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  • Labor, Coalition looking at powerline broadband

    With the election looming, there does appear to be one issue that both Liberal and Labor can agree on: broadband over powerline could one day be used to get Internet access to Australia's remotest regions.

  • Net monitor claims crystal ball on elections

    The results of the Tasmanian election were foreshadowed by the online behaviour of constituents, according to Internet traffic monitoring company, Hitwise.

  • Labor made phoney broadband maps, says Coalition

    Communications Minister Helen Coonan has accused her Labor counterpart of releasing "doctored" maps of broadband coverage in Tasmania, which show the government's planned WiMax network only delivering half the coverage promised by the Coalition.

  • ABS to put telcos through paces

    Incumbent telecommunications suppliers Telstra and Optus have been put on notice as the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) plans to unleash a tender for AU$4.5 million worth of telco services and products.

  • Labor targets Telstra in communications platform

    Shadow communications minister Lindsay Tanner has unveiled the Labor Party's plans for the telecommunications industry under a Labor government, singling out Telstra ownership and industry competition as the major issues for its party platform.

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  • 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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