Broadband
Telstra fumes at 15% hike on cost of FTTN broadband claim
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The T4: Tell the Truth Telstra website, has published a report from the Centre for International Economics (CIE) claiming Telstra would charge 15% more for broadband services if it wins the FTTN network. Telstra has slammed the report as “bogus” – who’s right?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The T4: Tell the Truth Telstra website, has published a report from the Centre for International Economics (CIE) claiming Telstra would charge 15% more for broadband services if it wins the FTTN network. Telstra has slammed the report as “bogus” – who’s right?
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The horror! the horror! Per gigabyte broadband charging provokes outrage in the US
By: Stuart Corner
In the US Time Warner has introduced a broadband plan with a 'paltry' 5Gbyte data limit, outraging US commentators. But as consumers' appetite for video places ever more demand on networks they had better get used to it.
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By: Stuart Corner
In the US Time Warner has introduced a broadband plan with a 'paltry' 5Gbyte data limit, outraging US commentators. But as consumers' appetite for video places ever more demand on networks they had better get used to it.
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Telstra: may the holographic force be with you!
By: Stan Beer
In a scene reminiscent of a Star Wars Jedi Council meeting, Australia's dominant carrier Telstra has projected a life-size 3-D hologram of its chief technology officer to give a business presentation in real time hundreds of kilometres away. The presentation held in Adelaide saw a not perfect but passable 3-D colour image of Dr Hugh Bradlow on stage which was beamed from Melbourne, more than 700 km distant.
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By: Stan Beer
In a scene reminiscent of a Star Wars Jedi Council meeting, Australia's dominant carrier Telstra has projected a life-size 3-D hologram of its chief technology officer to give a business presentation in real time hundreds of kilometres away. The presentation held in Adelaide saw a not perfect but passable 3-D colour image of Dr Hugh Bradlow on stage which was beamed from Melbourne, more than 700 km distant.
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Is that Peppers Ghost? No, it's Telstra's Hugh Bradlow
By: Stuart Corner
Telstra has taken its 'next dimension working' concept into the third dimension, literally, with a life size holographic projection of technology chief Hugh Bradlow, using technology from UK company Musion, which revives a 150 year old theatrical illusion known as 'Pepper's Ghost'.
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By: Stuart Corner
Telstra has taken its 'next dimension working' concept into the third dimension, literally, with a life size holographic projection of technology chief Hugh Bradlow, using technology from UK company Musion, which revives a 150 year old theatrical illusion known as 'Pepper's Ghost'.
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Auditor General says Conroy breached broadband tender requirements: opposition
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Australian Federal Opposition Communications Spokesperson Bruce Billson says a letter from the Auditor-General shows that Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has breached his own “broadband tender requirements”.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Australian Federal Opposition Communications Spokesperson Bruce Billson says a letter from the Auditor-General shows that Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has breached his own “broadband tender requirements”.
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The slow road to faster Australian broadband
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Although faster fibre broadband in Australia will still take years to build, the process has been delayed by another 12 weeks to give potential bidders more time to examine network information before lodging their proposals.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Although faster fibre broadband in Australia will still take years to build, the process has been delayed by another 12 weeks to give potential bidders more time to examine network information before lodging their proposals.
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Internet TV – the (legal?) show everyone’s watching
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
With an apparent desire for “one digital media box to rule them all”, Internet video has finally come of age, according to Cisco, showing Internet video is highly popular in Australia and NZ. What are we watching?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
With an apparent desire for “one digital media box to rule them all”, Internet video has finally come of age, according to Cisco, showing Internet video is highly popular in Australia and NZ. What are we watching?
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News flash! A laptop is not a mobile phone
By: Stan Beer
This may come as a shock to Australia's dominant telco Telstra or any other carrier that tries to sell a laptop the same way they sell mobile phones. It can't be done and there's any number of reasons why.
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By: Stan Beer
This may come as a shock to Australia's dominant telco Telstra or any other carrier that tries to sell a laptop the same way they sell mobile phones. It can't be done and there's any number of reasons why.
