items tagged with NBN
NBN design for end users should start now, says Deloitte
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-17 01:25:14
NBN Co is only in the early stages of designing the national broadband network, but according to Deloitte, it should already be factoring likely end user demands into its plans.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-17 01:25:14
NBN Co is only in the early stages of designing the national broadband network, but according to Deloitte, it should already be factoring likely end user demands into its plans.
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Quigley sets out timetable for NBN Co's first six months
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-16 03:20:16
NBN Co executive chairman Mike Quigley has spelt out an ambitious programme for the company's first six months that, if accomplished, would see many details of the NBN emerging. He has also canvassed the possibility of NBN Co building and launching its own satellite.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-16 03:20:16
NBN Co executive chairman Mike Quigley has spelt out an ambitious programme for the company's first six months that, if accomplished, would see many details of the NBN emerging. He has also canvassed the possibility of NBN Co building and launching its own satellite.
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NBN should not have RF channel for cable TV, says Ericsson
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-16 01:21:20
iTWire understands that part of the capacity on the NBN will be set aside to bandwidth to carry cable TV services, as presently delivered over the Optus and Telstra HFC networks. This is not a good idea, according to Ericsson.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-16 01:21:20
iTWire understands that part of the capacity on the NBN will be set aside to bandwidth to carry cable TV services, as presently delivered over the Optus and Telstra HFC networks. This is not a good idea, according to Ericsson.
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NBN could create a multi-million battery environmental headache
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-16 00:49:38
NBN Co CEO, Mike Quigley has foreshadowed that the customer equipment for the network will have battery backup to ensure telephone services operate in the event of power failure. These would need replacing every few years, and could end up in landfill.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-16 00:49:38
NBN Co CEO, Mike Quigley has foreshadowed that the customer equipment for the network will have battery backup to ensure telephone services operate in the event of power failure. These would need replacing every few years, and could end up in landfill.
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NBN Co chief reveals first details of NBN architecture
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-15 20:04:48
NBN Co executive chairman, Mike Quigley, has revealed the company's initial views on the NBN architecture: layer 2 bitstream services delivered to a battery-backed-up outdoor unit at the home and accessed by service providers at major capital city points of interconnect with more local PoIs for smaller providers.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-15 20:04:48
NBN Co executive chairman, Mike Quigley, has revealed the company's initial views on the NBN architecture: layer 2 bitstream services delivered to a battery-backed-up outdoor unit at the home and accessed by service providers at major capital city points of interconnect with more local PoIs for smaller providers.
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NBN Co HQ: states could be chasing a chimera
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-15 18:13:09
The Governments of Australia's three largest states have been touting their respective credentials as the optimum location for the headquarters of the NBN Co in the belief that it will bring significant employment and other financial benefits, but comments made by NBN Co executive chairman, Mike Quigley, suggest that the organisation could have several capital city offices of roughly equal importance.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-15 18:13:09
The Governments of Australia's three largest states have been touting their respective credentials as the optimum location for the headquarters of the NBN Co in the belief that it will bring significant employment and other financial benefits, but comments made by NBN Co executive chairman, Mike Quigley, suggest that the organisation could have several capital city offices of roughly equal importance.
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Conroy: Factional deal-maker to policy hard-head
Written By: James Riley
Section: The Big House
Category: Australian Government ICT Blog
2009-09-15 07:14:15
For those who don't know him well at all – say, me and Telstra – Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has made a remarkable trip in a short time: from factional deal-maker in opposition to policy hard-head in Government.
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Written By: James Riley
Section: The Big House
Category: Australian Government ICT Blog
2009-09-15 07:14:15
For those who don't know him well at all – say, me and Telstra – Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has made a remarkable trip in a short time: from factional deal-maker in opposition to policy hard-head in Government.
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NBN pricing: 'We will meet the market,’ Quigley says
Written By: James Riley
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2009-09-15 05:54:31
End-user pricing for access to basic services through the National Broadband Network would need to be comparable to existing price levels for the venture to be successful, NBN Company executive chairman Mike Quigley says.
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Written By: James Riley
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2009-09-15 05:54:31
End-user pricing for access to basic services through the National Broadband Network would need to be comparable to existing price levels for the venture to be successful, NBN Company executive chairman Mike Quigley says.
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Transcript: Stephen Conroy's opening address to media
Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2009-09-15 03:22:42
The following is a transcript of the opening address of Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy to a Media Conference at Parliament House, Canberra on Tuesday September 15.
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Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2009-09-15 03:22:42
The following is a transcript of the opening address of Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy to a Media Conference at Parliament House, Canberra on Tuesday September 15.
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Transcript: Media Conference Q&A with Stephen Conroy
Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2009-09-15 02:50:07
The following is a transcript of the questions and answers discussion conducted by Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy at Parliament House, Canberra on Tuesday September 15.
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Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2009-09-15 02:50:07
The following is a transcript of the questions and answers discussion conducted by Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy at Parliament House, Canberra on Tuesday September 15.
