Ziggy Nabs Telstra Old Boys For NBN Co.
He already has another former Telstra exec on hand to help with the review: Telstra Digital Media’s former executive director JB Rousselot.... Read More
Telstra 4G To Hit ‘300Mbps’?
It’s two years since Telstra 4G LTE network first went live and demand is “unprecedented”. Telstra now connects a whopping 25,000 new 4G... Read More
Secret Foxtel Broadband Talks Between News Corporation + Telstra
News Corporation who are desperate to deliver new services that will improve their revenue declines spanning print and online will be forced... Read More
WiGig: There’s A New Wi-Fi In Town
The news of WiGig, the latest standard in wireless communication that is yet to be released, comes as worldwide shipments of Wi-Fi... Read More
ACT Got Wrong NBN Information
NBN installers informed Gungahlin, ACT, residents they needed to call in an electrician before the free installation of the service to their... Read More
NBN Broadband Boss Quits
Quigley who was the CEO of NBN Co was in charge of rolling out the $37.4 billion National Broadband Network announced he... Read More
Telstra Breaks Competition Rules
That’s according to the competition watchdog’s first report on Telstra’s compliance with its Structural Separation Undertaking (SSU) in relation to the break... Read More
Telstra 4G Hits The Slopes
Telstra mobile users headed to the New South Wales, Victoria snowfields will now have coverage on its faster 4G network Locations include Falls Creek,... Read More
Optus Unleash ‘Superfast’ 4G Network
Canberrans are the first in Oz to experience the superfast Optus 4G (Time -Division) TD-LTE network, and can buy dual band WiFi... Read More
Optus Revs Up Data War
Optus My Mobile plans for tablets, mobile broadband USB or WiFi start from $20 per month for 1GB to $60 for 10GB. There’s also... Read More
No Limits! AusBBS All-U-Can-Eat NBN $90
One of the new telcos to spawn from the NBN, AusBBS (Australian Broadband Services) has revealed new “unlimited” plans for fibre connections,... Read More
Telstra 4G Rocket Hits (USB + Wi-Fi)
Click to enlarge Get 4G Wi-Fi hotspot and mobile broadband in one – meetTelstra 4G LTE USB. The pre-paid device offers mobile... Read More
5G: A Lot of “Noise”?
Despite Samsung’s publicised 5G breakthrough last week don’t expect it to hit anytime soon. By 2020 or thereabouts, most analysts reckon. Mobile... Read More
Optus Profits Drop Out
Optus’ quarterly revenue to March 31 (Q4) declined 5%, as it announces a profit slump of 7.5% for the year FY13. The... Read More
Hello LTE: Telco’s $2Bn 4G Bill
Telstra paid the most of all the three bidders, forking out $1.3bn for the largest chunk of 4G spectrum – in the... Read More
Conroy A Dud NBN Negotiator Claims Turnbull
Opposition Communication spoksperson Malcolm Turnbull has mocked Conroy’s deal-making claiming that Conroy has cost Australia billions because of his poor negotiating skills. ... Read More
NBN ‘Stutter Vision’ Embarrasses Communications Minister
Conroy blamed Optus; Optus said it was not their fault. After bragging that the NBN will connect 93 per cent of the... Read More
Telstra: We’re 4G King – 2.1M Users
Telstra is claiming to be 4G King Supreme as it adds 600,000 new users to its network The new figures were revealed... Read More
Telstra: We’re 4G King – 2.1M Users
Telstra is claiming to be 4G King Supreme as it adds 600,000 new users to its network The new figures were revealed... Read More
ISP’s Accused of Dodgy Deals
ACCC accuses ISP of forcing unagreed prices onto customer services, and not allowing them to leave contracts. The Australian Competition and Consumer... Read More
Mobile, Wireless: Surfs UP, OZ
The number of internet subscribers soared 5% to 12.2m Australians in 2012, according to data compiled by ABS from Aussie telcos. There... Read More
Fast Fibre Broadband For $66 A Month + Finished Network By 2019 Say Coalition
A new Coalition broadband policy set to be revealed today claims that consumers will pay 30 per cent less than Labor’s current... Read More
TPG Dodges A Bullet Over Shoddy Broadband Claims
TPG had earlier succeeded with part of an appeal against a judgment of Justice Murphy in favour of the Australian Competition and... Read More
ACCC rejects NBN 30-Year Terms
“The ACCC’s preliminary view is that it is not satisfied that the SAU meets the relevant criteria for acceptance,”Australian Competition and Consumer... Read More
NBN Take-Up Hit, After “Delays”
Yesterday, NBN Co admitted the $37.4 bn NBN rollout would be delayed by “about ” three months, blaming contractors for the hold... Read More
1Tbps Trialled Over Telstra’s Sydney to Melbourne Cable
Ericsson teamed up with Telstra to demonstrate the transmission of date at 1Tbps per wavelength over Telstra’s high-speed Fibre cable connecting Sydney... Read More
1Tbps Trialled Over Telstra’s Sydney to Melbourne Cable
Ericsson teamed up with Telstra to demonstrate the transmission of date at 1Tbps per wavelength over Telstra’s high-speed Fibre cable connecting Sydney... Read More
Mon Dieu! French Rockets NBN Satellite
NBN Co is to hook up with Arianespace, the European satellite company, to propel NBN’s two Ka-band broadband satellites into space. The... Read More
Is 4G “A Curse”?
