Broadband News
Wed, 10th Jun 2009
IIA cautions against ISP e-security burdens
Measures outlined by Senator Conroy to kick-start development of an e-security code of practice for ISPs are "on the table" but may not make the final cut.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 09th Jun 2009
Canberra acts fast on bush net grant
The federal government has moved swiftly to close loopholes in its bush broadband subsidy scheme that have allowed a satellite company to claim grants for services that do not comply with the program.
Source: Australian IT
Thodey mending fences with ACCC
Telstra's conciliatory tack under new chief executive David Thodey has gathered momentum with the telco's voluntary withdrawal from a looming legal battle with the competition regulator.
Source: Australian IT
Thodey could make $6.8m per year
Telstra's new chief executive David Thodey will receive a fixed annual remuneration of $2 million or $1 million less than his predecessor, compensated by a significant boost to incentive payments that could see him take home up to $6.8 million a year.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Good year for iiNet
Australia's third-biggest internet provider iiNet today said it expected "strong growth" for the 2009 financial year, with expected full-year net profit of $25 million.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Forget FTTP, the NBN is about the apps
The laboratory director of one of Australia's leading ICT research and development organisations has claimed the national broadband network (NBN) is all about the applications, not the fibre.
Source: ARN
Basslink to go live by 30 June
The long-awaited Basslink fibre cable, which will end Telstra's monopoly over the Bass Strait between Tasmania and the mainland, will start carrying customer traffic by 30 June, the cable's operator said today.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Mon, 08th Jun 2009
Telstra split-up key: Optus
The Government's $43 billion NBN will be economically unviable unless Telstra is structurally separated, Optus says.
Source: Australian IT
Striving for mediocrity
If the latest NBN scenario planning is right, David Thodey will have to accept that even an optimal outcome for both Telstra and the government will not deliver dramatic returns for Telstra's one million shareholders.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Future FTTH network should be buried, and shouldn't be PON
With the benefit of 40 years in telecoms engineering, management and consulting Ross Kelso brings an informed and independent perspective to the debate around Australia's National Broadband Networks and his submission to the Government's review of the regulatory environment has some interesting ideas.
Source: iTWire
Sat, 06th Jun 2009
Did cyber security concerns decide the NBN?
I'm not one for conspiracy theories but I just can't get the idea out of my head that the Federal Government's decision to go it alone with the NBN was because of cyber security concerns. No, not because of China and Russia directly, but because it will help our own national security.
Source: ARN
Telstra split-up key to NBN viability, says Optus
The federal Government's $43billion national broadband network will be economically unviable unless Telstra is structurally separated, arch-rival Optus says.
Source: The Australian
Fri, 05th Jun 2009
ACCC to extend Telstra rules
The competition watchdog late Thursday said it intended to extend the declarations that enable Telstra's competitors to provide fixed voice and broadband services over the telco's copper network for a further five years.
Source: ZDNet Australia
ACCC draws copper line
The ACCC has moved to address uncertainty over regulation of Telstra's copper network ahead of construction of the NBN.
Source: Australian IT
National auditor to begin NBN tender review
The national auditor will soon begin a full review of the federal government's abandoned NBN tender process.
Source: Australian IT
Full blown audit into NBN tender
The Auditor General has cancelled the Audit Office's preliminary inquiry into the failed NBN tender, opting instead for a full-blown performance audit.
Source: iTnews Australia
Broadband Dept hires for NBN team
The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy is on the hunt for five key executives to join its National Broadband Network team.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Thu, 04th Jun 2009
Structural separation of Telstra slips off the agenda
Neither the ruling ALP nor the Liberal Party will openly advocate the structural separation of Telstra, despite repeated calls from competitors for the Government to break up Australia's incumbent carrier.
Source: iTnews Australia
Libs won't push for Telstra break-up
Shadow Communications Minister Nick Minchin this week said the opposition would not support calls from Telstra's rivals for the telco to be broken up into chunks.
Source: ZDNet Australia
ACCC wants to keep Telstra's lines open for 5 years
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced its intention to extend a key declaration that allows Telstra's competitors to use its copper network for a further five years.
Source: ARN
Government collects regulatory reform papers
The Government received more than 90 submissions yesterday for its regulatory reform discussion paper.
Source: Australian IT
Wed, 03rd Jun 2009
Amcom cautious of NBN role for fibre assets
Amcom Telecom has held "very preliminary discussions" with Senator Conroy's department around the NBN but is seeking further clarification before committing to vend in some of its dark fibre assets.
Source: iTnews Australia
Internet filter: $44.5m and no goal in sight
The Rudd Government's internet censorship policy will cost about $90,000 per blocked web address to implement and the Government has admitted it has not developed any criteria to determine whether trials of the scheme are a success.
Source: SMH
Internode raises 3G download caps
Internode has boosted its 3G wireless broadband quotas in a move that will make the plans more competitive with other offers in the market.
Source: iTnews Australia
AAPT wants Optus reined in too
AAPT chief executive Paul Broad has called on the government to boost the competition regulator's power to rein in both Telstra and Optus from moves he claimed were stifling competition in the fixed line and broadband markets.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Government to show off NBN in public demo
The benefits to the Australian community of the proposed National Broadband Network (NBN) have been touted many times since the federal government announcement of its NBN plans, and an event tomorrow will endeavour to show just us how services might be accessed through the high speed broadband network once it's up and running.
Source: iTWire
Break up Telstra and force it out of Foxtel, says Optus
Optus has released its submission to the government's review of telecommunications regulation, calling for Telstra to be broken up into separate network-owning and retail service providing entities and for it to be forced to divest its 50 percent stake in Foxtel.
Source: iTWire
Tue, 02nd Jun 2009
Filter plan angers Young Labor
Unwired has become the ninth ISP to join the Government's internet filtering trials as Young Labor rebels against the plans.
Source: Australian IT
Aussie anti-piracy battle moves into schools
The Australian film and television industry will take its fight against piracy into schools courtesy of a newly-formed body, the Intellectual Property Awareness Foundation (IPAF).
Source: iTnews Australia
A broadband Australia tapping a market of 5 billion Internet users
Outgoing ICANN CEO, Paul Twomey, paints a picture of enormous opportunities for Australia as the NBN increases broadband speeds and as the global population of Internet users more than doubles in the space of two years to five billion, most of these in Asia.
Source: iTWire