Broadband News
Fri, 13th Nov 2009
iiNet stands firm on Telco Act defence
iiNet did not comply with requests to cancel the accounts of alleged copyright infringers, but it did not need to, iiNet's legal counsel argued today as the ISP started to close off its legal battle in the Federal Court.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Pipe customers apprehensive over Soul/TPG acquisition
Several of Pipe Networks' customers have expressed apprehension about the company's imminent sale to telecom player, Soul/TPG.
Source: ARN
Thu, 12th Nov 2009
Pipe Networks sell-out an absolute travesty
The proposed buyout of Pipe Networks by SP Telemedia is an absolute travesty for Australia's telecommunications industry and will be overwhelmingly negative for customers, Pipe Networks staff, shareholders and the industry as a whole.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Nextgen fibre cut near Sydney
Nextgen Networks is suffering a cut fibre on one of their paths between Sydney and Melbourne.
Source: iTnews Australia
Analyst: Too early to tell SP Telemedia and PIPE Networks deal impact
The impact of the tie up between SP Telemedia and PIPE Networks announced to the ASX yesterday, will not be known for some months, according to Layer 10 founder, Paul Brooks.
Source: Computerworld
Smooth Slattery to soothe ISP concerns on PIPE sale
PIPE Networks chief executive Bevan Slattery will have an interesting night ahead at the company's Sydney Christmas party this evening.
Source: iTnews Australia
Analyst: PIPE bid is the right price
Australia's pre-eminent telco analyst believes SP Telemedia's $373 million bid to acquire PIPE Networks is at the right price for PIPE and is just within reach of SP Telemedia's borrowing capacity.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 11th Nov 2009
SP Telemedia to pay $373m in cash for Pipe Networks
SP Telemedia has made a $373m cash offer to buy Pipe Networks which operates an extensive network of optical fibre cables and data centres in Australian capital cities and which owns the newly-opened PPC-1 submarine fibre cable from Sydney to Guam.
Source: iTWire
SingTel: No decision yet on Optus sale
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd chief executive Chua Sock Koong says the company has yet to decide whether or not to sell a stake in its Australian subsidiary Optus.
Source: ZDNet Australia
AFACT steps up attacks on iiNet’s credibility
The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) has stepped up efforts to destroy the credibility of iiNet representatives in its closing statements.
Source: ARN
Day 18: Studios seek to deprive iiNet barristers of "beauty sleep"
The film industry lead barrister has accused iiNet's legal team of trying to win time for "beauty sleep" by requesting the case be adjourned until Friday mid-morning.
Source: iTnews Australia
TPG-Soul, Pipe issue trading halts
In similarly worded announcements citing continuous disclosure rules, data carriers Pipe Networks and SP Telemedia (TPG-Soul) have again requested the ASX halt trades in their securities.
Source: iTnews Australia
Day 18: Studios call for Federal Court to disregard iiNet evidence
The film industry has accused ISP iiNet of making contradictory statements with regards to evidence of alleged copyright infringement found on its network by AFACT investigators - which could ultimately damage iiNet's credibility in the copyright case, the Federal Court heard this morning.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 10th Nov 2009
Day 17: Film industry attacks iiNet witness selection
ISP iiNet's chief Michael Malone has witnessed first-hand an attempt by barristers representing the film industry to assassinate his character in the Federal Court, with the film industry's lead barrister labelling Malone's evidence as "incredible", "evasive" and unreliable.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra split bill 'one vote short'
Australia's minor political parties appear likely to support the Federal Government's plan to split Telstra, with key supporters of the legislation telling iTnews that Communications Minister Senator Conroy is just 'one vote short' of forming a majority on the bill.
Source: iTnews Australia
Day 17: iiNet clutching at legal "splinters", studios claim
Barristers representing the film industry claimed today in the Federal Court that case law referenced in iiNet's defence could potentially work against the ISP.
Source: iTnews Australia
AFACT vs iiNet: AFACT alleges iiNet argument
iiNet is asking the court to find the company's own terms and conditions to be unenforceable and unreasonable, AFACT has today alleged in court.
Source: Computerworld
Day 17: iiNet copyright case to enter fifth week
The copyright infringement case between the film industry and ISP iiNet could now run into a fifth week of hearings to provide adequate time for iiNet's lawyers to prepare their closing submissions.
Source: iTnews Australia
Adam Internet turns on Adelaide WiMAX network
Adam Internet has launched services and announced prices on the WiMAX network it is rolling out in Adelaide to provide broadband services to residents in a number of blackspot areas.
Source: iTWire
Data#3 wins NBN office IT roll-out
Diversified ICT products and services group Data#3 has won a fistful of contracts to design, deploy and manage the National Broadband Network Company's corporate IT infrastructure.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Day 16: iiNet authorised infringing acts, says film industry
The film industry's barristers yesterday commenced closing statements in the Federal Court in Sydney as the copyright case against ISP iiNet entered its fourth and final week of hearings.
Source: iTnews Australia
Conroy defends $1m bill for two communications forums
The federal Communications Department has splurged more than $1 million on two talkfests - for the new broadband network and for the switchover to digital television - amid suggestions that one conference will be a financial failure and the other will short-change regional viewers.
Source: SMH
Optus pitches satellite for NBN role
Optus is positioning its satellite service as the means by which NBNCo might solve the difficult requirement of providing broadband services to the "last ten percent" of Australians living in regional and remote areas.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 09th Nov 2009
The long-awaited separation of Telstra
Blessed is he who shepherds the weak through the valley of Telstra, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost DSLAMs.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Conroy's broadband forum to cost $500k
A conference to be held at the University of New South Wales on the future of fast broadband will cost taxpayers $528,000.
Source: ZDNet Australia
AAPT adds free calls to unlimited download broadband plan
Aapt has upgraded its bundled broadband and home phone Anytime Unlimited plan to include free local and national fixed line calls.
Source: iTWire
Xenophon backs Telstra split
Independent senator Nick Xenophon over the weekend said he backed a structural separation of communication giant Telstra as long as regional Australia got a fair deal.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Sun, 08th Nov 2009
The iiNet case is just a minor skirmish, the big battle is ACTA
The latest round of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement negotiations have wrapped up in South Korea. Amongst other things, if successful in their present form, the internationally agreed rules would completely sideline the iiNet case currently before the Australian courts.
Source: iTWire
Sat, 07th Nov 2009
Top posts on the AFACT v iiNet case - Week 3
Controversy over the ongoing iiNet vs AFACT case has once again sparked an influx of comments on online articles and forums. As the third week of the case draws to a close, we take a look at the top posts.
Source: Computerworld
We're not going to do AFACT's job for them: iiNet
Australia's third largest ISP iiNet chief regulatory officer Steve Dalby has admitted in Federal Court to dismissing AFACT allegations of iiNet customer copyright infringement, saying, "we were not going to do AFACT's job for them."
Source: iTWire