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News and features tagged with 'broadband'
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 8 September 2008
Public Policy & Communications GMD, David Quilty today appeared on CNBC morning news program, Squawk Australia, where he categorically quashed the presumptions... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 8 September 2008
Read the latest news reports about the National Broadband Network (NBN) and what Telstra is doing to bring high-speed broadband to Australia. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 5 September 2008
Dr Tony Warren,Telstra’s Executive Director for Regulatory Affairs, today said the growing consensus of regulators and experts around the world that separation... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 5 September 2008
Telstra CEO, Sol Trujillo, appeared this week as guest host on the prestigious New York-based morning news and talk program, CNBC "Squawk Box". Sol was... More
Posted by Professor Martin Cave, 4 September 2008
Professor Martin Cave says the plan for NBN regulation should take into account existing competitive infrastructure, specifically the Optus-owned HFC network... More
Posted by Andrew Maiden, Director Media Communications, 22 August 2008
Australians consume politics like we consume sports: as spectators, and usually from the comfort of the couch. Our aversion to joining the game has led... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 21 August 2008
A recent report has shown that the proliferation of mobile wireless technology and services in the US, particularly wireless broadband, is having a massive... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 12 August 2008
Telstra said today it was willing to take a fair cop if it is warranted but claims by the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Lindsay Tanner that the... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 7 August 2008
Instead of trying to come up with the "right" industry structure for telecommunications, regulators should step back and allow competition to drive investment.... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 31 July 2008
Regulatory experts Professor George Yarrow and Dr Mark Jamison discuss how regulation could and should work to promote investment in new infrastructure... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 24 July 2008
Regulation in Australia is like “liposuction”, sucking the value out of broadband investment, Telstra's Dr Tony Warren told delegates today at the Broadband... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 4 July 2008
The delivery of a high-speed National Broadband Network (NBN) is a vital requirement in reducing carbon emissions, increasing productivity and safeguarding... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 30 June 2008
Telstra’s Chairman Donald McGauchie told it straight on NBN during an interview with Sky Business on the weekend. Mr McGauchie dismissed the idea that... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 30 June 2008
Australia is ready for the National Broadband Network. The National Broadband Network needs a tailor-made regulatory framework. Read Telstra’s submission... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 27 June 2008
The request for proposals (RFP) document prohibits bidders for the National Broadband Network tender from making public statements about the RFP and the... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 27 June 2008
nowwearetalking will keep you posted on the latest news about high-speed broadband. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 19 June 2008
Telstra again took its seat with other world leaders at the international telecommunications table, at the OECD's Ministerial Meeting on the Future of... More
Posted by John Stanhope, Telstra's Chief Financial Officer, 10 June 2008
As the National Broadband Network process continues, the call for separation of Telstra guarantees media headlines. In the case of one JP Morgan analyst... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 5 June 2008
A bogus report released today by Telstra's competitor's T4, Optus, Terria and the Competitive Carriers' Coalition claims consumers would pay 15 per cent... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 2 June 2008
Telstra's Retail Public Affairs Advisor Mike Hickinbotham recently sat down with Nick Love, Business Development Director for Fox Interactive Media and... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 20 May 2008
Telstra took a decisive step towards building a National Broadband Network (NBN) by paying the Federal Government a $5 million dollar bond and handing... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 15 May 2008
Learn more about the plans and initiatives the Government have proposed to bring high-speed broadband to Australia since 2002. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 15 May 2008
Call it fibre to the node, fibre to the home, fibre to the curb – more optical fibre is being used to upgrade networks around the world for 21st century... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 15 May 2008
nowwearetalking provides a comprehensive review of the major developments that have occurred to bring high-speed broadband to Australia. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 15 May 2008
Australia’s future prosperity depends upon upgrading our networks for the high-speed broadband Gigabit Age. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 15 May 2008
The Government has called for proposals from companies to construct a National Broadband Network, making data speeds of at least 12Mbps available to 98... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 15 May 2008
Upgrading the nation's networks will cost many billions of dollars and Australia can’t afford to get it wrong. Only Telstra has the proven capability to... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 14 May 2008
Find out what major telecommunication items feature in the 2008-09 Federal Budget. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 12 May 2008
Telstra's Consumer General Manager Patrick O’Beirne argues that as Melbourne grows towards 2030 – outwards or upwards – the city can’t ignore the critical... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 9 May 2008
The race to build a National Broadband Network (NBN) is formally underway, with Telstra this morning becoming the first company to lodge a $5 million bidder's... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 30 April 2008
