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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Telstra against bush backbone duplication

    Telstra has warned using National Broadband Network funding to provide alternatives to its own rural infrastructure may lead to increased costs and other problems.

  • Netspace turns on Tasmanian ADSL2+

    Melbourne-based internet service provider Netspace today said it had switched on ADSL2+ broadband services in Tasmania, making it one of the first to do so in anticipation of the launch of the Basslink fibre-optic cable across the channel.

  • Is Westpac mulling a new Hogan hero?

    Australia's banking IT sector is currently buzzing with speculation that Westpac is planning to migrate its core banking system to the CSC Hogan platform used by its new subsidiary St George.

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    IPv6 hits NZ internet backbone

    The next-generation Internet Protocol, IPv6, has been much discussed but long in coming around the world.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    The more things change...

    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.

  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    When will operators let me IP freely?

    Writing a blog about mobile technology on 28 April almost necessitates holding forth on CDMA shutoff. But if you ask me, there's something far more disruptive happening in the wireless world right now.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Telstra's newest product ... groundhogs

    Bill Murray's weeks spent in the purgatory of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania -- depicted in the amusing movie Groundhog Day -- have become a cultural sounding point, mentioned in passing to describe a situation where someone is stuck in the same painful, unresolvable situation day after day.

Features and Case Studies (90)

  • Joyce: NZ's new broadband man

    New Zealand's new Communications Minister Stephen Joyce has the gargantuan task of dragging New Zealand into the next broadband age, a labour which will take 10 years.

  • ATO details Change Agenda delays

    The Australian Taxation Office has issued a revised timetable for its $724 million Change Agenda IT refresh, which has recently been pushed back by 18 months.

  • Photos: Telstra's undersea fibre optic cable

    Installing cables can be difficult especially if they're 9,000 kilometres long and up several kilometres underwater. Our photo gallery gives you a look inside the 'Ile de Sein', a ship used to lay Telstra's latest fibre optic cable, which will become part of Australia's global Internet network backbone.

  • Networking: What can you expect in 2008?

    During the holiday season, snow isn't the only thing analysts shovel. With that in mind, senior analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group, Jon Oltsik, takes a look forward on networking technology and related industry trends in 2008.

  • Around the world in ... Fibre-to-the-home

    If the world's homes are to enjoy the same high speed connectivity as its offices, the current thinking goes, then fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) will soon become necessary. However, not all Internet economies were created equal.

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    Dell: Selling a new backbone for SMBs

    ZDNet.com Senior Editor Sam Diaz talks about the company's effort to sell its products to the SMB market. He says Dell executives are hoping to gain ground on the competition by retooling offerings to be more customizable.

Reviews (24)

  • HP ProCurve Switch 8212zl

    The ProCurve Switch 8212zl is a sophisticated and highly configurable network switch capable of handling 48 10-Gigibit Ethernet ports.

  • Broadband: Which plan is for you?

    The broadband business -- plans, peaks, and penalties -- can be confusing to say the least. We line up some of Australia's best.

  • Data centre 101

    Secrecy seems to shroud the data centre arena -- all well and good for security's sake, but not so great when trying to pick a provider. We pull back the curtains to find what data centre options exist in Australia.

  • Detection and prevention: 6 intrusion detection systems tested

    Despite a rocky beginning, intrusion detection and prevention systems are an important part of any security arsenal. We road-test six hardware and software-based systems.

  • Four network maintenance tools tested

    We look at three hardware tools and one software tool for network maintenance.

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