Broadband News
Mon, 07th Dec 2009
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
NBN central to consumer cloud: NetApp
The National Broadband Network (NBN) will be fundamental to the long term success of consumer cloud computing, and irrelevant for the enterprise cloud in Australia, according to NetApp.
Source: Computerworld
Thu, 03rd Dec 2009
ACCC backtracks on Telstra ULLS pricing
In the face of industry-wide criticism, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has reverted to its old pricing schedule and released a discussion paper on how it should value Telstra's network in the future.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Vividwireless to begin testing Perth WiMAX in two weeks
Vividwireless has revealed it will have an operational WiMAX network in Perth that is ready for testing in the next fortnight.
Source: iTnews Australia
Feds to crowdsource ideas for NBN talkfest
The Federal Government plans to use Twitter, Wikis and other live social media technologies to feed suggestions from the general public direct to the stage at its Broadband Forum next week.
Source: iTnews Australia
Conroy opens NICTA's HQ in Sydney
Minister for Broadband Senator Stephen Conroy officially opened the new research laboratory and headquarters of National ICT Australia (NICTA) in Sydney today.
Source: iTnews Australia
Conroy: Minchin's manipulations will hurt consumers
Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy has condemned his former opposite number, Senator Nick Minchin, for forcing the Telstra separation bill to be delayed until February next year, saying consumers will be worse off as a result.
Source: Computerworld
Conroy holds his breath for iiNet v AFACT verdict
The court stoush between iiNet and AFACT may provide the basis for new legislation addressing online copyright issues, Broadband and Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy has revealed.
Source: ARN
Wed, 02nd Dec 2009
Optus chief outlines telco "megatrends"
Optus chief executive, Paul O'Sullivan, has flagged Optus' vision of the "megatrends" that will drive the elecommunications industry. Detailing his view in a speech to the Committee for Economic Development Australia (CEDA), O'Sullivan said there was an explosion in bandwidth happening across all the major communications technologies.
Source: Computerworld
Amcom: NBN speeds irrelevant to business
Amcom managing director Clive Stein said today that he wasn't concerned about competition from the National Broadband Network (NBN) because 100Mbps was too slow for many of his customers.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Abbott: NBN plans crazier than Whitlam
In his maiden speech yesterday, new leader of the opposition Tony Abbott panned the Labor Government for its National Broadband Network, stating: "Not even Gough Whitlam would be as crazy as that."
Source: ZDNet Australia
Optus CEO: End political bickering over Telstra, speed up NBN
Optus CEO, Paul O’Sullivan, has called on all sides of politics to unite against Telstra and speed up construction of a National Broadband Network.
Source: ARN