equipped with fast broadband links in a federal government-funded project that will create 1000 jobs.
Source: Australian IT
Nextgen Networks to fill in broadband backhaul blackspots
Leighton Contractors' subsidiary Nextgen Networks has won the Federal Government's tender to provide the optical fibre links for its $250m Regional Backbone Blackspots Programme, and has already signed Nextep as the first ISP to make user of the network.
Source: iTWire
Tide rising on Tasmanian NBN
Tasmania's builder of the National Broadband Network, Aurora Energy, yesterday said it would factor in rising sea levels in its assessment of where to lay fibre along the state's coastline.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra's rivals furious at freeze on access price
The competition watchdog has enraged Telstra's competitors by freezing the prices they pay Telstra for access to millions of home phone lines.
Source: SMH
Minchin hits back at Conroy jibes
Liberal Senator Nick Minchin has hit back at jibes by communications minister Stephen Conroy over the delay of the Telstra separation bill.
Source: Computerworld