• Rudd backs NBN Co's Kaiser hire

    Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has defended Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's role in helping a Labor powerbroker land a plum job with the National Broadband Network.

    09 February 2010 06:08 PM

  • Optus won't reprimand pirating users

    Optus director of government and corporate affairs Maha Krishnapillai said today that although it planned to work with other internet service providers and the government on preventing internet piracy, it did not believe in sending alleged infringement notices to users.

    09 February 2010 05:19 PM

  • Politicians complain about parliament filter

    Politicians have complained about an overly zealous web filter installed in Canberra's Parliament House, with one Liberal senator saying its glitches didn't bode well for the planned mandatory internet service provider level filtering.

    09 February 2010 02:39 PM

  • Malware infects TIO site

    The telecomms industry ombudsman (TIO) confirmed today that its website was infected by malware yesterday, forcing the website offline.

    09 February 2010 02:31 PM

  • TransACT opens third datacentre

    Canberra-based telco TransACT opened a third datacentre in the nation's capital last week.

    09 February 2010 01:13 PM

  • Optus to finish HFC upgrade mid-year

    The nation's number two telco Optus today said it was on schedule to upgrade the speed of its hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) cable network in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to 100Mbps by mid-2010.

    09 February 2010 12:08 PM

John Linton's comments are firmly on the pulse when it comes to mobility and price.

From: Exetel on ACMA: No demand for 100Mbps

Read it here, then discuss it in Talkback.

  • Kaiser's appointment corrupt: opposition

    The federal opposition has labelled as corrupt the process used to appoint a former Labor MP to a highly-paid job with the national broadband network.

    09 February 2010 11:29 AM

  • Melbourne beats Sydney on NBN talent

    National Broadband Network (NBN) chief Mike Quigley has revealed that the NBN Co has been hiring more operations staff in Melbourne than Sydney, adding fuel to an ongoing rivalry.

    09 February 2010 11:50 AM

  • ISPs still buying ADSL kit

    Australian internet service providers are increasing their purchases of ADSL equipment, according to Ericsson, despite the potential for the construction of the National Broadband Network to make such investments irrelevant in the long term.

    09 February 2010 09:46 AM

  • NBN to hit mainland from July

    NBN Co CEO Mike Quigley said yesterday in Senate Estimates that his company was on track to start rolling out the national broadband network to certain homes on the mainland in the second half of this year.

    09 February 2010 09:58 AM

  • Exetel changes piracy policy

    Internet service provider Exetel announced yesterday it would change the way it forwarded alleged copyright infringement notices to customers.

    09 February 2010 10:03 AM

  • Conroy behind $450k NBN hire

    NBN Co CEO Mike Quigley picked Mike Kaiser, former advisor to Queensland Labor Premier Anna Bligh, as NBN Co government relations and external affairs chief following a suggestion by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.

    08 February 2010 06:37 PM

  • Amcom bags $20m NT govt deal

    Telecommunications provider Amcom has scored a $20 million contract to provide telecommunications services to the Northern Territory Government over a five-year period.

    08 February 2010 11:54 AM

  • New computers, broadband for fire volunteers

    The South Australian government has used the anniversary of the Black Saturday Victorian bushfires to reveal it will provide nearly $10 million extra for SA's volunteer-based emergency services, including millions on technology.

    08 February 2010 09:38 AM

  • Conroy calls for piracy code of conduct

    In the wake of iiNet's recent court win, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Stephen Conroy has said that he wants the film and internet industries to sit down and try and work out a code of conduct to prevent pirating of copyrighted works rather than working towards legislation changes.

    07 February 2010 11:50 AM

  • Telstra call centre jobs migrate

    Telstra has increased the capacity of its call centre in Hobart, while closing down another in Northern Territory.

    05 February 2010 05:34 PM

  • Symbian goes open source

    The Symbian Foundation has announced that its mobile operating system will become completely open source from today.

    05 February 2010 04:26 PM

  • iiNet case won't stop Exetel warning users

    ISP Exetel CEO John Linton will continue to pass on alleged copyright infringement notices to customers, including notices from the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft.

    05 February 2010 04:31 PM

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