Internet service provider iiNet has announced plans to roll out its own DSL broadband infrastructure covering approximately 11,000 ports across Australia.
Telecommunications player Primus Telecom today conceded 10 percent of its 1,000-strong workforce in Australia was being axed due to an organisational restructure of permanent and casual staff.
South Australian Internet Service Provider Adam Internet has announced that it would invest AU$9.6 million into a private next generation broadband network in Australia, independent of Telstra's exchanges.
Telstra wholesale, and broadband wholesaler RequestDSL, have today unveiled a trial spectrum sharing agreement which could lead to an improvement in the roll-out and pricing of broadband in Australia.
Internet service provider iiNet has upgraded its "bliink" broadband plans following an announcement of moves to roll out its own DSL broadband infrastructure.
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Former Communications Minister Richard Alston writes that it is critically important to reinvigorate the competitive process in Australia's telecommunications industry with the National Broadband Network and not simply replace one behemoth with another.
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The i-Burst venture is on track to deliver planned wireless broadband services at prices competitive with existing DSL offerings after securing new investments totalling AU$14 million.
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