Telstra Cashed Up And Ready To Spend On Broadband Network
Telstra is cashed up and ready to invest in the roll out of a $12 billion national broadband network according to CEO Sol Trujillo.

Telco Cranks Up Wireless Downloads To Blistering 21Mbps
Two months before roll out their new 3G Network Telstra has announced their planned deployment of Enhanced HSPA to the their Next G wireless network which will in Australians being the first in the world to get downlink speeds of 21Mbps by the end of the year.

Telstra Wants PM To Put Broadband First
While Telstra welcomes the Prime Minister's commitment to fast-track much needed infrastructure building in Australia, the company stated that it wants high-speed broadband to be the first cab off the rank.

WiMax Alive And Doing Well Claims Unwired
WiMax is alive and well claims Seven Media owned ISP Unwired.

Soul Loses Their Mojo and $18.9 Million
Struggling ISP SP Telemedia which operates Internet and telephone services in Australia under the Soul brand, has reported a net loss for the year to June 30 of $18.9 million. It was only 12 months ago after taking on bottom end ISP TPG whose services were popular with students that Soul were bragging as to how they were set to carve up the Australian broadband market.

1.5 Million Australians Still On Dial Up
More than 1.5 million Australians still use dial-up to connect to the Internet a recent Australian Bureau Of Statistics report revealed. However, more Australian than ever before are turning to fast high-speed broadband in their homes.

Wireless Broadband Use Increases By 90 Percent
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), wireless technology increased by nearly 90% in six months, with over 809,000 subscribers at the end of June 2008, compared with 433,000 subscribers at the end of December 2007.

Yes Optus Is Hopeless Says Telstra
According to Telstra, Optus's sudden decision to suspend its much-promoted wireless Fusion broadband offerings is ? further evidence that Optus is not up to delivering the National Broadband Network?.

Telstra Rolls Out Pre-Paid Mobile 3G
Telstra has rolled out its Next G wireless broadband Pre-Paid making mobile broadband flexible both by location and now price.

Optus 3G Network Stuffed Major Broadband Service Dropped
Optus who earlier this month were labelled as delivering the slowest 3G iPhone service in the world has been forced to dump their much heralded Fusion 3G broadband service due to capacity and congestion problems on their 3G network.

Will Tech Geek Turnbull Take On Broadband Debate?
New Liberal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnball knows a lot about technology, broadband and the business of an ISP after making a fortune selling Australian ISP Ozemail where he was a shareholder and director.

Australia's Broadband--Where The Bloody Hell Are You?
In a recent global survey by Oxford University and Cisco, serveral country's high-speed internet access was measured, with Australia coming in near the bottom of the list.

Internode Adds Free Access For iPhone Junkies
Broadband provider Internode has added free access to advanced services such as push email and Google Maps for any iPhone using an Internode Wireless hotspot.

Terria Monopoly Plan A Dog Barks Telstra
As the announcement of the winner of the tender for the National Broadband Network (NBN) gets closer, its getting more and more nasty out there on telco street.

Senator Conroy Reveals NBN Closing Date
The Federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy has said 26 November 2008 is the closing date for the submission of National Broadband Network proposals.

Telstra Spurt Venom At Competitor
After taking a massive swipe at Optus last week Telstra is at it again this time they are snapping at the ankles of Terra a consortium of 8 telecommunication Companies who are bidding along with Telstra for billions in Federal Government funding to build a (NBN) National Broadband Network.

Internodes Triples Coverage With NakedExtreme
Broadband provider Internode has said it has more than trebled its the coverage area that a telephone exchange can serve with ADSL-based broadband by launching its new dial tone-free NakedExtreme service.

Telstra Slashes Wireless Broadband Costs And Increases Data Size
Telstra BigPond has introduced a new 10GB wireless plan and reduced the number of wireless broadband plans making it simpler for customers the telecommunications carrier claims.

Optus Lied Say Telstra Following Network Crash
Optus, the Singapore owned telecommunication Company that was dumped by the Federal Government earlier this year in the 'Opel' broadband saga, has been accused of lying by Telstra following major problems with their network in Queensland.

Telstra Working On Secret Fibre To The Home Project
Telstra is almost certainly working on a ?secret? fibre to the home (FttH) network, regardless of whether it wins the government NBN project, telecommunications analyst Paul Budde claims.

Ingram Micro Enters The Unwired World
Resellers of Ingram Micro will now be able to offer their customers an internet enabled consumer home and office solution after Ingram Micro has agreed to distribute wireless broadband products from the range available through Unwired Australia.

Broadband Suppliers Given Two Weeks To Respond To Feds
The Federal Government has spelt out the precise information that Telstra and other carriers must provide to potential bidders for its $4.7 billion National Broadband Network funding ­ and given them two weeks to provide the information.

Internode Doubles Download Quotas
National broadband company Internode has doubled download quotas for its 1500 kilobits per second (k) ADSL broadband plans and is offering free speed upgrades to encourage customers to move from slower plans. This move comes not long after Telstra also increased its download rates on its mobile network.

Seven Media May Sell Engin And Unwired Speculation
The aquisition of Engin and Unwired by Seven Media is turning into a lemon with the media Company having to make a charge of $18 million for Engin alone. There is now speculation that Seven will not want to make any further investments in the two Companies that are being pounded by various telco's.

IT Industry Calls ISP Filtering A Waste Of Time
The System Administrators Guild of Australia (SAGE-AU) has raised strong concerns regarding an Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) report regarding ISP-Level Internet Content Filtering.

Senator Conroy Happy About Mobile Market
For all those whingers and whiners out there constantly complaining about the state of the mobile and broadband markets in this country, let it be known that the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy thinks that things are pretty rosy at the moment.

