Broadband News
Thu, 08th Oct 2009
Day Three: iiNet lawyers link film studios to BitTorrent
Several film studios listed as applicants in the copyright case against ISP iiNet had "contractual relationships" with BitTorrent, counsel for iiNet alleged in court today.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN: Pipe presses Feds for better facilities access
Even as Pipe Networks partied in Sydney Thursday night to celebrate the launch of its PPC-1 trans-Pacific cable, the company was pressing Government for changes to proposed legislation to give it better access to interconnect facilities.
Source: iTWire
Blog: Separation: The UK experience
How can the UK experience of BT's separation inform our understanding of Telstra's future? In this week's Twisted Wire podcast, we talked to the key UK players to get the lay of the land.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Quigley quenches Malone's NBN scepticism
After "a healthy debate" with NBN Co chief executive, iiNet supremo Michael Malone has been convinced that the National Broadband Network will be delivered.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Tasmania announces fibre contract
NBN Tasmania today announced Corning Cable Systems Pty Ltd will provide fibre optic cable for the construction of Tasmania’s backhaul network in the first tender issued under the Australian Government’s National Broadband Network (NBN) project.
Source: iTnews Australia
PPC-1 submarine cable switches on
The PIPE Networks undersea cable system, PIPE Pacific Cable (PPC-1), stretching from Sydney to Guam, was officially launched today at an event at Sydney’s Australian Technology Park.
Source: Computerworld
AFACT director to take the stand in civil case against iiNet
The civil action between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) and ISP iiNet continues today, with AFACT's executive director, Neil Gane, likely to take the stand as the first witness.
Source: Computerworld
iiNet says no laws were breached
iiNet yesterday told the NSW Federal Court that movie studios accusing it of sanctioning illegal file sharing on the internet had vastly exaggerated the extent of copyright infringement carried out on its service.
Source: Australian IT
Telstra investors take a stand
Telstra shareholders have railed against the government's plans to split the telco giant, describing the action as a betrayal of trust, vindictive and a monumental swindle.
Source: Australian IT
Wed, 07th Oct 2009
iiNet lawyers pan film industry figures
Almost six-figure sums of copyright infringements alleged to have taken place on iiNet's network were "pings" by an investigator rather than downloads of a file, the ISP's general counsel told the court today.
Source: iTnews Australia
Amcom options initiative to raise $21m
Perth-based telco Amcom (ASX: AMM) has announced plans to cancel 81 million outstanding options and to underwrite the exercise of 150 million 17 cent options: a move that will net it $21m in cash and , it says, alleviate concerns of its share base being diluted and leaving it with too much cash had all the options been exercised.
Source: iTWire
Day Two: iiNet pursued prosecution of film industry investigator
In the Federal Court in Sydney today, an iiNet employee was alleged to have asked a computer crime officer from the WA Police to prosecute the investigator employed by the film industry to collect evidence of copyright infringement on the ISP's network.
Source: iTnews Australia
It's official: 'NBN Co. Ltd' is the name
The company being put together to construct and operate the National Broadband Network will be formally named "NBN Co. Limited".
Source: ZDNet Australia
Day Two: iiNet, Westnet email trails revealed
The film industry has attempted to use a trail of internal training documents and emails to prove ISP iiNet turned a blind eye to copyright infringement on its network.
Source: iTnews Australia
First LTE networks will deliver 20 Mbps of download speed
When the first LTE (Long Term Evolution) networks and devices are launched next year, users can expect to see a download speed of about 20Mbps, according to Motorola and ZTE.
Source: ARN
WiMAX v LTE-A: battle for the 4G wireless standard ramps up
The battle between the cellular and WIMAX camps for future 4G wireless networking standards ramped up this week with the IEEE formally submitting its 802.16m standard (the next iteration of today's 802.16e mobile WiMAX standard) to the ITU as a candidate radio interface technology for IMT-Advanced standardisation.
Source: iTWire
The spleen files: The rage of Telstra shareholders
Senator Stephen Conroy is a "Communist" hellbent on destroying Telstra out of "ego" and "spite", according to submissions from Telstra shareholders to a Senate Standing Committee inquiry into the Communications Ministers' plan to split Telstra.
Source: iTnews Australia
iiNet case to determine future of downloads
The Federal Court yesterday became the theatre for a fiercely contested legal battle that could mark the end of the illegal movie and music download free-for-all for hundreds of thousands of internet users, and leave Australia's third-largest internet company facing millions of dollars worth of damages claims.
Source: Australian IT
Telstra to lodge split-up response
Telstra will today lay bare its response to the government's threats to dismember the company, in its submission to a Senate inquiry into the biggest shake-up of the communications sector in a generation.
Source: Australian IT
Tue, 06th Oct 2009
Telstra expands Next G coverage
Telstra claims that more than 100 locations around Australia now have mobile coverage for the first time as a result of the continuing expansion of the carrier's Next G 3G network.
Source: iTWire
Undersea cable ushers in hope for new era of bigger data allowances for Internet users
After years of waiting, the PIPE PPC-1 fibre-optic link stretching from Sydney via Guam, is going live. In a big win for consumers of some ISPs, a new era of cheaper plans and bigger data allowances may await.
Source: PC Authority
Timeline: iiNet and AFACT suit up for Court
The Australian ISP community is holding its breath as the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) and iiNet enter the Federal Court over a landmark copyright case that has transpired over the past year.
Source: ARN
Vodafone cuts prepaid mobile broadband to $99, doubles data to 1GB
Vodafone's Prepaid Mobile Broadband Starter Pack now sells at $99 and throws in 1GB of data for the bundled dual-band USB modem.
Source: APC Magazine
Sanctuary Cove won't wait for NBN fibre
Queensland resort and gated community Sanctuary Cove isn’t waiting for the National Broadband Network to roll past its upmarket residences, and will instead roll-out its own fibre to the home infrastructure in preparation for higher bandwidth services.
Source: iTWire
Judge wants to see live BitTorrent demo
Justice Cowdroy, presiding over the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) versus iiNet copyright infringement hearing, today said he wanted to see a live demonstration of how BitTorrent is used to download movies.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Internode drops Optus ADSL2+ offering
ISP Internode today dropped its Optus ADSL2+ offering to avoid confusion when it came to choosing from its ADSL plans.
Source: iTnews Australia
AFACT claims 100K copyright breaches on iiNet
Investigators claim to have recorded almost 100,000 instances of iiNet users making available online unauthorised copies of films and TV programs from the film studio's catalogues, lawyers for the film industry said in court today.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN to drive jobs for remote Aussies: Conroy
The National Broadband Network would drive job opportunities in regional Australia and help remote indigenous communities participate in the mainstream economy, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has told a conference in Geneva.
Source: iTWire
Telstra investors launch anti-separation campaign
The second largest shareholder in Telstra has kicked off a campaign to try and persuade the Federal Government to change its mind about forcing the telco to structurally separate.
Source: iTnews Australia
Internode says new cable link allows data boost, lowers costs
Internode says it's taking advantage of a reduction in data transfer costs afforded by the new fibre-optic link between Australia and the Pacific Island of Guam to boost data quotas and lower plan costs to its customers.
Source: iTWire