Telstra launches Next G home gateway from NetComm As predicted by iTWire last week Telstra has introduced a home Internet gateway, supplied by NetComm that uses HSPA+ over Next G to connect to the Internet.
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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.
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 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."
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Telstra's behaviour towards the government under its new CEO David Thodey and absent the bellicose Phil Burgess has been widely seen as more conciliatory and collaborative, but when it comes down the nitty gritty of other telcos wanting access to Telstra services and facilities, nothing has changed, claims Internode.
Even as Pipe Networks partied in Sydney Thursday night to celebrate the launch of its PPC-1 trans-Pacific cable, the company was pressing Government for changes to proposed legislation to give it better access to interconnect facilities.
Verizon Business and McAfee have formed a global strategic alliance to provide integrated security solutions to businesses and government agencies worldwide under which the companies will jointly develop a suite of next-generation, cloud-based managed security services.
Three out of four Australian children spend extra time online and using mobile phones during the school holidays, with almost half of them devoting an additional three hours or more each day on their mobile or surfing the Internet when they’re not at school.
The NBN Company has passed a significant milestone with the awarding of its first contract for glass fibre cable - the intitial 300 kilometres - for the network that will ultimately connect homes and businesses across Australia.
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