Tag: coverage

Telco/ISP

Darwin telco faces regulator over network coverage

By Liz Tay | Apr 5, 2011 | Comment Now

EDirect faces Federal Court for the third time.

Telco/ISP

UPDATE: Optus mulls lawsuit over Telstra coverage maps

By Brett Winterford | Jun 11, 2010 | 12 Comments

Rages over Telstra's "going bush" campaign.

Telco/ISP

Study: More fibre, less retail cost, for rural NBN users

By Liz Tay | May 6, 2010 | 6 Comments

Implementation report recommends wider coverage.

Telco/ISP

Opinion: 3 switcheroo makes Telstra seem like good value

By Munir Kotadia | Feb 26, 2010 | 10 Comments

Switch back - or I might switch off.

Telco/ISP

Optus to expand 3G coverage on CityRail network

By Ben Grubb | Dec 9, 2009 | Comment Now

From 2G to 3G in three to six months.

Networking

Picocell improves in-building 3G reception

By Daniel Robinson | Feb 10, 2009 | Comment Now

Communications firm ip.access has introduced a picocell designed to improve 3G network coverage in offices, shops and other hard-to-reach places.

Telco/ISP

Telstra takes aim at NBN winner despite lost billions

Jan 8, 2009 | Comment Now

Telstra has claimed that between $1 and $2 billion in annual revenues may be at risk after its exclusion from the NBN process but that it is already in a ‘good competitive ...

Telco/ISP

Inside Telstra's technical plans for the NBN

By Ry Crozier | Dec 4, 2008 | Comment Now

Telstra has given the first clear indications of its NBN proposal and the level of complexity that would be involved in the build, saying it would need to work 24x7 every day ...

Telco/ISP

Is the Telstra submission a joke?

Nov 28, 2008 | Comment Now

Broadband minister Stephen Conroy is talking tough that his government is ‘not going to be pushed around’ by Telstra on the issue of further concessions for the NBN build.

Telco/ISP

NBN ‘unlikely’ to deliver promised reach or speed: IBRS

Nov 27, 2008 | Comment Now

Analyst firm IBRS has criticised the Federal government over the National Broadband Network process, claiming it could ‘have been better managed’ and is unlikely to deliver ...

Telco/ISP

NBN door remains open for Telstra

Nov 27, 2008 | Comment Now

Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy has asked voters to trust that the government's 98 percent coverage promise for the NBN will be delivered, despite the fact it will consider ...

Telco/ISP

Feds grapple with ABG under-participation

By Ry Crozier | Nov 6, 2008 | Comment Now

The Department of Communications and Broadband has made a callout to ISPs to take advantage of the ‘free marketing’ and customer lead generation offered by the Australian ...

Telco/ISP

Optus 3G network coverage claims irk Telstra

By Ry Crozier | Aug 28, 2008 | Comment Now

Telstra has launched an extraordinary verbal spray at Optus, rubbishing the reach of Optus' 3G network and claiming it’s unlikely to ever be able to effectively compete ...

Telco/ISP

Labor's Australian Broadband Guarantee committments brought into question

By Lilia Guan | Feb 29, 2008 | Comment Now

NewSat’s announcement that its application for an Australian Broadband Guarantee (ABG) license was put on hold by the Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital ...