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Seeker Wireless enhances 'home zone' mobile technology
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-22 05:13:58
For years mobile operators have dabbled with "home zone" technologies that enable them to apply a reduced tariff when a mobile is operating in its home zone, and thus compete with fixed line offerings. These have had limitations but Australian company Seeker Wireless reckons it has the problem licked with the latest release of its SeekerZone technology.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-22 05:13:58
For years mobile operators have dabbled with "home zone" technologies that enable them to apply a reduced tariff when a mobile is operating in its home zone, and thus compete with fixed line offerings. These have had limitations but Australian company Seeker Wireless reckons it has the problem licked with the latest release of its SeekerZone technology.
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SP Telemedia plans set-top box & phone service
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-21 23:32:49
SP Telemedia (ASX: SOT) the ISP/telco formed in April 2008 from the merger of Soul and TPG) has announced plans for a set-top box to enhance its IPTV offering and plans to launch a home phone service.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-21 23:32:49
SP Telemedia (ASX: SOT) the ISP/telco formed in April 2008 from the merger of Soul and TPG) has announced plans for a set-top box to enhance its IPTV offering and plans to launch a home phone service.
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Vodafone plans a new marketing message -UPDATED
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-21 21:12:22
"Make the most of now" has been Vodafone's global marketing mantra for some years. And customers will have to make the most of it now, because it's being dumped in favour of "Power to you."
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-21 21:12:22
"Make the most of now" has been Vodafone's global marketing mantra for some years. And customers will have to make the most of it now, because it's being dumped in favour of "Power to you."
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Internode tests Pipe's sub cable, promises early customer benefits
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-21 20:41:08
Internode has become the first customer to test Pipe Networks' new PPC-1 fibre-optic cable, ahead of its official launch and is promising to revise its access plans to reflect PPC-1's lower connection costs to the US.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-21 20:41:08
Internode has become the first customer to test Pipe Networks' new PPC-1 fibre-optic cable, ahead of its official launch and is promising to revise its access plans to reflect PPC-1's lower connection costs to the US.
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Minchin claims Conroy and Tanner at odds over Telstra break-up
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-09-20 23:58:28
Shadow communications minister Nick Minchin claims that communications minister Stephen Conroy and finance minister Lindsay Tanner are at odds over the government's determination to wrest the HFC network and Foxtel stake from Telstra's grip, but the rules are set out in black and white in the bills now before parliament. Or are they...
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-09-20 23:58:28
Shadow communications minister Nick Minchin claims that communications minister Stephen Conroy and finance minister Lindsay Tanner are at odds over the government's determination to wrest the HFC network and Foxtel stake from Telstra's grip, but the rules are set out in black and white in the bills now before parliament. Or are they...
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"Trying to keep my customers satisfied": the new mantra for call centres
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-18 03:39:10
With the cost of winning customers estimated to be eight times the cost of retention, you'd expect retention to be top priority for businesses regardless of the economic climate, but Dimension Data's latest global call centre study suggests it has taken the global financial crisis to get industry recognising the wisdom in Simon and Garfunkel's sixties lyrics.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-18 03:39:10
With the cost of winning customers estimated to be eight times the cost of retention, you'd expect retention to be top priority for businesses regardless of the economic climate, but Dimension Data's latest global call centre study suggests it has taken the global financial crisis to get industry recognising the wisdom in Simon and Garfunkel's sixties lyrics.
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NewSat brands EWC takeover bid 'a sham' & demands its cancellation
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-18 03:07:30
Satellite services provider NewSat (ASX: NWT) has referred the dubious-looking takeover offer from EWC payments to the Takeovers Panel seeking a declaration of unacceptable circumstances on the grounds that the offer is a sham.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-18 03:07:30
Satellite services provider NewSat (ASX: NWT) has referred the dubious-looking takeover offer from EWC payments to the Takeovers Panel seeking a declaration of unacceptable circumstances on the grounds that the offer is a sham.
