Government To Share Broadband Infomation The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today released draft instruments setting out the network information that carriers are to provide for the National Broadband Network project, and the rules to safeguard the information.
Good News For iPhone Buyers--Telstra Gets Speedier In what could only be described as great news for those thinking of buying an iPhone 3G this Friday, Telstra says it broadband is breaking more speed records than an Olympic athletics meet.
Is Telstra Blocking Access To Resellers? The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has been forced to act as an arbitrators between Telstra and a number of other mobile service resellers over access to telephone exchanges.
Yahoo!7 To Get A Major Nip And Tuck In terms of portal reassignment surgery, locally, it doesn’t get much bigger than this as Yahoo7 is set to announce the redesign of its online portal and also launch its biggest marketing campaign since the start of the joint venture between Yahoo and Channel Seven in 2005.
Conroy Accuses Opposition Of Broadband Vandalism & Ineptitude The National Broadband Network tender process is being jeopardised by the Opposition's abuse of Senate power, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, said after the Opposition moved the National Broadband Network (NBN) proposal to a Senate inquiry.
Domain Name Change Set To Trigger Web Explosion According to a number of overseas reports, internet users worldwide should soon be able to use new domain names such as .love, .sydney or .bank if one of the world wide web's biggest shakeups is approved this week as expected by the global web regulator ICANN.
Budget 08 : Broadband Plan To Rival Snowy Scheme The 2008 Federal Budget will deliver a national broadband network aimed at delivering high-speed internet services to 98 per cent of Australians and is claimed will rival the Snowy Mountains hydro scheme in terms of both its scale and significance.
iiNet Gobbles Up Westnet iiNet Limited has announced the signing of an AUD$81 million agreement which will see the acquisition of rival internet service provider Westnet.
Google Growth Surges Despite Concerns It seems Google is fast getting a reputation as being a recession-proof company as its profits surged 30 per cent to $AUD1.40 billion in the first quarter of 2008, as strong sales growth allayed concerns about the health of the companys online-advertising business.
TPG Gets A Whole Lot Of Soul The merger of communications company Soul and ISP TPG becomes effective as of today, following approval by SP Telemedia (owner of Soul) shareholders at a general meeting held in Sydney yesterday, creating a diverse and potentially large media and internet conglomerate and perhaps even a future Telstra rival.
Was The Killing Of OPEL Political Payback? On the June 18 last year, then Prime Minister, John Howard announced OPEL, a $958 million joint venture between Optus and Elders, to deliver affordable broadband services to rural and regional Australians at metro comparable prices.
NEC Delivers Broadband Over Power-Line NEC has launched a new broadband sharing solution that uses power-lines to deliver broadband to different areas of the home.
Telstra To Access 'Secret' OPEL Documents Telstra is taking it upon itself to reveal “secret documents” from the previous Government that could disclose why it changed a bid process which gave nearly $1 billion to the OPEL consortium headed-up by rival Telco Optus for broadband services which haven’t yet been delivered.
1.8 Million Extra Premises Gain Telstra ADSL2+ More than a million extra families and businesses will be able to access high-speed Telstra broadband after the telecommunications dodged a roadblock today in Canberra with the Government announcing it didn’t plan to regulate Telstra’s ADSL2+ service at this stage.
Telstra Invests $21m To Expand Next G Coverage More suburbs are set to receive Telstra Next G mobile network coverage by the end of March in a $21 million expansion by the telco to add 40 new locations Australia-wide.
Optus Cable Reaching 20Mbps Optus cable customers on the MyHome Broadband Cable and Optus ‘yes’ Fusion Cable plans will receive a speed upgrade to 20Mbps.
BigPond Expands Liberty Plan To 25GB Home-owners with large download needs will be pleased by Telstra BigPond’s new offering, called the BigPond Liberty 25GB plan, which provides 25GB of monthly data without excess download feed.
How To Get Cheap, Quick Internet On The Go It can be quite easy to rack up hefty Internet and data download charges on a mobile phone, and on top of that the time taken to pull up web pages can be slow at times as well. A Canadian company called DataWind claims to address these issues with its new Pocket Surfer 2 portable-Internet device.
Optus 3G Broadband Could Reach 7.2Mbps Optus today held a media party in Sydney to officially launch its new wireless broadband service that operates on the 3G platform and claimed that its service was designed to rival Telstra’s NextG wireless network.
City Broadband Takes Off But Rural Very Slow Nearly two thirds of Australian homes now have Internet access, up from 35 percent in 2001. But, according to a report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the digital divide between rural and metropolitan Australia is as stark as ever.
Optus Launches Wireless Broadband Optus has finally rolled-out its new 3G wireless broadband solution called Optus Wireless Broadband (OWB) at quite a competitive price, starting at $24.99 a month, along with a range of wireless products for consumer and business customers.
Content Aggregation Key To Faster Broadband A leading business application service provider has warned that Australia needs to aggregate its websites if it hopes to be able to keep its broadband infrastructure working to expectations.
Telarus Launches New Mobile Service Australian Service provider Telarus is now offering a range of data, voice and messaging systems for business, corporate and home users called Telarus Mobile.
