Basslink Telecoms has received a carrier licence from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), and says its fibre-optic cable could be operational by the end of this year, but consumer action group Digital Tasmania is sceptical.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is seeking comment on whether it should regulate Internet interconnection arrangements.
Connect Internet Solutions and Telstra BigPond have reached an agreement to upgrade the link between their networks, ending months during Net traffic on the link was regularly congested and speculation bubbled that a billing dispute delayed the work.
Part of the government's National Broadband Network plan, the $250 million injection to create new backhaul links in regional areas, could start construction by September this year.
A group of telcos led by local broadband evangelist Paul Budde is pushing ahead with plans to link its combined infrastructure to form a national network for the purposes of providing high-speed broadband to regional areas.
With all the excitement over the iPhone, few people have noticed that 1 July was the 11th anniversary of the deregulation of Australia's telecommunications market.
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