Stephen Conroy, the Australian Communications Minister, announced shock plans to break up dominant telecommunications player Telstra to boost competition as it presses ahead with a 37 billion US dollar national broadband network.
Comments Off | 
News | Tagged: Australia, Broadband, NBN, NGN, Stephen Conroy, Telstra | 
Permalink
Posted by Admin
A senior adviser to President Obama is touting the idea of spending tens of billions of dollars in public funds to build a nationwide broadband network featuring speeds 100 times faster than today’s technology.
2 Comments | News | Tagged: Australia, Barack Obama, Broadband, FttH, Kevin Rudd, Stimulus Package, Susan Crawford | Permalink
Posted by Admin
To improve the bargaining positions of Australian telcos, the Australian House of Repesentatives Committee has recommended a policy of regulating the framework for the wholesale cost of roaming through bilateral and multilateral negotiations with other countries, making sure that countries with the greatest number of Australian visitors are given priority.
Comments Off | News | Tagged: ATUG, Australia, Roaming | Permalink
Posted by Admin
A survey backed by the Australian government has found that businesses are hoping advances in Australia’s broadband infrastructure will lead to an increase in financial activity.
Comments Off | News | Tagged: AiG, Australia, Broadband, Deloitte | Permalink
Posted by Admin
Broadband speeds in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain and the U.K. are not up to date when it comes to speedy broadband services available to consumers. These countries are hardly keeping pace with the demands of web based applications and video services, whose bandwidth needs are expected to only rise, according to a new survey.
Comments Off | News | Tagged: Australia, Bandwidth, Brazil, Broadband, Canada, China, Cisco, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, ITIF, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Oxford University, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, U.K., U.S. | Permalink
Posted by Admin
Earlier this week, ITU’s 2008 Asia-Pacific Telecommunications/ICT Indicators report was launched at the ITU Telecom Asia Summit.
Comments Off | News | Tagged: Asia-Pacific, Australia, Broadband, Mobile Broadband | Permalink
Posted by Admin
International mobile roaming charges are excessively high for Australians. This is one of the findings of a KPMG report, commissioned by the Australian Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, highlighted concerns about excessive international mobile roaming charges.
Comments Off | News | Tagged: ATUG, Australia, KPMG, Roaming, Stephen Conroy | Permalink
Posted by Admin
The Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG) has lodged a submission to the Australian Government on the regulatory issues associated with the National Broadband Network.
Comments Off | News | Tagged: ATUG, Australia, Broadband, INTUG, NBN, NGA, NGN | Permalink
Posted by Admin