Friday | 9 January, 2009

Stories by: Darren Pauli

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Telstra banned from NBN 15 December, 2008 10:39:00

Telstra’s broadband hopes have been shot to pieces following a government decision to exclude it from the National Broadband Network (NBN) tender.
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Conroy scolds Telstra for failing NBN 15 December, 2008 16:30:00

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has admonished Telstra for failing to bid for the National Broadband Network (NBN), and said its executives will now have to face up to shareholders.
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Protests make clean-feed Internet a mess for govt 15 December, 2008 09:41:00

Protests erupted across Australian capital cities on Saturday in opposition to the government's $70 million national clean feed Internet scheme, which will impose blanket content filtering for all Web connections.
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Industry baffled over clean-feed internet pilot 12 December, 2008 15:43:00

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) participating in live trials of the national Internet content filtering scheme say the tests will be undermined by a government decision to test the “clean-feed” blacklist under watered-down conditions.
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Scientists use unified comms, open source to probe brains 11 December, 2008 12:57:00

The Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute (POWMRI) will replace its PABX with a 1000-seat communications platform to connect roaming staff and monitor its tissue preservation freezers, and physical security network.
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Rudd and Turnbull supporters undecided on which Twit to follow 10 December, 2008 12:38:00

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has more loyal followers than rival opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull, if Twitter is a guide worth following.
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Optus inks $143M VoIP contract for Immigration 09 December, 2008 11:00:00

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has called on Optus to roll out Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to more than 7000 seats and upgrade its aging network. The deal is worth $143 million over the next four years.
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HP scores $1.2M network deal for RNS hospital 09 December, 2008 13:54:00

Hewlett-Packard has inked a $1.2 million contract to outfit a new $99 million research and education centre at the Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH) with fixed and wireless networks.
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Coalition, local government lock horns over broadband 08 December, 2008 16:46:00

The Coalition has attacked a scathing report by local governments on the state of broadband in Australia which labelled telecommunications under the Howard government as “extremely sluggish and frustrating”.
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Coalition split over funding for bush communication 05 December, 2008 11:51:00

A backflip by Liberal leaders to cut billions in regional telecommunications safeguards has triggered a boycott by shadow communications minister Nick Minchin and almost half the voting members of the Coalition.
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Telstra execs unveil prodigious plans for broadband network 04 December, 2008 16:39:00

Upgrades to the $10 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) will be impossible if sub-loop unbundling, part of a call for structural separation, is mandated, according to top Telstra chiefs.