• Conroy calls for NBNCo law feedback

    Communications Minister Stephen Conroy is seeking views on the legislative framework that will govern the National Broadband Network Company as the Communications Senate Committee dissects his first piece of NBN legislation.

    03 July 2009 06:34 PM

  • Union: Telstra to cut 100 Melbourne jobs

    Telstra is on the brink of axing 100 jobs from its Melbourne global operations centre, the Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) claimed today.

    03 July 2009 06:04 PM

  • Telecom NZ faces engineer protests

    Telecom New Zealand faced union protests in Auckland today in relation to its re-shuffle of engineering contractors.

    03 July 2009 05:56 PM

  • ACCC releases VHA merger justification

    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released its public competition assessment of the Vodafone/Hutchison merger after approving the deal a month ago.

    03 July 2009 04:43 PM

  • Basslink misses 30 June deadline

    The Basslink fibre-optic cable linking the mainland to Tasmania is technically live, but hasn't yet carried one of its first major customer's traffic across Bass Strait.

    02 July 2009 05:46 PM

  • Backhaul tender cautiously welcomed

    Internet service providers (ISP), mobile telcos, and bidders for the $250 million regional backhaul build have welcomed the launch of the initiative, but questions remain over whether the plan will deliver competition.

    02 July 2009 05:53 PM

We, the customers are fed up! We've put up with a decade of declining service, spiralling costs and plain old bull&*%$ that Telstra keeps sprouting.

Telstra had it's chance ... and chose to screw everyone except the Exec team and Board.

From: Telstra calls for Telstra-funded telco judge

Read it here, then discuss it in Talkback.

  • TransGrid outage causes Equinix blip

    Equinix's large Sydney datacentre experienced an outage today flowing from a TransGrid electricity equipment fault in the Hunter Valley.

    02 July 2009 05:05 PM

  • ICT companies using more lobbyists

    Australian technology and telecommunications companies are making more use of lobbyists to gain influence in Canberra, the Federal Government's lobbyist register has revealed.

    02 July 2009 02:40 PM

  • NBN HQ decision will wait for board

    The location of the National Broadband Network headquarters will not be decided until after the NBN company's board and chairman are appointed, Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy told his state counterparts this week.

    02 July 2009 02:02 PM

  • Telstra, unions agree on bargaining principles

    Telstra chief David Thodey has signed an agreement with the telco's key unions outlining the principles that will guide negotiations over its new enterprise agreement.

    01 July 2009 04:28 PM

  • Conroy calls $250m backhaul tender

    Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has called for tenders to build the $250 million backhaul telecommunications links, which target six regional centres in all states and territories except Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory.

    01 July 2009 01:31 PM

  • Rudd's big backhaul day in Darwin

    Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is shortly expected to announce during a trip to Darwin what areas of regional Australia will be targeted by the backhaul aspect of the government's National Broadband Network plans.

    01 July 2009 11:57 AM

  • CBA details NetBank battle plan

    Commonwealth Bank of Australia has had a rough couple of days; with high levels of traffic forcing it to take its internet banking service down at times. But what was really going on behind the scenes?

    30 June 2009 06:35 PM

  • CBA may be facing denial of service

    Problems with Commonwealth Bank of Australia's internet banking website are due to a high level of traffic, some of which may be malicious, the bank said today.

    30 June 2009 03:12 PM

  • TAFE SA latest for cloud email

    South Australia's network of Technical and Further Education (TAFE) colleges has revealed itself as the latest education institution to plan a move to hosted email solution for staff and students.

    30 June 2009 01:21 PM

  • iiNet confirms layoffs last week

    Despite a recent upbeat profit guidance, Western Australian ISP iiNet last week let go of a number of staff; but it won't divulge numbers.

    30 June 2009 12:44 PM

  • NBN bill worries infrastructure players

    Representatives of Australian critical infrastructure providers have expressed concern that delivering information to the government under its amended National Broadband Network legislation could be costly and conflict with anti-terrorism rules.

    30 June 2009 11:25 AM

  • KPMG, Consultel win more NBN work

    Consulting firm KPMG and technology consultancy Consultel have been awarded new contracts to provide the Federal Government investment and technical advice for the Tasmanian National Broadband Network roll-out.

    29 June 2009 04:21 PM

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Blogs

  • David Braue Will Rudd's bush backhaul bonanza deliver?
    Rural areas will be welcoming the government's decision to put its money where its politicising is, funnelling $250m into a regional fibre upgrade to six rural centres. Remedying over a decade of near-neglect at the hands of telecoms privatisation, the investment could be the firmest step yet for Labor's NBN dream — but with inevitable political questions and a looming election, Rudd and Conroy need to deliver, and quickly, to preserve the NBN's credibility.
  • Array Doing for AV what VoIP did for telephony
    Sydney-based start-up Audinate is making traditional analog cabling obsolete in favour of TCP/IP-based networking technology. And it's doing a pretty good job so far, with its technology used by World Youth Day and the Sydney Opera House.
  • Array WiMax in Australia: Part two
    WiMax could be the standard that drives the next phase of mobile broadband, it provides an opportunity for players wanting to establish a pure IP network to carry voice and data effectively — but is this what operators want?
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