WiMAX Growth Set To Fill The Need For Speed
Broadband wireless access technology WiMAX, is set to gather strong momentum in the Asia Pacific region with WiMAX services revenues estimated to grow from US$58 million in 2007 to $5.46 billion by 2012, according to the latest report by IT research company Springboard Research---a compounded annual growth rate of 148 per cent for that period.

Telstra Unleashes Next G Mobile Router At A Turbo Price
Telstra has launched what it is calling a turbo-powered office with its new high-speed Wi-Fi gateway and Ethernet router to enable multiple users access mobile broadband simultaneously.

Intel Gives WiMax A Miss
Australia will trail much of the world in seeing notebook PCs equipped with the new WiMax technology, Intel GM Philip Cronin confirmed at yesterday's Down Under launch of its new Centrino 2 platform.

Dear Diary---ACCC Makes Telstra Keep Tabs On Itself
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has made a record keeping rule which requires Telstra to keep and retain records and give reports to the ACCC relating to broadband access to Telstra exchange facilities.

Optus Brings Darwin In Line With Rest Of Oz
Not long ago, Darwin was famous for a few things- a nasty cyclone in 1974, really big beer stubbies and awful blue singlets. But now, the capital of the Northern Territory has another thing to crow about as Optus announces a major milestone for the Northern Territory.

Google To Rudd: Split Broadband And Network
In its submission to the Federal governments review telecommunications review, Google has warned the Rudd government that by not splitting the network and retail broadband into two separate entities, competition and thus consumers will suffer the price consequences.

Conroy Releases More Details On New Broadband
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has released new program guidelines, designed to enhance the Australian Broadband Guarantee.

Yahoo!7 To Get A Major Nip And Tuck
In terms of portal reassignment surgery, locally, it doesn?t get much bigger than this as Yahoo7 is set to announce the redesign of its online portal and also launch its biggest marketing campaign since the start of the joint venture between Yahoo and Channel Seven in 2005.

Internode Boss Slams Telstra Over NBN Tender
Internode managing director Simon Hackett has reiterated his call for the Federal Government?s planned National Broadband Network to use competitive tension to deliver affordable broadband for consumers.

Macquarie Pulls Out Of NBN Tender
The national broadband network (NBN) tender process has claimed its first victim today as Macquarie Group has decided to withdraw its bid, leaving it two contenders left standing for the $12 billion project.

Internode Scores ADSL Ton & Blasts Telstra
National broadband company Internode says it now offers ADSL2+ broadband services from more than 100 telephone exchanges where its own DSLAM equipment is installed, but its further expansion is being slowed down by Telstra.

Telstra Cuddles Up With Macquarie For Broadband Bid
Macquarie Bank has dropped out of the National Broadband Network bidding competition, apparently satisfied ­ with huge fees in prospect ­ to become an adviser to Telstra in its bid. Telstra chief financial officer John Stanhope announced late on Friday that Macquarie Capital Advisers would act as the telco's financial adviser.

Optus Installs Ciscos Conferencing Suite
Optus has deployed Australia's first multipoint Cisco TelePresence solution, with systems in two locations in Sydney and a third in Melbourne. Cisco TelePresence is an "in-person" meeting experience over a converged network. It delivers real-time face-to-face interactions between people and places, using advanced visual, audio and collaboration technologies.

Telstra Releases Military Technology For Tradespeople
Telstra and AvanTEC have announced a new in-vehicle broadband and mobile computer solution, which was originally designed for the military, but now being marketed to tradespeople.

Conroys Korean Trip On The Future Of Internet
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, is off to Korea this week to participate in two key OECD-linked internet and broadband forums.

WiMax Fails To Fly In Oz Says Frost & Sullivan
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan finds that although the Asia Pacific region can boast of 43 million WiMax subscribers by the end of 2013 and generate estimated revenues of close to US$11 billion at a compound annual growth rate of 45 per cent, Australia will only make up two per cent of the Asia Pacific region?s WiMax.

Dirty Dirty Politics Enter Broadband Race
A coalition of broadband carriers, many who are financially struggling and individually have a very small share of the Australian broadband market have now resorted to desperate moves in an effort to get attention claims Telstra. Among them are AAPT, Adam Internet, Austar, and iiNet, Internode, Macquarie Telecom, Optus, Primus Telecom, Telarus, TransACT, Unwired and Westnet.

ACCC Ditches DDAS & ISDN For NBN
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued its Final Report on declaring the Digital Data Access and Integrated Services Data Network Services and accompanying pricing principles with respect to the services.

iPrimus Goes For The Big Kahuna
iPrimus has announced the Big Kahuna, a new high speed ADSL2+ service that includes 200 GB of data, the largest data amount ever offered by an Australian broadband provider to date to residential customers.

Broadband Ratings Give Oz False Hope
According to US think tank the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF), Australia?s broadband uptake looks first class. Its just when you start interpreting the figures, the reality hits you like a brick in the head.

NBN Bidders Have 3 Months Of Show And Tell
The federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has announced that all parties participating in the National Broadband Network process will now have 12 weeks to consider network information from the date all material is made available.

Draft Broadband Guidelines Released
The Draft guidelines to improve the Australian Broadband Guarantee have been released by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy.

NEC To Supply Broadband To Indonesia
NEC Corporation (NEC) has signed contract with PT Indosat, Tbk (Indosat) in Indonesia for the supply of a submarine cable system to the JAKABARE project linking Indonesia and Singapore.

Michael Egan New G9 Chairman
The G9 consortium which includes AAPT, iinet, Internode, Macquarie Telecom, Optus, PowerTel, Primus, Soul and TransAct today announced that the former NSW treasurer Michael Egan has been appointed as its Chairman.