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.

Telstra stands ready to build NBN

Telstra stands ready to build NBN

Telstra has conducted ‘detailed planning’ and secured financing to build what they claim is ‘Australia’s most urgent and important infrastructure project’, but has stopped short of committing to actually bid for it.
Staff Writers Oct 30 2008 2:52PM Telco/ISP
Virtual servers to roam across networks

Virtual servers to roam across networks

A consortium of University researchers has developed a way to make Internet switches and routers both open and programmable, a move that will allow virtual servers to roam between networks in real-time.
Staff Writers Oct 30 2008 12:26AM Networking
Dell lays claim to Azure backbone

Dell lays claim to Azure backbone

Dell has announced that it will be providing Microsoft with the hardware to run its newly-announced Azure cloud computing system.
Shaun Nichols Oct 28 2008 3:17PM Hardware
Terria hit with two losses

Terria hit with two losses

NBN consortium Terria appears to be falling apart after TPG/Soul and TransAct announced their decision to withdraw from the consortium.

Lilia Guan Oct 27 2008 2:44PM Telco/ISP
Amazon floats new cloud service

Amazon floats new cloud service

Amazon Web Services has officially released its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) hosted computing service.
Shaun Nichols Oct 27 2008 6:41AM Networking
Sun co-founder Bechtolsheim steps back

Sun co-founder Bechtolsheim steps back

The Sun Microsystems co-founder credited with creating the company's first product is cutting back his role at the vendor.
Shaun Nichols Oct 27 2008 6:41AM Hardware
Terria dances on Telstra’s NBN threats

Terria dances on Telstra’s NBN threats

Terria has jumped on threats by Telstra that it would not bid for the NBN if structural separation remains on the table, claiming its rival is only interested in 're-monopolising fixed line voice and Internet services in Australia'.
Staff Writers Oct 25 2008 1:09PM Telco/ISP
Dodo flies in face of Do Not Call register

Dodo flies in face of Do Not Call register

Telco upstart Dodo has been fined $147,400 after an offshore call centre it used called numbers listed on the Do Not Call register.
Staff Writers Oct 22 2008 2:50PM Telco/ISP
Industry Group calls for NBN pricing and access regime

Industry Group calls for NBN pricing and access regime

The Australian Industry Group has called on both the federal Government and industry to get pricing and access regimes for the national broadband network right the first time in order to derive maximum economic benefit.
Staff Writers Oct 21 2008 1:42PM Telco/ISP
NBN ‘critical’ to resolving State backhaul complaints

NBN ‘critical’ to resolving State backhaul complaints

Two state government submissions to the regional telecommunications review led to the finding of ‘inadequate’ backhaul availability in regional Australia, the committee chair has revealed.
Ry Crozier Oct 18 2008 10:00AM Telco/ISP
Terria confirms NBN bid without telco AAPT

Terria confirms NBN bid without telco AAPT

Terria has confirmed it will continue its bid for the national broadband network, despite AAPT’s withdrawal from the consortium today.
Staff Writers Oct 16 2008 11:37AM Telco/ISP
Telstra hammers ‘ramshackle’ Terria over funding

Telstra hammers ‘ramshackle’ Terria over funding

Telstra has come out swinging at the Terria consortium claiming it has no assets, money, plan or ‘intention of ever participating in the construction process for the National Broadband Network’.
Staff Writers Oct 15 2008 5:10PM Telco/ISP
NBN costs go down, not up

NBN costs go down, not up

Federal broadband minister Stephen Conroy has weighed in on suggestions of a cost blow-out for the National Broadband Network (NBN), suggesting the cost may in fact be lower than first thought.
Ry Crozier Oct 15 2008 3:45PM Telco/ISP
Experts urge caution on cloud computing

Experts urge caution on cloud computing

A number of leading authorities have been urging caution on the adoption of web-based services as a new wave of vendors unveil cloud initiatives.
Rosalie Marshall Oct 14 2008 11:08AM Security
Microsoft gets off of its Cloud

Microsoft gets off of its Cloud

It looks like Microsoft does not really like the idea of being too literal about the name of its long-rumoured cloud operating system.
Nick Farrell Oct 10 2008 7:30AM Networking
Avoiding the security pitfalls of cloud computing

Avoiding the security pitfalls of cloud computing

Cloud computing has all the hallmarks of becoming a prevalent and valuable innovation that IT professionals should use to their advantage.
Steve Moyle Oct 9 2008 3:27PM Security
Intercage demise causes spam levels to fall

Intercage demise causes spam levels to fall

Spam email messages have fallen by eight per cent thanks to the demise on 20 September of California-based ISP Intercage, according to security vendor MessageLabs.
Tom Young Oct 7 2008 12:37AM Security
Telstra tells Rudd: We need high-speed broadband

Telstra tells Rudd: We need high-speed broadband

Telstra has told PM Rudd that high-speed broadband must be the first cab off the rank. But on whose terms?
Staff Writers Oct 3 2008 1:32PM Telco/ISP
Amazon announces Windows cloud computing

Amazon announces Windows cloud computing

Amazon Web Services plans to add support for Windows and SQL Server code to its cloud computing service, while Microsoft said a new cloud computing product would be launched within the month.
Shaun Nichols Oct 2 2008 2:30PM Software
Stallman warns against cloud computing

Stallman warns against cloud computing

Richard Stallman, the founder of the Free Software Foundation and developer of the GNU software that forms the basis of the GNU/Linux operating system, believes that "cloud computing" is marketing hype and worse, it's a trap.
Egan Orion Oct 1 2008 7:31AM Networking

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