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Structural separation: on the cards or not?
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-06-04 03:23:58
It's rare to see a shadow minister coming out to support the shadowed and claiming to speak for the same, but with calls for the structural separation of Telstra growing louder that's exactly what shadow communications minister Nick Minchin has done, in a press release headed: "Structural separation of Telstra not supported by Labor or the Coalition."
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-06-04 03:23:58
It's rare to see a shadow minister coming out to support the shadowed and claiming to speak for the same, but with calls for the structural separation of Telstra growing louder that's exactly what shadow communications minister Nick Minchin has done, in a press release headed: "Structural separation of Telstra not supported by Labor or the Coalition."
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Google Wave: the next big wave
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-06-01 21:35:07
Only rarely does a new technology emerge which is so sensible, so simple and so wonderful that you can't imagine how it never existed before. Google Wave is one such thing and it's the biggest thing to hit the Internet since the Web itself.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-06-01 21:35:07
Only rarely does a new technology emerge which is so sensible, so simple and so wonderful that you can't imagine how it never existed before. Google Wave is one such thing and it's the biggest thing to hit the Internet since the Web itself.
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For backhaul don't compete, co-operate, says Telstra
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-05-27 03:27:15
In its submission to the backhaul blackspot consultation Telstra is, ostensibly, extending the offer of co-operation to the government as an alternative to government-subsidised competition.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-05-27 03:27:15
In its submission to the backhaul blackspot consultation Telstra is, ostensibly, extending the offer of co-operation to the government as an alternative to government-subsidised competition.
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4G? It's a myth but don't blame the press
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-05-15 02:08:20
4G is a term often used and more often misused to try and 'sex-up' current or almost current wireless technologies like WiMAX or the long term evolution (LTE) of 3G. One market research firm has had enough - but they're blaming the wrong people for perpetrating the myth of 4G.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-05-15 02:08:20
4G is a term often used and more often misused to try and 'sex-up' current or almost current wireless technologies like WiMAX or the long term evolution (LTE) of 3G. One market research firm has had enough - but they're blaming the wrong people for perpetrating the myth of 4G.
Read More About 4G? It's A Myth But Don't Blame The Press...
Telstra's new guard: it's all about the customer
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-05-07 20:45:22
Telstra's incoming CEO and chair, David Thodey and Catherine Livingstone, weren't keen to talk about Telstra's future relationship with the government and their stance on matters regulatory at their first press conference, trying instead to keep attention focussed on what the new regime will do for Telstra's customers.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-05-07 20:45:22
Telstra's incoming CEO and chair, David Thodey and Catherine Livingstone, weren't keen to talk about Telstra's future relationship with the government and their stance on matters regulatory at their first press conference, trying instead to keep attention focussed on what the new regime will do for Telstra's customers.
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Service offers online configuration of mobile phones
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-05-06 21:58:30
Australia has become the first overseas market to get the UK's Configuremyphone.com service. It claims to "offer a solution to the millions of Australians who struggle to manually set-up their mobile phones for services such as email, Internet browsing and picture messaging," but for what purports to be an established service, it seems to be bit rough around the edges.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-05-06 21:58:30
Australia has become the first overseas market to get the UK's Configuremyphone.com service. It claims to "offer a solution to the millions of Australians who struggle to manually set-up their mobile phones for services such as email, Internet browsing and picture messaging," but for what purports to be an established service, it seems to be bit rough around the edges.
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Optus court victory strengthens case for Telstra separation
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-05-03 01:09:30
Telstra has been found guilty of misusing information available within its network, as a provider of wholesale services to Optus, by passing this information to its retail arm for marketing and competitive analysis purposes. The outcome will significantly strengthen the case for structurally separating Telstra Wholesale and Retail so as to remove the incentive and the opportunity for similar conduct in the future.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-05-03 01:09:30
Telstra has been found guilty of misusing information available within its network, as a provider of wholesale services to Optus, by passing this information to its retail arm for marketing and competitive analysis purposes. The outcome will significantly strengthen the case for structurally separating Telstra Wholesale and Retail so as to remove the incentive and the opportunity for similar conduct in the future.
