Broadband News

Mon, 06th Apr 2009

Telstra has held us back, says Optus

The National Broadband Network requires best-practice regulation.

Source: The Australian

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