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THE Perth company iiNet is the first internet service provider to break cover and say it will move its customers on to the $43 billion national broadband network. The government and regulatory chief with iiNet, Steve Dalby, told BusinessDay yesterday...
Tags: broadband networks, Mr Dalby, national broadband, Tasmania, Australia, Hobart, National Broadband Network, Telstra, Internet in Australia, Terria, Communications in Australia, IiNet, Mobile phone companies, Business Finance
Fairfax Digital chief executive Jack Matthews is joining the board of Crown Fibre Holdings, the company that will manage the Government's $1.35 billion ultrafast broadband rollout. Mr Matthews is the American- born former boss of Saturn's cable network...
Tags: Crown Fibre Holdings, New Zealand, Auckland, Media in Sydney, TelstraClear, Matthews, Telstra, Mobile phone companies, Fairfax Media, Business Finance
Telecom could face a $2 billion bill if it goes a step further on the separation path and spins off its network business Chorus, according to sources within the telco giant. The company is under pressure to divest Chorus, as this appears to be the only...
Tags: structural separating, Telecom, operating separating, Telstra, New Zealand, Auckland, Communications in Australia, Telecom New Zealand, Mobile phone companies, Hutchison 3G, Business Finance, Politics
Holly Kramer, Telstra's director of product management, said the unit gives users the ability to view and record free-to-air TV, pause and rewind live TV, and gain integrated access to exclusive BigPond internet TV channels and a movie download store.
Tags: Telstra, Melbourne, Australia, Fiber-optic communications, Hybrid fibre-coaxial, Internet in Australia, BigPond, Business Finance, Mobile phone companies, Broadband, Technology Internet, Digital cable, Cable Internet access, National Broadband Network, Communications in Australia
which is known as LTE (long term evolution) and is being positioned as a successor to current 3G mobile networks -- is capable of transmitting data at peak speeds of 340Mbps. Telstra's superfast Next G wireless network is only capable of theoretical peak...
Tags: LTE, Australia, Telstra, Sydney, 3GPP Long Term Evolution, Internet Protocol, Optus, 3G, Mobile phone companies, Temasek Holdings, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, Technology Internet
She will manage herself with the help of a friend and plans to personally negotiate all endorsements and deals. In a move which has surprised many, Rice walked away from her management company, International Quarterback, three weeks ago after deciding...
Tags: Australia, Brisbane, Rice, Tropical agriculture, Telstra, Business Finance, Surnames
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's personal rating with voters has fallen in the past two weeks as he struggles to stem a rise in boatpeople arrivals, but his government remains ahead. A new opinion poll, published in The Australian newspaper on...
Tags: Senate, emissions trade, trade scheme, Kevin Rudd, Coalition, Parliament, government wants, Telstra, Australia, Canberra, Newspoll, Rudd, Immigration to Australia, Refugees, Pacific Solution, Members of the Australian House of Representatives, Prime Ministers of Australia, Politics, Greenwashing, Sustainability, Greg Combet, Family Guy, Carbon finance, Air pollution, Emissions trading, Environment, Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, Senate of Canada, Climate change in Australia, Social Issues, Nick Minchin
BigPond's presence will cease on December 16, signalling an end to its two-year “experiment” with Second Life, and residents of the Pond Estate have been given a month to relocate elsewhere. Second Life is a virtual world that enables members to build...
Tags: BigPond Island, ABC Island, unmetered usage, Australia, Sydney, Virtual world, Second Life, There, Avatar, Telstra, Virtual reality, BigPond
THE communications watchdog has welcomed a bipartisan effort by Optus and Telstra to crack down on premium SMS providers operating on their networks. The decision of the two carriers follows industry statistics revealing skyrocketing complaints about...
Tags: premium sms, Australia, Sydney, Marketing, SMS, Spam, Telstra, Mobile phone companies, Communications in Australia, Optus, Technology Internet, Business Finance
Last week the group, which counts Soul and TPG among its internet service provider subsidiaries, agreed to purchase wholesale internet capacity provider Pipe Networks for $373 million. The deal will not immediately affect SP Telemedia's position in broadband...
Tags: SP Telemedia, Pipe Networks, Mr Teoh, TPG, NBN, broadband market, market share, Telstra, Australia, Sydney, Optus, BT Group, National Broadband Network, TPG Capital, Mobile phone companies, Communications in Australia, Soul, Business Finance