Broadband News
Mon, 06th Apr 2009
OptiComm FTTH rides first home buyers boom
OptiComm wants five of Australia’s top ten ISPs offering retail services on its wholesale fibre network before the end of the year.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telcos await government NBN announcement
The federal government's long-awaited announcement on the future of its national high-speed broadband project this week is likely raise as many questions as it answers.
Source: SMH
Fri, 03rd Apr 2009
WA Govt bins $1bn broadband network
The Western Australian Government has decided to bin its plan to roll out a statewide broadband network.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra, Hutch fight over shared network
Hutchison's 3 and Telstra have faced off in the Supreme Court this week to argue over their shared mobile network.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Thu, 02nd Apr 2009
iiNet tests legality of Conroy slur
Perth-headquartered ISP iiNet said it has sought legal advice on Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy's public commentary on its legal defence in a high-profile copyright case before the NSW Federal Court.
Source: Australian IT
3's new roaming rates revealed
3 will enable roaming onto Telstra's NextG network this month, with reduced roaming fees of 50c/MB on X-Series plans.
Source: Whirlpool
Wed, 22nd Mar 2000
TPG net profit jumps to AU$162m after iiNet acquisition
With subscriber numbers bolstered by its recent acquisition of iiNet, TPG has reported a six-month net profit of AU$162.3 million on revenue of AU$1.15 billion.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Thu, 01st Jan 1970
Telstra fined over 15k customer details leaked in privacy breach
Telstra has been found to have breached Australian privacy law last year, with 15,775 Telstra customers having their private information exposed online.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Tue, 30th Nov -0001
NBN Co board submits resignation: Report
Reports suggest that all of the board members of NBN Co have offered their resignations to the new communications minister.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN negotiations "complex" and "moving slowly" says Telstra
Anyone expecting some hint of progress on Telstra's negotiations with the Government over its role in the NBN from today's results announcement would have been disappointed.
Source: iTWire
Telstra opens Point Cook fibre network
Telstra will await the outcome of its Point Cook fibre trial and ongoing regulatory and commercial discussions with the Government before deciding whether to extend the open-access wholesale arrangements in the Melbourne suburb across the rest of its Velocity fibre network.
Source: iTnews Australia
WA blames “inconsistent” NBN rollout on engagement fail
The WA Government has pointed to poor engagement by nbn as being behind an “inconsistent” rollout of the NBN in the state.
Source: ARN