The ACCC has issued a draft decision to grant Telstra an exemption from regulation of two wholesale services in 229 metropolitan exchanges. Executive Director... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 30 April 2008
From yesterday’s landmark ACCC decision on wholesale line rental and local call resale regulatory exemptions, Grahame Lynch argues the onus is now on these... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 29 April 2008
Telstra’s head of Public Policy & Communication, Dr Phil Burgess addressed the Rural Press Club of Victoria last week on the issue of building high-performance... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 28 April 2008
Telstra Country Wide Director, Gary Goldsworthy, today confirmed that the old CDMA mobile network would shut down across the country at midnight tonight,... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 28 April 2008
Dr Phil Burgess talks to Sky Business channel about the CDMA closure, the Next G™ network, as well as the new members to the Telstra Board and FTTN. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 22 April 2008
Find out more about the recent CommsDay Summit "Get ready for the Gigabit Age" - presented by Communications Day, a leading source of telecom news, opinion... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 22 April 2008
Next generation networks are pro-competitive because they encourage the development of competing services at the level of the user application - Dr Tony... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 17 April 2008
World internet expert, Dr Jeffrey Cole, says employers who are unhappy about how much personal web surfing and email is done at the office should stop... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 16 April 2008
Barry Hall from the Sydney Swans is getting a free ride after his seven week suspension handed down by the AFL Tribunal last night, a legacy Graeme Samuel,... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 15 April 2008
Australia must think very carefully about its policy and investment settings as it prepares for the rapidly approaching Gigabit Future, Telstra CEO, Sol... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 15 April 2008
Telstra and Alcatel-Lucent demonstrated a new 9,000 kilometre submarine cable that will dramatically increase internet capacity between Australia and the... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 8 April 2008
Over the past month Kate McKenzie has championed industry debate at the Australian Communications industry conference 2008: Broadband and Beyond in Sydney;... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 3 April 2008
“It sounds like there is a return to sanity” were Dr Phil Burgess’s first words after hearing the decision to terminate the $1 billion grant to OPEL. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 3 April 2008
Telstra's Chairman, Donald McGauchie, spoke at the 2008 Economic & Social Outlook Conference: New Agenda for Prosperity. More
Posted by Rhonda Griffin - Public Affairs Manager, Regulatory and Legal, 2 April 2008
Now that rubber is hitting the road on next generation broadband, who among the potential FTTN bidders is putting their foot on the accelerator, and who... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 25 March 2008
A UK expert in network access regulation, Professor Martin Cave, said Australian consumers would be better off if the ACCC fostered true infrastructure... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 7 March 2008
Apple co-founder Steve "the Woz" Wozniak wowed more than 150 delegates at the Broadband and Beyond conference held in Sydney. Watch nowearetalking's TV... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 26 February 2008
Communications Day publisher Grahame Lynch writes "I'm not fully sold on this week's substantive complaints about Telstra - Telstra's financial incentives... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 11 February 2008
Dr Phil Burgess speaks to Sky News about how a new government enabled Telstra to give the green light to turn on ADSL2+ for 2.4 million Australian households. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 6 February 2008
CEO Sol Trujillo today announced Telstra would activate high-speed ADSL2+ broadband at more than 900 telephone exchanges serving 2.4 million Australians.... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 25 January 2008
19 December 2007 In an opinion piece in yesterday's Australian newspaper, Melbourne Business School academic Professor Paul Kerin claims there is a better... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 18 January 2008
Universities in Mebourne and California collaborate on research, thanks to new high-speed broadband technology. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 18 January 2008
Telstra today confirmed it would continue push for disclosure of the documentation to justify the former Government's gift of $958 million of taxpayers’... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 8 January 2008
So, just how fast is high-speed broadband? Our "need for speed" video illustrates the relative network speeds at which different technologies would transmit... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 18 December 2007
The ACCC has made a draft decision to reject a proposal by G9, the group of nine Telstra competitors, outlining their own proposed fibre network. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 11 December 2007
Telstra’s innovative community business partnerships herald a new direction in the delivery of health care and have the potential to revolutionise how... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 11 December 2007
In a wide-ranging interview on CNBC Asia, Telstra's Public Policy & Communications GMD, Dr Phil Burgess said Telstra was having positive discussions... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 10 December 2007
Video - The future in focus on nowwearetalking. How do you think telecommunications technology will change the way we live in the future? More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 30 November 2007
Telstra has welcomed the new government's broadband portfolio and minister. In a statement issued yesterday, Dr Phil Burgess, Group Managing Director... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 26 November 2007
A new Government means a new page in Australia’s future is about to unfold.Telstra is looking forward to working with the new Government to ensure... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 14 November 2007