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Telstra faces structural separation: Government ultimatum
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-14 20:48:46
Telstra has been given an ultimatum by the government: either cease to be both an owner of and service provider on the PSTN or face forced functional separation, divestiture of its HFC and Foxtel assets and limitations on spectrum acquisition.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-14 20:48:46
Telstra has been given an ultimatum by the government: either cease to be both an owner of and service provider on the PSTN or face forced functional separation, divestiture of its HFC and Foxtel assets and limitations on spectrum acquisition.
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NBN Co's top execs named
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-14 07:39:13
The NBN Co has named five senior executives, all with strong backgrounds in various aspects of telecommunications. Christy Boyce (head of industry engagement); Greg Willis (head of program delivery); Jean-Pascal Beaufret (CFO); Kevin Brown (chief human resources officer & head of corporate services) and Tim Smeallie (head of commercial strategy)
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-14 07:39:13
The NBN Co has named five senior executives, all with strong backgrounds in various aspects of telecommunications. Christy Boyce (head of industry engagement); Greg Willis (head of program delivery); Jean-Pascal Beaufret (CFO); Kevin Brown (chief human resources officer & head of corporate services) and Tim Smeallie (head of commercial strategy)
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Govt opens door to NBN changes to avoid Senate showdown
Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2009-09-14 06:44:38
The Rudd Government has opened the door to Opposition amendments to its National Broadband Network legislation as both sides consider the headaches associated with a looming Senate stand-off.
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Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2009-09-14 06:44:38
The Rudd Government has opened the door to Opposition amendments to its National Broadband Network legislation as both sides consider the headaches associated with a looming Senate stand-off.
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Soaring wireless broadband numbers undermine NBN: Minchin
Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-09-14 05:43:08
Australians’ fleeting love affair with DSL broadband is on the wane; DSL's share of the broadband market fell dramatically in the first half of the year, even as mobile broadband subscriber numbers boomed.
The following is the text of a letter sent by the Minister for
Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator the Hon Kim Carr, to
Enhanced Project By-law Scheme and Tariff Concession System stakeholders
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Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-09-14 05:43:08
Australians’ fleeting love affair with DSL broadband is on the wane; DSL's share of the broadband market fell dramatically in the first half of the year, even as mobile broadband subscriber numbers boomed.
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Alcatel-Lucent opens its GPON networks to other vendors' CPE
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-07 23:46:05
Alcatel-Lucent is taking what it says is a major step to help service providers create a true multivendor gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) infrastructure, expected to be the technology that will be used for Australia's National Broadband Network.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-07 23:46:05
Alcatel-Lucent is taking what it says is a major step to help service providers create a true multivendor gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) infrastructure, expected to be the technology that will be used for Australia's National Broadband Network.
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Government publishes submissions on NBN legislative framework
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-06 05:27:36
The Australian Government has published more than 30 submissions received in response to its call for industry input on the legislative framework for the National Broadband Network.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-06 05:27:36
The Australian Government has published more than 30 submissions received in response to its call for industry input on the legislative framework for the National Broadband Network.
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New joint venture hopes to lay the fibre for Tasmanian NBN
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-02 00:49:55
Abigroup Contractors and Tasmanian horizontal drilling specialist Apache Services (Tasmania) have formed a joint venture to install optical fibre cable in Tasmania.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-02 00:49:55
Abigroup Contractors and Tasmanian horizontal drilling specialist Apache Services (Tasmania) have formed a joint venture to install optical fibre cable in Tasmania.
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Telstra & NBN Co in negotiations "at the highest level"
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-08-30 03:06:03
The chair of the Tasmanian NBN Co, (and board member of the national NBN Co) Doug Campbell has revealed that NBN Co and Telstra are in negotiations "at the highest level' for Telstra to become a customer of the NBN and a significant shareholder in NBN Co.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-08-30 03:06:03
The chair of the Tasmanian NBN Co, (and board member of the national NBN Co) Doug Campbell has revealed that NBN Co and Telstra are in negotiations "at the highest level' for Telstra to become a customer of the NBN and a significant shareholder in NBN Co.
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IBM labels Internet as the new and very Wild West
Written By: Beverley Head
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-26 00:20:15
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Written By: Beverley Head
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-26 00:20:15
The incidence of malicious code on the internet has reached a tipping point, where even trusted sites hold dodgy content, according to an IBM report which reveals a 508 per cent surge in the number of new malicious web links reported in the first half of the year.
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To improve broadband speeds, don't fiberise, optimise
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-08-25 19:39:09
The local head of wide area network optimisation specialist, Riverbed Technology, has delivered a stinging attack on the government's National Broadband Network project claiming end users are unlikely to see real benefits simply from fatter pipes and that the performance of existing broadband services could be greatly improved by widespread deployment of wide area network optimisation technologies.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-08-25 19:39:09
The local head of wide area network optimisation specialist, Riverbed Technology, has delivered a stinging attack on the government's National Broadband Network project claiming end users are unlikely to see real benefits simply from fatter pipes and that the performance of existing broadband services could be greatly improved by widespread deployment of wide area network optimisation technologies.
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