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NASA safety needs employee input
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2009-04-27 10:00:18
The ASAP 2008 was released on April 16, 2009, which consists of a report by an advisory panel that addressed safety concerns at the top levels of NASA. And, John Kelly, of FloridaToday.com comments on April 27, 2009, about pressures to finish the Space Station. According to William Atkins, maybe the employees need a safety panel, too.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2009-04-27 10:00:18
The ASAP 2008 was released on April 16, 2009, which consists of a report by an advisory panel that addressed safety concerns at the top levels of NASA. And, John Kelly, of FloridaToday.com comments on April 27, 2009, about pressures to finish the Space Station. According to William Atkins, maybe the employees need a safety panel, too.
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Best party schools versus best educational schools
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2009-04-18 12:43:13
For 2009, Playboy magazine ranks the best party school in the United States to be the University of Miami (Florida) while U.S. News and World Report ranks the best educational school to be Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts). Is this party atmosphere further hurting the educational system in the United States? Is this really good for the reputation of schools?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2009-04-18 12:43:13
For 2009, Playboy magazine ranks the best party school in the United States to be the University of Miami (Florida) while U.S. News and World Report ranks the best educational school to be Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts). Is this party atmosphere further hurting the educational system in the United States? Is this really good for the reputation of schools?
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Nothing international about Space Station when using the toilet
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2009-04-16 10:16:32
According to Gennady Padalka, the current commander of the International Space Station, various politicians and bureaucrats are making Russian crewmembers use their own bathrooms, foods, and exercise equipment. What's next, pay toilets in space?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2009-04-16 10:16:32
According to Gennady Padalka, the current commander of the International Space Station, various politicians and bureaucrats are making Russian crewmembers use their own bathrooms, foods, and exercise equipment. What's next, pay toilets in space?
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Minchin marshals survey results to attack $43B NBN plan
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-04-15 00:14:31
The Federal Opposition has continued its assault on the Government's $43b NBN plan accusing it of ignoring, or selectively quoting from, studies that suggest customers will be unwilling to pay a premium for the promised high bandwidth services, but it risks exposing its own abysmal track record on broadband planning.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-04-15 00:14:31
The Federal Opposition has continued its assault on the Government's $43b NBN plan accusing it of ignoring, or selectively quoting from, studies that suggest customers will be unwilling to pay a premium for the promised high bandwidth services, but it risks exposing its own abysmal track record on broadband planning.
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Rudd's FTTP NBN, a rerun of the FTTN version?
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-04-14 19:59:10
If you accept the views of couple of telecoms commentators there are remarkable similarities between The FTTN and FTTP versions of the ALP's NBN: the end game for both being to have Telstra accept certain conditions and build the thing. Plan A came badly unstuck, what about Plan B?
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-04-14 19:59:10
If you accept the views of couple of telecoms commentators there are remarkable similarities between The FTTN and FTTP versions of the ALP's NBN: the end game for both being to have Telstra accept certain conditions and build the thing. Plan A came badly unstuck, what about Plan B?
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Questionable space- and Earth-funding ideas of U.S. Congress
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2009-04-11 12:00:35
Although it looks like the United States will reluctantly agree to fund the International Space Station through 2020, the decision isn’t a done deal even though its space-faring partners around the world readily support the idea. Isn't this a part of a bigger problem called consistency?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2009-04-11 12:00:35
Although it looks like the United States will reluctantly agree to fund the International Space Station through 2020, the decision isn’t a done deal even though its space-faring partners around the world readily support the idea. Isn't this a part of a bigger problem called consistency?
