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A New Zealand study into the potential applications and demand for high-speed broadband services has concluded that cloud computing services for consumers could be a major driver.

The Federal Government has launched a three year, $5.1m trial of virtual English language tuition over the NBN designed to help new migrants settle into regional communities.

IPTV numbers are seriously on the rise with more than 300,000 Australian homes now accessing an IPTV service, meaning around one in ten subscription TV services are currently delivered over broadband.

Optus has announced prices for small business services offered over the NBN in the five first release sites. The entry level prices seem reasonable but Optus is being coy about revealing what sort of upload and download speeds you get for your money.

HTC is very prolific. They have more smartphones on the market than the rest of the players combiInternode has a history of coming out on top of ISP customer satisfaction surveys, and has just clocked an impressive 94% satisfaction on the latest Roy Morgan Research ISP survey.ned. But being first to market with a 4G handset, on Telstra's network with the Velocity, gives them an edge. We look at whether 4G is enough.

Communications minister, senator Stephen Conroy has capped the amount of spectrum any single organisation will be able to acquire in the upcoming 700MHz and 2.5GHz auctions at 2x20MHz in the 700MHz and 2x40MHz in the 2.5 GHz band.

Macquarie Telecom's 'greenfield' data centre site in Fairbairn ACT has been added to the Federal Government's data centre facilities panel, even though Macquarie has not yet committed to building a data centre on the site. Also added is a site owned by Dell at Hume in the ACT.

Internode has a history of coming out on top of ISP customer satisfaction surveys, and has just clocked an impressive 94% satisfaction on the latest Roy Morgan Research ISP survey.

There is plenty more in this weeks edition of Broadband UPDATE so for all the Broadband and NBN news visit www.itwire.com/nbn
This Week's Top Headlines

Cloudy outlook for the NBN - but that's good news

Gov't promises $5.1m to teach migrants English over the NBN

IPTV takeup taking off


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At an estimated $43 billion The National Broadband Network is Australia's largest ever infrastructure project and superfast broadband is a term on the lips of every Internet user.

The Federal Government says that the NBN infrastructure will position Australia for the future digital economy. However, the NBN and superfast broadband is more than just fibre to the home. For the foreseeable future it will include a range of both fixed line and wireless technologies.

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Latest Broadband News

Review - HTC Velocity 4G

HTC is very prolific. They have more smartphones on the market than the rest of the players combined. But being first to market with a 4G handset, on Telstra's network with the Velocity, gives them an edge. We look at whether 4G is enough.

Conroy sets spectrum caps in digital dividend auction

Communications minister, senator Stephen Conroy has capped the amount of spectrum any single organisation will be able to acquire in the upcoming 700MHz and 2.5GHz auctions at 2x20MHz in the 700MHz and 2x40MHz in the 2.5 GHz band.

Macquarie Telecom and Dell greenfield data centre sites added to AGIMO panel

Macquarie Telecom's 'greenfield' data centre site in Fairbairn ACT has been added to the Federal Government's data centre facilities panel, even though Macquarie has not yet committed to building a data centre on the site. Also added is a site owned by Dell at Hume in the ACT.

Cloudy outlook for the NBN - but that's good news

A New Zealand study into the potential applications and demand for high-speed broadband services has concluded that cloud computing services for consumers could be a major driver.

Roy Morgan: Internode tops ISP satisfaction survey

Internode has a history of coming out on top of ISP customer satisfaction surveys, and has just clocked an impressive 94% satisfaction on the latest Roy Morgan Research ISP survey.

Sweet! Netcomm's smallest Wi-Fi router for 3G/4G USB modems is here!

If you've got one of Telstra's superfast 4G USB modems, and you wish that you could plug it into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot so all your devices can feel the need for 4G speed'¦ Netcomm's new M2 could well be your new best M8.

Gov't promises $5.1m to teach migrants English over the NBN

The Federal Government has launched a three year, $5.1m trial of virtual English language tuition over the NBN designed to help new migrants settle into regional communities.

IPTV takeup taking off

IPTV numbers are seriously on the rise with more than 300,000 Australian homes now accessing an IPTV service, meaning around one in ten subscription TV services are currently delivered over broadband.

Optus unveils NBN plans for small businesses

Optus has announced prices for small business services offered over the NBN in the five first release sites.

Telstra to offer LTE version of Cisco Cius Android tablet

Telstra is to offer, in coming months, an LTE version of the Cisco Cius Android based tablet, presently available only with WiFi and bluetooth.

Ericsson & Qualcomm demo first LTE-to-3G voice call handover

Ericsson and Qualcomm say they have achieved the first successful handover of a voice call from LTE to a standard 3G network.

Free WiFi for Flinders Street Station

The free, advertising funded WiFi service planned for the Melbourne CBD by local ISP, Netbay Internet and GoConnect (ASX: GCN) - which will be responsible for the advertising - has gone live for a three month trial in Flinders Street station.

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