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Telstra’s $0 laptop with mobile broadband: ho-hum or yee-hah?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Anyone with an ABN (Australian Business Number), i.e. a business owner, can now go to selected retailers to take advantage of a “$0 upfront” laptop with 1GB of Next G mobile broadband per month, for AUD $99 per month. Is it really a good deal, or could you do better by yourself?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Anyone with an ABN (Australian Business Number), i.e. a business owner, can now go to selected retailers to take advantage of a “$0 upfront” laptop with 1GB of Next G mobile broadband per month, for AUD $99 per month. Is it really a good deal, or could you do better by yourself?
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Internet trumps TV, consumers say
By: Stephen Withers
The premium price of new high definition cable services may be a moot point according to survey findings released today. Broadband users spend far more time on the net than in front of their TVs.
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By: Stephen Withers
The premium price of new high definition cable services may be a moot point according to survey findings released today. Broadband users spend far more time on the net than in front of their TVs.
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Broadband data getting cheaper but plan prices not
By: Stuart Corner
The latest edition of the Internet Industry Association/Spectrum Value Partners' survey of Australian broadband offerings shows average download quotas rising significantly, but plan prices relatively unchanged.
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By: Stuart Corner
The latest edition of the Internet Industry Association/Spectrum Value Partners' survey of Australian broadband offerings shows average download quotas rising significantly, but plan prices relatively unchanged.
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Sprint WiMAX set to blast off in two US cities by end 2008
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
US telco Sprint is finally moving ahead with its WiMAX plans and will have a WiMAX 4G network installed in Baltimore and Washington DC by the end of 2008, after a year of endless testing - but two cities is far from complete US coverage.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
US telco Sprint is finally moving ahead with its WiMAX plans and will have a WiMAX 4G network installed in Baltimore and Washington DC by the end of 2008, after a year of endless testing - but two cities is far from complete US coverage.
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HSPA heaven and GPS goodness from Ericsson and Dell
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The trend towards building HSPA modems directly into laptops goes into overdrive as Ericsson launches a new HSPA and GPS equipped notebook module, with Dell the latest major international customer, after Lenovo earlier this year. Who needs dongles and cards, when built-in is better?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The trend towards building HSPA modems directly into laptops goes into overdrive as Ericsson launches a new HSPA and GPS equipped notebook module, with Dell the latest major international customer, after Lenovo earlier this year. Who needs dongles and cards, when built-in is better?
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Basslink bites back: plans to be a wholesale carrier
By: Stuart Corner
The owners Basslink power cable linking Tasmania to the mainland seem intent on using its optic fibre to become a wholesale telecommunications carrier, rather than simply selling dark fibre access to a third party via the Tasmanian Government.
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By: Stuart Corner
The owners Basslink power cable linking Tasmania to the mainland seem intent on using its optic fibre to become a wholesale telecommunications carrier, rather than simply selling dark fibre access to a third party via the Tasmanian Government.
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Budget allocates $207m to subsidise rural broadband
By: Stuart Corner
The Australian Broadband Guarantee program has received additional funding in the 2008–09 Budget which will bring the total program funding up to $270.7 million and extend the programme for a further four years from 1 July 2008
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By: Stuart Corner
The Australian Broadband Guarantee program has received additional funding in the 2008–09 Budget which will bring the total program funding up to $270.7 million and extend the programme for a further four years from 1 July 2008
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Basslink botch-up stymies Tasmanian broadband
By: Stuart Corner
The Tasmanian Government's hopes of breaking Telstra's monopoly of fibre access to the island have foundered with the owners of alternative capacity on the Basslink power cable playing hardball.
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By: Stuart Corner
The Tasmanian Government's hopes of breaking Telstra's monopoly of fibre access to the island have foundered with the owners of alternative capacity on the Basslink power cable playing hardball.
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Internode drops transfer fee - for now
By: Stephen Withers
Following price cuts to selected ADSL plans, Internode is waiving the usual transfer fee in an attempt to attract more subscribers to switch from their current ISP.
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By: Stephen Withers
Following price cuts to selected ADSL plans, Internode is waiving the usual transfer fee in an attempt to attract more subscribers to switch from their current ISP.
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Australia jumps to number four in global e-readiness rankings
By: Stuart Corner
Australia has achieved a significant improvement in the latest edition of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) ranking of the e-readiness of 69 nations, jumping from ninth place in 2007 to fourth in 2008.
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By: Stuart Corner
Australia has achieved a significant improvement in the latest edition of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) ranking of the e-readiness of 69 nations, jumping from ninth place in 2007 to fourth in 2008.
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