The cancellation of Telstra's proposed fibre to the node broadband network has hit Alcatel's bottom-line, with several billion dollars being cut out of a deal between the two announced last November.
Telstra cut around 1,000 full-time staff positions in the six months from June 30 last year and has commenced the network buildouts it announced in November.
Telstra has a "substantial" footprint of next-generation ADSL2+ technology in its telephone exchanges, but remains unwilling to offer the upgraded broadband service to customers, the telco said yesterday.
The two major players in the Digital Subscriber Line equipment market launched new initiatives in late April, and the resulting noise is still echoing throughout the industry.
The two major players in the Digital Subscriber Line equipment market launched new initiatives in late April, and the resulting noise is still echoing throughout the industry.
Let's not go back to the bad old days where telco and vendor incumbents were unchallenged.
There's something immensely gratifying about accomplishing the seemingly impossible -- particularly in IT, where pundits regularly proclaim that a particular technology has hit its physical limits.
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