ADSL2+ lives fast, dies young
The government's $250 million splurge on backhaul may see an explosion in ADSL2+ exchanges, but the boom may be short-lived.
View ArticleAlcatel-Lucent scores regional NBN deal
Mainland Australia’s regional broadband traffic will be carried over Alcatel-Lucent’s optical fibre network as part of a $250 million initiative to link blackspot areas to major centres.
View ArticleTelstra NBN deal leaves Next G mobile up in the air
The $11 billion infrastructure sharing agreement between Telstra and the NBN Co is set to expedite the deployment of fibre broadband potentially freeing up the telco to concentrate on improving its...
View ArticleVodafone CEO urges regulators to rein in Telstra
The NBN is not enough to level telecom competition in Australia, according to Vodafone Hutchison Australia CEO Bill Morrow. At an American Chamber of Commerce event today in Sydney, he called on...
View ArticleBackhaul blues: Uncertain future for NBN competition in Tasmania
The cost of backhaul from Tasmania to the mainland of Australia for the National Broadband Network could hamper competition among retail service providers (RSP — the NBN equivalent of ISPs) in the...
View ArticleNextgen looks to NBN, cloud to boost business
Nextgen Group hopes to double revenue to $600 million in five years by taking advantage of the NBN rollout and accelerating movement among businesses and government to the cloud and...
View ArticleNextgen powers up backhaul network to 100Gbps
Nexten Group has upgraded 12,300km of its longhaul fibre network to support 100Gbps transmission speeds, the backhaul provider said today.
View ArticleNBN Co could provide backhaul to mobile operators: Fletcher
The Coalition government will consider opening the NBN network to mobile telcos for cheaper backhaul, said MP Paul Fletcher, the parliamentary secretary to the minister for communications.
View ArticleOptus talks to government about NBN backhaul
Optus shares concerns about the high cost of backhaul for mobile services but is not ready to take a position on opening the NBN to mobile operators for that purpose, according to Optus chief country...
View ArticleVocus boosts revenue, profits in H1 2015
The expanding Vocus Communications sharply increased revenue and profits in the first half of 2015, according to financial results released today.
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