News (7)

  • Govt-OPEL WiMax deal 'hit by Telstra case worries'

    The government's plan for bush WiMax coverage may well have hit a hurdle, after concerns over an ongoing court case with Telstra reportedly led to a delay in signing the contract with OPEL to build the network.

  • Telstra and Coonan head for $1bn WiMax showdown

    A date for round two of the ongoing legal battle between Telstra and Communications Minister Helen Coonan has been set by the Federal Court..

  • Baby telco Elders gets Optus backup

    Diversified services group Elders has backed its recent entry into the telecommunications sector with a new deal with the nation's number two telco Optus.

  • OPEL broadband: AU$750 cheaper to connect

    The cost of connecting to Australia's forthcoming WiMax bush broadband will not be as expensive as some have suggested, according to OPEL, a joint venture between Elders and Optus, the company building the network.

  • Optus bids to go bush

    The nation's number two telco Optus wants to push its broadband services deeper into regional Australia and has asked the government for help under the Broadband Connect funding program.

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Blogs (1)

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    US shows what OPEL could have been

    Sprint's WiMAX roll-out in Baltimore will prove the Australian government's decision to worm its way out of the Opel WiMAX contract was a short-sighted, and ultimately damaging, political stunt that has benefited nobody.

Features and Case Studies (2)

  • Around the world in.... WiMax

    WiMax, the controversial long range wireless broadband technology, is set to spread across rural Australia from next year -- but despite the outgoing Howard government's ambitious project, both fixed and mobile variants of the technology are already being deployed around the world.

  • The rights and wrongs of WiMax

    When the government announced that Optus and Elders had won the bid to build Australia's bush broadband network, it provoked jeers and plaudits alike, but it was the ISPs' choice of WiMax as the bearer technology that has provoked the most furious storm of argument. Just how will the technology stand up to life in the bush?

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