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Rival bodies battle for multigigabit wireless local network market
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-17 21:22:45
The WiGig Alliance - the body formed earlier this year to promote standards for WLANs operating at 60GHz and delivering throughput of several gigabits per second - has announced five new members, bringing total membership to more than 20. Meanwhile the rival WirelessHD Consortium is gathering momentum.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-17 21:22:45
The WiGig Alliance - the body formed earlier this year to promote standards for WLANs operating at 60GHz and delivering throughput of several gigabits per second - has announced five new members, bringing total membership to more than 20. Meanwhile the rival WirelessHD Consortium is gathering momentum.
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Iridium initiates alliance to foster global satellite location services
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-17 20:02:42
Iridium Satellite LLC - operator of a constellation of low earth orbit communications satellites - has formed the ProTECTS (Promotion of Two-way Emergency Communication and Tracking Systems) Alliance "to foster the rapid and orderly adoption of portable, two-way satellite-based location, tracking and messaging technologies."
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-17 20:02:42
Iridium Satellite LLC - operator of a constellation of low earth orbit communications satellites - has formed the ProTECTS (Promotion of Two-way Emergency Communication and Tracking Systems) Alliance "to foster the rapid and orderly adoption of portable, two-way satellite-based location, tracking and messaging technologies."
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Cisco goes after smart grid market
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-17 19:32:54
Cisco has ramped up significantly its efforts to be a major player in the smart grid market with the launch of its 25 member smart grid ecosystem, the formation of a customer technical advisory board and the creation of a new smart grid business unit.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-17 19:32:54
Cisco has ramped up significantly its efforts to be a major player in the smart grid market with the launch of its 25 member smart grid ecosystem, the formation of a customer technical advisory board and the creation of a new smart grid business unit.
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For what the NBN will mean tomorrow, look at AARNet today
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-17 19:06:18
Australia's academic and research network today provides bandwidths well in excess of what the NBN will deliver, and cutting edge applications that exploit that bandwidth. CEO, Chris Hancock says they provide a foretaste of what the NBN will deliver to consumers and other users a few years down the track.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-17 19:06:18
Australia's academic and research network today provides bandwidths well in excess of what the NBN will deliver, and cutting edge applications that exploit that bandwidth. CEO, Chris Hancock says they provide a foretaste of what the NBN will deliver to consumers and other users a few years down the track.
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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 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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NZ Gov't fleshes out FTTH plans
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-15 19:04:44
The telecoms reforms announced yesterday by the Australian Government have been hailed as the biggest change in telecommunications in two decades, and the same claims are being made about the New Zealand Government's announcement today of its version of Australia's NBN: a $NZ1.5b plan to take fibre to most New Zealand homes over the next six years.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-15 19:04:44
The telecoms reforms announced yesterday by the Australian Government have been hailed as the biggest change in telecommunications in two decades, and the same claims are being made about the New Zealand Government's announcement today of its version of Australia's NBN: a $NZ1.5b plan to take fibre to most New Zealand homes over the next six years.
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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 tightens measures to protect telecoms consumers
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-15 03:03:06
Consumer protection aspects of telecoms legislation - such as the standard telephone service, the provision of payphones and the customer service guarantee will be tightened considerably under the proposed new telecommunications legislation and much greater control given to the minister and the ACMA.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-15 03:03:06
Consumer protection aspects of telecoms legislation - such as the standard telephone service, the provision of payphones and the customer service guarantee will be tightened considerably under the proposed new telecommunications legislation and much greater control given to the minister and the ACMA.
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Euphoric welcome for new telecoms legislation
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-15 02:02:41
Much of the telecoms industry - individual companies and organisations - has greeted the government's proposed new telecommunications rapturously, saying it addresses most of the concerns they have been airing for years and will give the industry a major boost.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-15 02:02:41
Much of the telecoms industry - individual companies and organisations - has greeted the government's proposed new telecommunications rapturously, saying it addresses most of the concerns they have been airing for years and will give the industry a major boost.
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Structural Separation: Conroy's second big surprise
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-09-15 00:33:54
The legislation announced today by communications minister Stephen Conroy goes further than most of the industry had expected "I keep checking that the date isn't 1st April" one CE commented). It's the second big surprise the minister has pulled out of the hat this year.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-09-15 00:33:54
The legislation announced today by communications minister Stephen Conroy goes further than most of the industry had expected "I keep checking that the date isn't 1st April" one CE commented). It's the second big surprise the minister has pulled out of the hat this year.
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