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Promises, promises: Government changes tack on NBN
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-04-06 21:06:45
Three weeks ago communications minister Stephen Conroy was adamant that the Government would fulfil its election promise of an FTTN network delivering at least 12Mbps to 98 percent of the population, that the RFP process would run its course and that Telstra had Buckley's chance of getting back in. Today's announcement breaks all three of those promises.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-04-06 21:06:45
Three weeks ago communications minister Stephen Conroy was adamant that the Government would fulfil its election promise of an FTTN network delivering at least 12Mbps to 98 percent of the population, that the RFP process would run its course and that Telstra had Buckley's chance of getting back in. Today's announcement breaks all three of those promises.
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Rudd's NBN rethink: 16 months too late
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-04-06 19:06:45
The biggest question about the Government's decision to abandon the NBN RFP and go back to the drawing board is: why did it take so long?
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-04-06 19:06:45
The biggest question about the Government's decision to abandon the NBN RFP and go back to the drawing board is: why did it take so long?
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Who's the April Fool?
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-04-04 02:30:12
A spoof article published in Computerworld Australia on 1 April claiming that Telstra had agreed to a retail/wholesale split if it were to win the NBN went badly awry and precipitated a flurry of trading in Telstra stock. Recriminations and regrets are flowing thick and fast and ASIC is rumoured to be investigating, But who is really to blame?
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-04-04 02:30:12
A spoof article published in Computerworld Australia on 1 April claiming that Telstra had agreed to a retail/wholesale split if it were to win the NBN went badly awry and precipitated a flurry of trading in Telstra stock. Recriminations and regrets are flowing thick and fast and ASIC is rumoured to be investigating, But who is really to blame?
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Don't mention the filtering trial!
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-03-25 14:21:31
Communications minister Stephen Conroy, by his own admission can talk under wet cement, and it was a talent he demonstrated in spades when questioned about Internet filtering after opening Cisco's new customer briefing centre in Sydney yesterday.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-03-25 14:21:31
Communications minister Stephen Conroy, by his own admission can talk under wet cement, and it was a talent he demonstrated in spades when questioned about Internet filtering after opening Cisco's new customer briefing centre in Sydney yesterday.
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Obama tipped to pump $$$ billions into broadband
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-01-16 00:33:44
President elect Barak Obama has produced a draft of a $US825-billion economic stimulus bill that is said to list $US6 billion for expanding broadband "so businesses in rural and other underserved areas can link up to the global economy." It suggests that: "For every dollar invested in broadband the economy sees a ten-fold return on that investment."
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-01-16 00:33:44
President elect Barak Obama has produced a draft of a $US825-billion economic stimulus bill that is said to list $US6 billion for expanding broadband "so businesses in rural and other underserved areas can link up to the global economy." It suggests that: "For every dollar invested in broadband the economy sees a ten-fold return on that investment."
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TeliaSonera claims "first 4G network" - but it isn't
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-01-15 03:50:13
Scandinavian telco, TeliaSonera has issued a press release claiming it has signed "the world's first 4G commercial contracts" and will be "First in the world with next generation's mobile broadband." Supplier Ericsson has jumped on the same bandwagon, but they are both wrong: this is 3G not 4G technology.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-01-15 03:50:13
Scandinavian telco, TeliaSonera has issued a press release claiming it has signed "the world's first 4G commercial contracts" and will be "First in the world with next generation's mobile broadband." Supplier Ericsson has jumped on the same bandwagon, but they are both wrong: this is 3G not 4G technology.
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Telstra's rural presence plan: it's all about futureproofing
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-01-12 02:50:57
Telstra has been railing against the 'unnecessary' burden of being required to produce and follow a regional and rural presence plan, but there were good reasons for its imposition and no evidence yet that those reasons are not still valid.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-01-12 02:50:57
Telstra has been railing against the 'unnecessary' burden of being required to produce and follow a regional and rural presence plan, but there were good reasons for its imposition and no evidence yet that those reasons are not still valid.
Read More About Telstra's Rural Presence Plan: It's All About Futureproofing...
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