Spotlight on telecommunications & networking Spotlight on telecommunications & networking

As the rollout of the NBN presses on, 5G is fast approaching along with regulatory changes that will shape enterprise buyers and suppliers alike.

These shifts all come as Internet of things becomes ubiquitous, mobile evolves to a default consumer and workplace channel and intelligent and intuitive networks evolve rapidly.

In our Spotlight on Telecommunications and Networking, iTnews examines how and why enterprises and government are responding to new challenges, innovations and solutions as they emerge.

OECD report highlights strengths and flaws in NBN plan

OECD report highlights strengths and flaws in NBN plan

iTnews weighs up the Rudd Government's NBN plan against the OECD's latest advice on how governments should invest in the construction of national broadband networks.
Brett Winterford May 27 2009 12:09AM Telco/ISP
Rudd to pay $11 billion of $43 billion NBN

Rudd to pay $11 billion of $43 billion NBN

Communications minister Stephen Conroy has told Senate Estimates hearings that the Government will sink around $11 billion into the National Broadband Network, which is anticipated to cost up to $43 billion in total.
Ry Crozier May 26 2009 3:28PM Telco/ISP
NBN plan sparks new facility for fibre specialists

NBN plan sparks new facility for fibre specialists

The announcement of a homegrown National Broadband Network (NBN) has spurred on local fibre optics company Warren and Brown to build a $4.1m R&D and distribution facility in Melbourne.
Brett Winterford May 22 2009 2:25PM Telco/ISP
ACCC hearts NBN, predicts end to Foxtel monopoly

ACCC hearts NBN, predicts end to Foxtel monopoly

ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel has given the Federal Government's National Broadband Network plan a big thumbs up, endorsing structural separation and predicting the end of Foxtel's dominance of Pay TV.
Brett Winterford May 21 2009 6:05PM Telco/ISP
IT warned: Cloud could make you look bad

IT warned: Cloud could make you look bad

Aussie government CIOs will soon face increasing pressure to explain why in-house ICT services take so long and are so expensive to deploy compared to cloud-based services, Ovum has said.
Staff Writers May 21 2009 2:52PM Networking
Cloud dominates at EMC World 2009

Cloud dominates at EMC World 2009

Forget clunky servers and disk arrays - cloud computing has emerged as the hot topic of EMC World this week.
Liz Tay May 21 2009 1:18PM Storage
NBN $43 billion cost has lots of padding

NBN $43 billion cost has lots of padding

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has revealed the actual cost of the NBN is expected to be “significantly lower” than $43 billion, especially if industry players like Telstra trade their infrastructure for equity.
Staff Writers May 19 2009 5:30PM Telco/ISP
Minchin rebuked by Expert Panel 'whistleblowers'

Minchin rebuked by Expert Panel 'whistleblowers'

Opposition Senator Nick Minchin has dubbed members of the NBN Expert Panel 'whistleblowers', quoting controversial comments the panelists have made in public forums.
Brett Winterford , Ben Grubb May 19 2009 5:30PM Telco/ISP
Rudd to spend $16m training NBN engineers

Rudd to spend $16m training NBN engineers

The Rudd Government has announced it will invest $16.15 million in a training facility for networking engineering students at the Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE (GippsTAFE).
Jenny Eagle May 19 2009 3:37PM Networking
Optus calls for Telstra split by 2010

Optus calls for Telstra split by 2010

Optus has made a submission to the Federal Government's review of telecommunications regulation calling for Telstra to be structurally separated by 2010.
Brett Winterford May 19 2009 3:09PM Telco/ISP
EMC unveils online version of Atmos

EMC unveils online version of Atmos

EMC has unveiled a web-delivered version of its Atmos cloud storage service.
Rosalie Marshall May 19 2009 6:10AM Storage
Alcatel-Lucent appoints its own NBN voice

Alcatel-Lucent appoints its own NBN voice

Telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent has promoted its former head of access network activity, John Turner, to lead an internal ‘NBN taskforce’.
Ry Crozier May 18 2009 2:37PM Telco/ISP
Minchin tries FOI to access NBN Expert Panel report

Minchin tries FOI to access NBN Expert Panel report

Opposition Senator Nick Minchin has submitted a Freedom of Information (FOI) request in an attempt to expose to the public both the Expert Panel report and accompanying ACCC report into the failed National Broadband Network tender.
Brett Winterford May 18 2009 1:27PM Telco/ISP
AusCERT09: Security will make or break NBN potential

AusCERT09: Security will make or break NBN potential

E-security is high on the Federal Government's agenda as it prepares for the country's digital future, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said at the region's largest security conference in the Gold Coast this morning.
Negar Salek in the Gold Coast May 18 2009 11:52AM Security
Majority of adolescents online have tried hacking

Majority of adolescents online have tried hacking

A new study from Panda Security found that 67 per cent of teenagers surveyed admitted to having tried to hack into friends' instant messaging or social network accounts.
Greg Masters May 18 2009 10:56AM Security
Farmers: dig your own trench for NBN access

Farmers: dig your own trench for NBN access

Telecommunications analysts say there may be one way to ensure regional Australians can connect to the fibre network that underlies the NBN - by digging their own trenches.
Brett Winterford May 15 2009 3:08PM Telco/ISP
Email security remains a threat

Email security remains a threat

SC Magazine takes a look at the products and managed services aimed at keeping the corporate inbox clean.
Staff Writers May 15 2009 12:07PM Security
Google owns up to service outage

Google owns up to service outage

Google is blaming an error in its traffic routing system for causing a service outage that lasted several hours overnight.
Shaun Nichols May 15 2009 11:50AM Software
Adam Internet calls for wider NBN fibre net

Adam Internet calls for wider NBN fibre net

Adam Internet has put a case forward to the Federal Government to fast-track broadband infrastructure rollout to towns on South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula.
Ry Crozier May 14 2009 3:02PM Telco/ISP
Minchin passes motion to block NBN debate

Minchin passes motion to block NBN debate

Shadow communications minister Nick Minchin gave Senator Conroy until 6:50pm yesterday to make public the NBN Panel of Experts report and an associated report by the ACCC.
Brett Winterford May 13 2009 4:42PM Telco/ISP

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