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Netspace enters Tassie ADSL2+ market without Basslink deal

Netspace enters Tassie ADSL2+ market without Basslink deal

Netspace has indicated that it may wait several months after Basslink launches before inking a capacity deal with them, despite taking the punt early by launching ADSL2+ services in Hobart and Launceston.
Ry Crozier May 20 2009 10:46AM Telco/ISP
Internode to run Basslink backup on Telstra backhaul

Internode to run Basslink backup on Telstra backhaul

Telstra could be an unlikely beneficiary of the Basslink cable after it emerged the new fibre operator will run out-of-band network management over a back-up network supplied by ISP Internode.
Ry Crozier Apr 1 2009 9:20AM Telco/ISP
Expert predicts holograms, e-paper just years away

Expert predicts holograms, e-paper just years away

The holographic communication popularised in the film Star Wars is "less than a dozen years" from commercial reality, say experts, and that's just the start.
Brett Winterford Mar 31 2009 3:57PM Telco/ISP
Internode lays out SHDSL network expansion plans

Internode lays out SHDSL network expansion plans

Internode plans to launch symmetrical high-speed broadband services up to 40Mbps in the Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane CBDs after announcing availability in Adelaide CBD from today.
Ry Crozier Mar 6 2009 12:40PM Telco/ISP
Telstra’s NBN exclusion lacks global precedent: analyst

Telstra’s NBN exclusion lacks global precedent: analyst

An economic analyst from Germany’s WIK Institute has said it would be both unfortunate and unusual for the Government to continue Telstra’s exclusion from the NBN process.
Ry Crozier Mar 5 2009 3:20PM Telco/ISP
Internode launches FTTH speed offensive in greenfield estates

Internode launches FTTH speed offensive in greenfield estates

Internode will deliver 100Mbps retail fibre-to-the-home services over the OptiComm network to around a dozen 'greenfield' suburbs nationwide.
Staff Writers Feb 25 2009 3:04PM Telco/ISP
Fibre channel switch prices rise

Fibre channel switch prices rise

Overall prices for fibre channel switches rose for the first time since 2002, but the downturn on host bus adapters continues, according to analyst firm Dell’Oro Group.
Staff Writers Dec 3 2008 12:38PM Storage
SABRENet gets 14km extension to Adelaide naval hub

SABRENet gets 14km extension to Adelaide naval hub

Amcom has been awarded a contract to extend the SABRENet high-speed fibre network in Adelaide by some 14km to the naval industry hub, Techport.
Staff Writers Dec 2 2008 6:00AM Telco/ISP
Analysis: Copper is here to stay

Analysis: Copper is here to stay

Fibre and wireless have their place, but won't replace copper any time soon.
Staff Writers Nov 28 2008 2:36PM Hardware
Fibre broadband popularity increasing worldwide, research shows

Fibre broadband popularity increasing worldwide, research shows

Fibre broadband networks are continuing to grow in popularity worldwide, recent research from Ovum reveals.
Dylan Bushell-Embling Jul 24 2008 4:59PM Telco/ISP
New transceivers extend optical fibre Ethernet range

New transceivers extend optical fibre Ethernet range

Network hardware vendors HP ProCurve and Allied Telesis have launched new optical transceivers designed to extend the range of gigabit and 10 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) optical fibre connections
Dave Bailey Jul 17 2008 7:47AM Telco/ISP
Opinion: Not enough fibre

Opinion: Not enough fibre

According to experts the world will soon run out of Internet bandwidth unless we install oodles more fibre optic cable. This shortage was discovered by a company which makes…..fibre optic cables.
Ian Yates Jul 15 2008 4:32PM Telco/ISP
Murder, intrigue and the end of an era

Murder, intrigue and the end of an era

The week started off with an end of an era, as Telstra scrapped its CDMA network to make way for the Next G network.
Ashley Clark May 3 2008 12:47PM Strategy
Self-assembling ‘perfect mirrors’ could pave the way for optical computers

Self-assembling ‘perfect mirrors’ could pave the way for optical computers

A newly-developed method for the manufacture of diamond-like crystals could yield “perfect mirrors” that vastly improve optical technologies, paving the way for future sensor technology, optical computers, and circuits that use light instead of electronic signals to process information.
Liz Tay Apr 24 2008 11:51AM Hardware
Conroy sheds light on network build at ATUG 08

Conroy sheds light on network build at ATUG 08

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy took stage at the 24th annual ATUG conference today to reiterate and remind the telecommunications industry why the Government would not back down from its fibre-to-the-node national broadband network.
Mitchell Bingemann Mar 12 2008 2:52PM Telco/ISP
Conroy confirms expert broadband panel

Conroy confirms expert broadband panel

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has named an expert panel to advise the Government on its proposed $8 billion national fibre-based broadband network.
Mitchell Bingemann Mar 11 2008 3:32PM Telco/ISP
Australian Fibre to the Home still on the table, says Conroy

Australian Fibre to the Home still on the table, says Conroy

Fibre to the Home proposals will be welcome among bids for Australia's national high speed fibre network, according to Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy.
Adam Turner Jan 14 2008 11:26PM Telco/ISP
Google building Pacific fibre cable

Google building Pacific fibre cable

Google is reportedly in negotiations to build a fibre optic cable across the Pacific to link its US operations with Asia.
Iain Thomson Sep 25 2007 7:02AM Telco/ISP
Asia leads in fibre broadband networks

Asia leads in fibre broadband networks

225 million subscribers to ultra-high speed internet expected.
Simon Burns May 10 2007 4:33PM Networking
Analysis: hackers eye up fibre optic data networks

Analysis: hackers eye up fibre optic data networks

Security risk should not be underestimated.
Staff Writers Apr 26 2007 3:50PM Security

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