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Gotalk threatens PSTN with ‘unbeatable triple the difference’ deal?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-03-03 00:20:01
Naked DSL, VoIP and phone card provider Gotalk has promised to ‘spark a major controversy in the Australian telco market’ with a challenge ‘it believes no competitor will be able to beat’. Deal or no deal?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-03-03 00:20:01
Naked DSL, VoIP and phone card provider Gotalk has promised to ‘spark a major controversy in the Australian telco market’ with a challenge ‘it believes no competitor will be able to beat’. Deal or no deal?
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Shocked Telstra labels Conroy "unprecedented" demand as risk to national security
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-02-28 23:07:19
A clearly shaken Telstra has described a demand by the Australian Labor Government to reveal details of its entire network to competitors as unprecedented and a possible risk to national security.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-02-28 23:07:19
A clearly shaken Telstra has described a demand by the Australian Labor Government to reveal details of its entire network to competitors as unprecedented and a possible risk to national security.
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All options on the table in UK broadband policy review
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-02-28 05:54:50
The UK Government has just announced a review of broadband policy. The reasons given will be familiar to anyone in Australia who has been following the tortuous path of broadband policy development in this country for the past several years. But the approach is very different.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-02-28 05:54:50
The UK Government has just announced a review of broadband policy. The reasons given will be familiar to anyone in Australia who has been following the tortuous path of broadband policy development in this country for the past several years. But the approach is very different.
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Government funding for FTTH? No way says Coonan
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-10-12 03:34:44
Communications minister Helen Coonan has claimed that a news story in the Financial Review this week which reported her as saying that the Government might be prepared to fund a fibre to the home rollout, rather than fibre to the node, should the Expert Task Force recommends such, took her remarks out of context. Her claim is not very convincing.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-10-12 03:34:44
Communications minister Helen Coonan has claimed that a news story in the Financial Review this week which reported her as saying that the Government might be prepared to fund a fibre to the home rollout, rather than fibre to the node, should the Expert Task Force recommends such, took her remarks out of context. Her claim is not very convincing.
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Expert Task force" guidelines without destinations
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-09-20 08:28:52
The Government's expert task force has issued the guidelines against which it will assess proposals for high speed urban broadband networks, but they are fundamentally flawed.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-09-20 08:28:52
The Government's expert task force has issued the guidelines against which it will assess proposals for high speed urban broadband networks, but they are fundamentally flawed.
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Singapore & Australia: a tale of two broadband strategies
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-08-07 00:34:37
The G9 in its submission to the Expert Taskforce on FTTN has invoked comparisons with Singapore where a similar process is underway. However there are major differences.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-08-07 00:34:37
The G9 in its submission to the Expert Taskforce on FTTN has invoked comparisons with Singapore where a similar process is underway. However there are major differences.
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An inconvenient truth: there is no level playing field
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-07-31 02:14:02
Telstra has delivered a double whammy this week in its battle against the Government and the ACCC on broadband policy with key speeches by both its chairman and CEO.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-07-31 02:14:02
Telstra has delivered a double whammy this week in its battle against the Government and the ACCC on broadband policy with key speeches by both its chairman and CEO.
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China in top 10 for fibre to the home
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2007-07-19 23:12:51
The world's most populous nation is among only handful that can boast broadband services delivered over fibre to more than one percent of households, either all the way to each dwelling, or into a residential building.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2007-07-19 23:12:51
The world's most populous nation is among only handful that can boast broadband services delivered over fibre to more than one percent of households, either all the way to each dwelling, or into a residential building.
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FTTN: decide in haste, regret at leisure, says CCC
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2007-07-06 20:28:48
Australia's tier two carriers have warned the government that the proposed timetable for selecting the builder of a high speed urban and regional broadband network is too short and likely to preclude innovative alternative proposals to those from Telstra and the G9.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2007-07-06 20:28:48
Australia's tier two carriers have warned the government that the proposed timetable for selecting the builder of a high speed urban and regional broadband network is too short and likely to preclude innovative alternative proposals to those from Telstra and the G9.
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Our choice of technology is technology neutral
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-06-23 01:12:24
Politicians' promises are made to be broken but communications minister Helen Coonan seems to have broken promises and all records for the speed with which she reneged on commitments made less than a week before announcing the Government's latest and biggest broadband initiative: "Australia Connected".
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-06-23 01:12:24
Politicians' promises are made to be broken but communications minister Helen Coonan seems to have broken promises and all records for the speed with which she reneged on commitments made less than a week before announcing the Government's latest and biggest broadband initiative: "Australia Connected".