The boss of one of South Korea’s biggest telcos warned fellow telcos of “the curse of 4G” at the World Mobile Congress... Read More
Telstra Trial 4G ‘LTE-Advanced’ As Data ‘Explodes’
The telco has just announced addition of second wireless frequency to its 4G network – its old 2G 900MHz which it will... Read More
NBN ‘High’ Coffee Costs: Storm In A Tea Cup?
“A single cup of coffee at NBN Co works out at around 8.5 cents per cup per working day per person,” NBN... Read More
Its On: NBN Hits Coffs
The Minister for Broadband, Senator Stephen Conroy, switched on the first National Broadband Network fibre services in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales,... Read More
Hello Vodafone… When Is 4G Coming?
The telco has previously said it will launch 4G LTE services on 1800 Mhz spectrum in the first half of this year.... Read More
NBN: 35K Done, Millions More To Do
The number of ‘active’ premises hooked up to the National Broadband Network – both homes and businesses – was 34,500 by December... Read More
NBN Hits 100K New Premises
National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) has released detailed maps showing where construction has commenced or completed, connecting around 98,800 new premises... Read More
Belkin Buys Cisco’s Linksys + Home Networking Business
Belkin already offers its own brand of home networking gear, but the company intends to maintain the Linksys brand and has pledged... Read More
Deloitte: Internet Crisis Looms As TVs, Phablets Gobble GBs
The telly will be more “connected” and we’re even going to be watching more Internet on TV. And on PCs, mobiles, phablets... Read More
NBN Fixed Wireless Blitz SA
The company building the National Broadband Network, NBN Co, has unveiled the areas where planned proposals will be lodged to deliver high-speed... Read More
iPhone 5, Samsung S III: Big, Big Data Guzzlers
Mirror, mirror on the wall who is the biggest data guzzler of them all? Then you may be an iPhone 5 or... Read More
Hello, Qld: Optus 100 ‘Live’ 4G Sites
“I’m pleased to report that our Queensland networks team have been hard at work to deliver new sites ahead of schedule,” Guenther... Read More
NBN Hits 2012 Construction ‘Targets’
In fact, the company changed with building the $37 billion National Broadband Network, said it “slightly exceeded its... Read More
Forget Tower Worries: Vic Town Seeks NBN Hurry-up After Fire
Warrnambool in fact is already one of 14 south-west Victorian areas set for connection by 2014 – but three other councils in... Read More
Stop Adam! Rivals Block Telstra Takeover
iiNet and Optus both made submissions to ACCC seeking to prevent the nation’s biggest telco from snapping up South Australia ISP Adam... Read More
Hello Satellite: NBN Hits Broken Hill
Broken Hill, in the far west of New South Wales, is to house an NBN satellite station, it was announced today. The... Read More
ACCC Pricing Issues With NBN
Competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, released its first consultation paper on the NBN Co’s Special Access Undertaking (SAU) lodged... Read More
‘Web Filter’ A Dead Duck
After 5 years of talking, the Labor government’s controversial web filer plan has been ditched after loud protests from ISPs, the Opposition... Read More
Internode Attack: Free Mobile + Net ‘Bundles’
The Adelaide based telco is going hard on its newly launched NodeMobile, offering six months free plan for customers who bundle the... Read More
Telstra Wireless NBN To Hit ‘Mid-2013’
The telco will kick off testing wireless services on the National Broadband Network soon, and full service is... Read More
Surfs Up! Optus 4G Hits Goldie, Brissie
Surf the web faster at the Goldie. Optus activates its first 4G network in Surfers Paradise and Brisbane CBD, it said today.... Read More
Quigley: ‘No Crazy NBN Power Bills’
NBN Co boss Mike Quigley today said claims by the New South Wales Government that the NBN rollout would lead to a... Read More