EU sets out 'internet rights' to protect users
Just as movie downloads hit the headlines in Australia through the AFACT/iiNet case in Sydney, the European Union has passed into law a set of internet rights to protect users from arbitrary crackdowns on people who illegally download music and movies.
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BigAir expands fixed WiMAX network to Perth, Adelaide and the Gold Coast
Fixed WiMAX network operator, BigAir (ASX: BGL) is expanding its network into Perth, Adelaide and the Gold Coast using equipment from its current WiMAX gear supplier, Airspan Networks.

 
Industry heavyweights demand fewer standards bodies
The CTOs of some of the word's leading IT&T vendors - including Cisco and Microsoft - and some of the largest telcos - including BT, NTT and Telstra - have joined forces in a bid to rationalise what they see as an excess of different, and sometimes competing, organisations developing IT&T standards.

 
Sybase 365 claims first IP & IMS messaging and application platform
Sybase 365 has launched what it says is the first system that fulfils the key emerging need of future mobile operators: enabling them to host and provide messaging and other applications deliverable across different networks in an all-IP world.

 
WiMAX to remain 'niche,' says analyst
WiMAX is destined to remain a niche technology, even in emerging markets. That's the judgement of a major analyst firm.

 
Virgin Mobile launches first wireless, wireless modem
Virgin Mobile has introduced a battery-powered 3G wireless modem router and WiFi access point that enables three computers to simultaneously access the Internet over the Optus 3G network. It is claimed to be the first such device on the market in Australia.

 
Gotalk offers 2.8GB via mobile broadband for $10 per month, but...
...There is a catch: you need to be signed up to Gotalk's Xtreme fixed line broadband plan delivering 14GB peak and 36GB off peak downloads.

 
 
Alcatel-Lucent's future broadband application initiative gathers momentum
In February, Alcatel-Lucent launched, ng Connect, an ambitious initiative to create a community of industry players dedicated to developing applications for future broadband networks, like Australia's NBN. It is starting to gain traction, with the opening of two test labs and the addition of five new members taking the total to 26.

 
No time for Senate telecom debate: Minchin
There are not enough sitting days left in the Parliamentary calendar to adequately debate the proposed regulatory changes to the telecommunicaitons sector this year, the leader of the Opposition in the Senate Nick Minchin says.

 
ACCAN lobbies for "truly historic" reforms to telecoms legislation
ACCAN is proposing an amendment to the telecoms legislation that would be "truly historic for enhancing end-user welfare, both for consumers and business, and in so doing strengthen the development of a networked information economy."

 
Telstra's HFC network should be open access, says ACCAN
The draft Telecoms legislation, now under scrutiny by a Senate enquiry, provides for the divesture of Telstra's HFC network but does nothing to ensure that change of ownership would make what is now a closed network an open access network, says ACCAN.

 
ITU approves home powerline communications standard
The International Telecommunication Union's telecomms standards arm (ITU-T) has agreed upon the key components of the G.hn specification for carrying broadband communications, and other types of traffic over in-home mains wiring
 
 
TNS enables EFTPOS & ATMs to operate over broadband
Transaction Network Services is launching a new broadband EFTPOS and ATM network service in Australia called TNSLink that, it says, will significantly reduce day to day operational costs associated with retail EFTPOS and ATM terminals by allowing them to be connected via any broadband Internet access service.

 
Conroy's filtering won't protect us from the dark side, says Cisco
Internet filtering systems which rely on lists of URLs to be blocked are ineffective in blocking content within what Cisco calls 'the Dark Web' and which it says accounts for more than 80 percent of Web content.

 
Optus sinks the boot in over Telstra delay proposal
Telstra rival Singtel Optus has taken the opportunity to launch a broadside at the incumbent fixed line carrier over its public submission to the Senate inquiry into regulatory reform, which urges the Senate to delay debate on the National Broadband Network until after the Government's implementation study is complete.

 
Telstra reforms will proceed this year: Conroy
The Rudd Government remains committed to having its telecommunications regulations passed this year, despite calls from Telstra to delay debate on the issue until Australia's largest carrier had completed its negotiations with authorities over the proposed changes.

 
Telstra urges Senate to delay NBN debate
Regulatory Reform NBN SubmissionTelstra has come out swinging in its submission into the Senate inquiry into regulatory reform, urging the Senate to delay debate on National Broadband Network until after the Government's implementation study is complete.

 
Telstra reforms: ACTU set to toss the toys
The ACTU has thrown broad support behind Rudd Government communications industry reform but has set down five conditions to make sure no telco worker is worse off under the new regime.

 
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