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Tier 2 carriers want FTTN review panel to canvass all options
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2007-06-18 19:16:00
The Competitive Carriers' Coalition (CCC) and the 'T4' carrier grouping have both called on the government to canvass a broad range of options in its proposed tender process, and not confine it to a "two horse race" on FTTN between Telstra and the G9.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2007-06-18 19:16:00
The Competitive Carriers' Coalition (CCC) and the 'T4' carrier grouping have both called on the government to canvass a broad range of options in its proposed tender process, and not confine it to a "two horse race" on FTTN between Telstra and the G9.
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‘Australia Connected’ sounds pretty good – now what?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-06-18 08:23:42
The Federal Government’s launch of ‘Australia Connected’ is meant to ensure ’99.9%’ of Australians get access to at least 12Mb broadband speeds one way or the other by June 30, 2009.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-06-18 08:23:42
The Federal Government’s launch of ‘Australia Connected’ is meant to ensure ’99.9%’ of Australians get access to at least 12Mb broadband speeds one way or the other by June 30, 2009.
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Gov't's rush to FTTN: commit in haste, repent at leisure
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-06-18 07:00:26
The Federal Government has confirmed that it will call tenders for an FTTN network, but surely this is pre-empting other possible solutions: the tender should specify the desired outcome in terms of coverage, access speeds and rollout schedule rather than technology.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-06-18 07:00:26
The Federal Government has confirmed that it will call tenders for an FTTN network, but surely this is pre-empting other possible solutions: the tender should specify the desired outcome in terms of coverage, access speeds and rollout schedule rather than technology.
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Optus backed G9 puts its FTTN cards on the table
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2007-05-30 03:54:14
The group of carrier competitors to Telstra lead by Optus and dubbed 'G9' has lodged a Special Access Undertaking (SAU) with the ACCC for its planned FTTN network. When it is made public, shortly, by the ACCC it will reveal full details of the G9's plans, oft criticised and dismissed by Telstra as a 'stunt'.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2007-05-30 03:54:14
The group of carrier competitors to Telstra lead by Optus and dubbed 'G9' has lodged a Special Access Undertaking (SAU) with the ACCC for its planned FTTN network. When it is made public, shortly, by the ACCC it will reveal full details of the G9's plans, oft criticised and dismissed by Telstra as a 'stunt'.
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Axia - the dark horse in the $600m broadband Connect Infrastructure race.
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2007-05-16 07:12:53
Canadian company, Axia NetMedia Corporation has revealed that it has put in a bid for the Government's $600m of broadband Connect Infrastructure funding, with plans to rollout extensive new infrastructure that would serve also the needs of the WA and Queensland Governments.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2007-05-16 07:12:53
Canadian company, Axia NetMedia Corporation has revealed that it has put in a bid for the Government's $600m of broadband Connect Infrastructure funding, with plans to rollout extensive new infrastructure that would serve also the needs of the WA and Queensland Governments.
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Gov't wants FTTN proposals public, promises no closed door deals
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2007-05-15 00:17:26
The Federal Government has moved to reassure the industry that there will be no behind closed-door deals on FTTN, and has called on both G9 and Telstra to make their proposals public.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2007-05-15 00:17:26
The Federal Government has moved to reassure the industry that there will be no behind closed-door deals on FTTN, and has called on both G9 and Telstra to make their proposals public.
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Labor launches online ad campaign attacking Australian broadband speeds
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2007-05-14 22:33:05
Labor has launched a stinging attack on Australia's broadband speeds in an online advertising campaign just days after the Federal budget.
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Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2007-05-14 22:33:05
Labor has launched a stinging attack on Australia's broadband speeds in an online advertising campaign just days after the Federal budget.
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Tell the truth T4, don't broadcast baloney
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-05-10 22:03:06
T4 (Tell The Truth Telstra) the group of tier 2 carriers set up to counter what its members see as a concerted misinformation campaign by Telstra on broadband and FTTN needs to take a serious look at its PR tactics.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-05-10 22:03:06
T4 (Tell The Truth Telstra) the group of tier 2 carriers set up to counter what its members see as a concerted misinformation campaign by Telstra on broadband and FTTN needs to take a serious look at its PR tactics.
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Costello budget rhetoric ignores broadband reality
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-05-09 00:14:40
Treasurer Peter Costello is living in a fantasy land if he thinks the private sector alone can be trusted to look after Australia's best interests in building the next generation of broadband infrastructure.
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Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-05-09 00:14:40
Treasurer Peter Costello is living in a fantasy land if he thinks the private sector alone can be trusted to look after Australia's best interests in building the next generation of broadband infrastructure.
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Ericsson positions for FTTN deal
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2007-05-08 02:19:12
While Telstra and the G9 squabble publicly over who - if anyone - is going to build an Australian fibre to the node (FTTN) network, Ericsson has been quietly positioning itself as a supplier of the necessary equipment.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2007-05-08 02:19:12
While Telstra and the G9 squabble publicly over who - if anyone - is going to build an Australian fibre to the node (FTTN) network, Ericsson has been quietly positioning itself as a supplier of the necessary equipment.
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