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  In Pictures: NBN rolls into Armidale

• US tech leaders fear proposed Internet regulations, taxes at ITU meeting

  By Grant Gross | 31 May, 2012 19:29

  A meeting of the United Nations' International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in December could lead to broad new regulations of the Internet, including per-click taxes, if U.S. and other delegations don't work hard to oppose proposals, U.S. officials and Internet governance experts told lawmakers Thursday.

• Verizon boosting FiOS top speed to 300Mbps

  By Stephen Lawson | 30 May, 2012 20:45

  Verizon Communications is putting the pedal to the metal on its FiOS service with a new 300Mbps option next month, offering a majority of its customers a wild Internet ride, though it hasn't said how much that ride will cost.

• Cisco: Global 'Net traffic to surpass 1 zettabyte in 2016

  By Grant Gross | 30 May, 2012 18:31

  Global Internet Protocol traffic will reach an annual rate of 1.3 zettabytes in 2016 as more people connect more devices and download more video over the Internet, according to Cisco Systems.

• ACCC gives $800 million Optus-NBN Co deal the thumbs up

  By Spandas Lui | 28 May, 2012 10:36

  The consumer watchdog proposes to authorise the deal for Optus to migrate its HFC network customers onto the NBN after weighing up the pros and cons.

• Groups launch gigabit-per-second broadband project

  By Grant Gross | 23 May, 2012 15:48

  An Ohio startup company has raised US$200 million to fund gigabit-per-second broadband projects in six university communities across the U.S., the company announced Wednesday.

• VoIP provider files net neutrality complaint with FCC

  By Grant Gross | 23 May, 2012 04:16

  A Florida VoIP carrier has filed a net neutrality complaint against a Georgia utility and broadband provider, after the utility accused the VoIP firm of theft of service for using its network to deliver voice service without paying for it.

• Education group: Schools need 100 Mbps per 1,000 broadband users

  By Grant Gross | 22 May, 2012 07:23

  Schools in the U.S. will need broadband speeds of 100 Mbps per 1,000 students and staff members by the 2014-15 school year in order to meet a growing demand for Web-based instruction and a skyrocketing number of student-owned Web devices, according to a new report by a trade group representing state education agencies.

• Alcatel-Lucent offers managed service to improve mobile network performance

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 22 May, 2012 02:35

  Mobile operators that want help keeping their subscribers happy can get it through a new managed service from Alcatel-Lucent, the company said on Monday.

• Growth 2012: From backyard to boom

  By Hafizah Osman | 09 February, 2012 14:18

  iiNet: The third in a series of 10 interviews with channel-relevant technology companies that have achieved significant growth over the last three years

• ISP Q&A: TransACT's Ivan Slavich on networks, the NBN and more

  By Spandas Lui | 24 June, 2011 21:45

  The Federal Government’s $36 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) aspires to be an open-access network which will eventually level the playing-field in the broadband market for ISPs nationwide.

  But one company already has its own open-access network, albeit on a smaller scale.

  TransACT began its life in the 2000 and has strong ties with the main utility services supplier in ACT, ActewAGL. Its origins stemmed from the fact Telstra and Optus left Canberra out of their HFC broadband network footprint.

• NEWS FEATURE: The Digital Economy Strategy - a roadmap to where?

  By Spandas Lui | 04 July, 2011 15:43

  The Digital Economy Strategy, recently announced at ceBIT Australia 2011, has been warmly received by the industry. But analysts are less certain of the strategy.

• IT in 2011: Four trends that will change priorities

  By Shane O'Neill | 06 January, 2011 05:16

  It's always a challenge for IT departments to anticipate how corporate technical demands will evolve, especially when IT budgets have been as tight as a drum for two years.

• Four technologies for faster broadband in 2011

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 08 December, 2010 03:14

  A number of different technologies are being developed or improved to offer higher speeds for fixed and mobile broadband networks, as operators are preparing to compete with each other and carry video traffic in 3D and at higher resolutions, which is expected to happen in the coming year.

• Google Chrome 5 Beta: The top five features

  By Ian Paul | 06 May, 2010 02:39

  Google recently launched the beta version of Google Chrome 5, the next iteration of the search giant's Web browser. New features include HTML 5 specifications like Geolocation and file drag-and-drop; expanded cloud sync capabilities; Flash integration; and JavaScript engine speed boosts.

• Google's big fiber play: What gives?

  By Ian Paul | 12 February, 2010 10:14

  Google on Wednesday announced that it wants to "build and test ultra high-speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the United States." Google's proposed networks would service anywhere from 50,000 to 500,000 people with commercial broadband Internet service reaching speeds of up to 1 Gigabit per second.

• Facebook tracks your every move, employee claims

  By Ian Paul | 13 January, 2010 02:45

  Facebook is tracking your every move on the site -- or so says one purported Facebook employee, according to an anonymous interview with the Rumpus. In the interview, the Facebook employee, whose identity was protected so she wouldn't lose her job for talking to the media, also said that Facebook employees have relatively easy access to user accounts.

• Study: US sees 'broadband boom' this decade

  By Grant Gross | 25 June, 2009 02:56

  The U.S. government should avoid making huge changes in its deregulatory telecom policies because consumers have seen a "broadband boom" since 2000, according to a new paper released Wednesday.

• EC drafts rules for state aid in new broadband networks

  By Paul Meller | 21 May, 2009 03:39

  The European Commission has laid out guidelines for how European Union national governments can boost development of super-fast broadband networks without falling foul of European laws designed to restrict state aid.