In June 2007 the Federal Government announced it would give $958 million to OPEL Networks, a joint venture between Singtel Optus and Elders, More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 18 September 2007
Believe it or not, Telstra’s very own ADSL-enabled exchanges in Bega (NSW), Tumut (NSW) and Ulverstone (TAS) have received a letter from the Communications... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 31 May 2007
No matter how you look at it, the G9 scheme is a non-starter. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 10 May 2007
Despite a lift in ranking since June 2006 – from 17th to 16th – the latest OECD figures show Australia still lagging major trading partners such as United... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 7 May 2007
Some people are basing their thinking about the internet and the speeds we need around what we are using the internet for now. This is short-sighted. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 29 March 2007
Australia is falling behind the global productivity leaders and a national high-speed broadband network is key to closing the gap, says Federal Labor Shadow... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 22 January 2007
It's amazing how far the ACCC will actually go in its quest to pretend "everything's okay" with the regulations that are stopping Australians getting access... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 12 November 2006
"Welcome to warp speeds" screamed one headline on the day Telstra finally launched faster ADSL broadband across the country. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 10 November 2006
Learn more about the regulations that are holding back investment in fixed broadband networks and high-speed broadband services. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 7 August 2006
Broadband penetration in Australia lags behind other developed nations, including the UK and USA, and speeds are slow compared to other countries. Find... More
Blog entries tagged with 'broadband'
Posted by Dr Turlough Guerin, 1 August 2008
After the highly anticipated release of Professor Garnaut’s report and the Federal Government’s Green Paper, blogger Dr Turlough Guerin talks about his... More
Posted by Jon Faine, 28 July 2008
Guest blogger Jon Faine and his son Jack arrive safely in Dili, and are made welcome by the locals at their annual Sunday afternoon cockfight. More
Posted by Jason Romney, 18 June 2008
In his latest blog Jason discusses the often complex world of knowledge management and the importance of faster broadband. Is it just the promised land?... More
Posted by Mikko , 13 June 2008
Mikko's take on calls for structural separation of Telstra. More
Posted by Jason Romney, 10 June 2008
Broadband is the vital trick to have up your sleeve when migrating from Microsoft Windows to Apple Leopard. Jason Romney explains. More
Posted by Rhonda Griffin, 30 May 2008
With much hoo-ha Primus this week announced the “Big Kahuna” broadband plan offering 200 Gigabytes of data a month for just under $80. But experience has... More
Posted by Jason Romney, 13 May 2008
In this second installment of a four part series, blogger Jason Romney takes a look at the pros and cons of accessing your computer remotely, examining... More
Posted by Jason Romney, 9 May 2008
In this first installment of a four part series, blogger Jason Romney takes a look at the different types of data storage and backup systems available... More
Posted by Dr Hugh Bradlow, 22 February 2008
In the second part of “The Technology Laws of Telecommunications Economics” blog series, Hugh Bradlow takes a look why telecommunications should not be... More
Posted by Dr Hugh Bradlow, 21 December 2007
With the recent public recognition that broadband telecommunications will have a significant impact on our economic future, blogger Hugh Bradlow will address... More
Posted by Rhonda Griffin, 5 November 2007
Blogger Rhonda Griffin reflects on another critique of the OPEL decision, this time from the IPA (Institute of Public Affairs) Review editor Chris Berg.... More
Posted by Rhonda Griffin, 11 July 2007
Blogger Rhonda Griffin argues the reason for the online publication delay of the OPEL coverage maps was because they show the true scale of the misuse... More
Posted by Rhonda Griffin, 3 July 2007
Blogger Rhonda Griffin discusses 'BroadbandNow' - a flawed broadband advisory service which is linked to the Broadband Connect initiative.
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Posted by Rhonda Griffin, 19 June 2007
Blogger Rhonda Griffin discusses the Government's decision to give nearly $1 billion to Singtel-Optus to expand their national telecommunications network...... More
Posted by Jason Romney, 5 June 2007
BigPond blogger Jason Romney examines the challenge of the modern media organisation - how to communicate with and engage a sophisticated audience weened... More
Posted by Peter Habib, 7 February 2007
Our Gen Y blogger has packed up his bags and moved from one of the Hume Highway to the other. Find out whether Peter's discovered the land of milk and... More
Posted by Dr Hugh Bradlow, 30 August 2006
A discussion on why network speeds continue to increase. More
Posted by Dr Hugh Bradlow, 9 August 2006
Telstra’s Chief Technology Officer, Dr Hugh Bradlow, kicks off a discussion on the increasing need for Internet speed. More
Discussions tagged with 'broadband'
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 20 March 2006
nowwearetalking discussion forum focused on broadband and regulation. Should the Australian Government be doing more to remove regulations that are preventing... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 8 November 2005
Archived discussion forum, in which industry leaders, regulators, politicians and other opinion leaders share with us their vision for telecommunications... More
Stories tagged with 'broadband'
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 11 June 2008
Some might think watching tractors drive around a paddock is as exciting as watching the grass grow – but that’s exactly what the Coggan family is hoping... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 25 March 2008
Many professions rely daily on speedy transcriptions of, for example, legal proceedings, courtroom hearings, medical records, interviews, speeches and,... More
Questions tagged with 'broadband'
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