Broadband News
Wed, 28th Oct 2009
Cheaper broadband on the way: Telstra
Telstra has revealed that price changes to its fixed-line broadband products were "imminent" after new customer sign-ups fell for the first time in four years.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra: Separation can be win-win
Telstra chief financial officer John Stanhope has said, subject to three key conditions, structural separation could benefit shareholders.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra may sell assets elsewhere: Analyst
Telstra is almost certainly looking for potential buyers of its network assets outside of the NBN Company in a structurally separated scenario that would work against Government’s objectives for the telecommunications sector, analysts say.
Source: iTWire
Telstra coy on "real value" of its network
Telstra has assured investors it will only sell assets into the NBN if it receives "real value" for them but dodged questions on what it deemed to be fair.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra flags broadband price cuts
Telstra will soon chop its broadband prices as it reacts to falling customer takeup of its fixed line broadband services.
Source: Australian IT
Independent user poll endorses NBN
Most Australians want what the National Broadband Network (NBN) promises to offer, according to an independent survey.
Source: ARN
myONE blocks peer-to-peer on "unlimited" broadband
myONE has become the latest ISP to offer "unlimited" broadband services in Australia but it will block peer-to-peer, IRC and newsgroup access across all plans.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra talks tough on NBN stake
Telstra says it does not want a stake in national broadband network if there are no guarantees of returns to shareholders.
Source: Australian IT
Obama telecommunications advisor keen on NBN detail
The Obama administration's interest in the National Broadband Network continues, with the US president's key telecommunications advisor meeting an Australian analyst earlier this month to discuss the $43 billion plan.
Source: Computerworld
Telstra spends $1.5bn more on IT in transformation
Telstra deliberately spent $1.5 billion more on IT than planned as part of its $11.9 billion IT systems transformation project but saved $1.3 billion in other areas, leading to an overspend of "around two percent", the telco said today.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra: Open to asset sale to NBNCo
Telstra says it is open to selling assets to the government's national broadband network but it needs a guarantee on returns.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra charts steady path
Chief executive David Thodey said Australia's biggest phone company would take advantage of recent network and technology upgrades to "defend and grow" the core business.
Source: Australian IT
Tue, 27th Oct 2009
Conroy and Minchin spar over Telstra valuation blunder
In a rowdy sitting of the Senate communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy and his shadow, Senator Nick Minchin, have traded barbs over the erroneous tabling of an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) document containing a confidential valuation of Telstra's core network.
Source: Computerworld
Conroy calls ACCC doc release
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has taken the rap for mistakenly making public confidential information about the value of Telstra's copper network assets.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Vocus renews warning on IPv4 addresses
The call for ramping up the roll out of the IPv6 standard has been renewed with a warning the world could run out of IPv4 addresses by as early as 2011.
Source: Computerworld
Conroy blunder could damage Telstra
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has accidentally released a confidential report containing potentially damaging and embarrassing details about Telstra.
Source: Brisbane Times
Huge $25B gap between Govt and Telstra valuations
The existing Telstra copper network is worth between $8 billion and $33 billion – and the yawning gap is the difference between the buyer and seller.
Source: iTWire
The Greens divided on mandatory filtering
Mandatory filtering advocate, Dr. Clive Hamilton, has maintained his strong support for a clean feed despite joining the Australian Greens to become its candidate in the seat of Higgins.
Source: ARN
Nats to vote for deferral of Telstra vote
The federal government will have to rely on the support of the entire Senate crossbench if it wants parliament to approve its plan to restructure Telstra before the end of the year.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Slip puts value on Telstra's network
Telstra's copper network is worth between $8billion and $33bn according to a confidential report accidentally released yesterday by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.
Source: The Australian
Minchin unloads on 'contempt' of majority report
Shadow communications spokesman Nick Minchin has lashed the majority membership of a Senate committee that recommended telecommunications reform legislation be passed, calling its report arrogant, hostile and unprecedented.
Source: iTWire
Senate report gives Telstra reform bill the thumbs up
A Senate Committee inquiry into a bill proposing a massive "shake up" of the telecommunications sector has recommended the bill be passed in full, despite Coalition concerns it should be delayed.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 26th Oct 2009
Committee splits, but says yes to Telstra reform
The Senate committee investigating controversial regulatory reforms in the telecommunications sector has recommended the legislation be passed without delay, but not before Coalition senators put forward substantial objections in a dissenting report.
Source: iTWire
ASIC to investigate Future Fund's Telstra sell-down
The Senate has called on the market regulator to investigate whether the Future Fund was tipped off about impending regulatory changes in the communications sector just weeks before offloading huge numbers of Telstra shares.
Source: iTWire
Conroy tables 'confidential' NBN documents
Minister for Communications Stephen Conroy has released two key documents related to the first National Broadband Network process, which may clear the way for the Senate to debate the three key NBN Bills.
Source: ZDNet Australia
iiNet launches broadband over FTTH
iiNet has launched it first broadband over FTTH services, to residents of the Alamanda Estate at Point Cook in Victoria, where Internode is already offering services.
Source: iTWire
Business Council renews calls for NBN cost-benefit analysis
The Business Council of Australia has joined the Opposition in calling for a detailed cost-benefit analysis of the NBN, in part to ensure the project doesn't bleed money as a result of "scoping inadequacies".
Source: iTnews Australia
Your average broadband user: 11.4Gbps per month
According to data from Cisco, the average broadband connection, across the globe, now generates 11.4Gbytes of Internet traffic per month.
Source: iTWire
Better deal for Telstra
The Rudd government is likely to back away from its more extreme legislative threats to Telstra if a deal can be quickly reached with the company on the $43 billion national broadband network project.
Source: Australian IT
Telcos should compensate complainers, says watchdog
The Australian Competition and Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) wants telcos to pay consumers $50 if their complaint of poor customer service is proven valid.
Source: iTnews Australia