Telstra In High Court Over Broadband Claims Telstra lawyers in the high court are arguing that the telco is not being properly compensated for being “forced” to allow rival internet providers access to its broadband network.
Internode Top Choice For Customers Choice magazine has given the nod to Australian broadband company Internode, which has topped the list of national ADSL2+ providers for customer satisfaction.
Telstra Claims It Can Assist Kyoto Protocol Telstra is claiming businesses and households can help to reduce up to five per cent of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2015, saving $6.6 billion a year, by taking advantage of opportunities offered by telecommunications networks such as high-speed broadband.
Internode WiMAX Broadband Launches Today Internode is restarting its broadband rollout in Yorke Peninsula and Coorong today after finalising a funding agreement with the Coalition Government. The network is the first region-wide, wireless broadband service based on WiMAX to be initiated by an Australian service provider.
More Aussies To Access Internode ADSL2+ Internode has invested $9 million in its national broadband roll-out for 64 new high-speed ADSL2+ sites across the country meaning more Australian’s can gain access to Internode’s broadband offering.
Video Downloads Gaining Popularity The number of paying users visiting online video download sites has grown tremendously in the last year with Australian users seemingly addicted to downloading televisions shows after they air in the US.
First Notebook With Embedded Wireless Coming Soon Toshiba is set to be the first notebook manufacturer to launch a model with an embedded wireless network card, allowing users to connect to the internet without worrying about purchasing an external device.
New ADSL2+ Broadband For Home And Office National service provider Telarus has developed a range of ADSL2+ high-speed broadband plans that rival offerings from major providers like Telstra and Optus which are suitable for home and small-to-medium office users.
Telstra Evidence: Coonan Influencing Voters SmartHouse News has gained access to a document sent to an Arthurs Crescent, Strathfieldsaye Victoria residence by the Communications and IT Minister, Helen Coonan, advising the household that it doesn’t have access to either ADSL or wireless broadband, but that the Optus-Elders (Opel) consortium can fix this – a move at which Opel competitor Telstra has lashed out.
This Chilli Internet Is Hot Chilli Internet Solutions has unveiled its new iBurst wireless broadband packages that the company claims will deliver higher download limits and faster speeds.
Telstra Rips Into Communications Minister Over Broadband Only weeks out from a Federal Election the battle of broadband delivery to homes has got dirty with Telsta now making serious allegations in the Federal Court about Federal Communications Minister Helen Coonan.
At Last Telstra Rolls Out Fast Broadband Telstra has snubbed the noses of Federal politicians whom it is suing, by rolling out Australia's fastest broadband network. The move comes as the broadband political climate heats up.
iiNet Tech Support Line For Mac Users Internet service provider iiNet is providing a dedicated Apple Macintosh support line for users who are having problems with their iiNet internet connection.
Telstra Has Another Stab At Demeriting G9 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) today revealed a submission made to the agency by Telstra which reports various flaws in the G9’s proposed fibre-to-the-node network, calling it a “dangerous scheme” which would “degrade services”.
Yahoo Snubs Australia With New Mail Service Yahoo is introducing a new mail structure that allows users to trade messages with mobile phone users, however Australians are at this stage being denied access to the service, though it is being rolled out in the Philippines.
Government To Deliver Fast Broadband With Optus ICT Minister Senator Helen Coonan promises 99 percent of the population will have access to fast, affordable broadband by June 2009, as part of a new legislative initiative called Australia Connected.
Unwired Launches Pre-Paid Wireless Broadband Unwired is now offering pre-paid wireless broadband packages to cater to the budget-minded broadband consumer. The pre-paid service will start on June 21.
Free Wireless At The Fringe Visitors to the Adelaide Fringe festival have been provided with a free wireless hotspot courtesy of ISP Internode.
Broadband Over Poweline To Take Off New research from Park Associates shows that the number ofnhouseholds subscribing to broadband over powerline (BPL) will increase to 2.5 million by 2011, up from 400,000 in 2007, outpacing DSL and cable connections.
Wireless Or Mobile Broadband: Who Will Win Wireless broadband and mobile broadband will reach one million subscribers by 2010, however, competition between the two services will be neck-and-neck, IDC predicts.
Yahoo Needs A Dramatic Shake Up Claimed A leaked memo penned by Yahoo Senior Vice President Brad Garlinghouse has claimed that the online portal needs a dramatic shake up.
BigAir To Offer Faster Broadband Than ADSL2+ BigAir Group has said it will boost its broadband presence in Australia, setting its sights on broadband speeds “up to 50 times faster than ADSL2+”.
Feds Call For Comment On .au Domain Industry bodies and members of the public are invited to comment on a discussion paper on the .au Internet domain arrangements.
Broadband Grows To 5.1 Million Households The Australian Bureau of Statistics counts almost six million active Internet subscribers in Australia, with more than half of them using broadband.
Online Tool Protects Kids From Internet Nasties The Australian Communications and Media Authority and Australian law enforcement agencies have teamed up to launch Cybersmart Detectives – an online tool to educate kids about dangers online.
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