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Tata Communications Partner With Tomizone To Offers Wi-Fi In India
India’s leading telecom giant Tata Communications Internet Services Limited and Australia’s largest provider of Wi-Fi hotspots Tomizone have announced a partnership deal by which TCISL will use… ] Related Topics: Australia, India, Info, Internet, LEC,... »
Views of the public sought on Australian wireless spectrum
A crucial piece of wireless spectrum needed to advance the nation’s mobile broadband services could soon be added to the government’s “digital dividend” auction block after the communications watchdog put out a public call for how the spectrum band should be best used. After the government’s announcement last week that it would auction off a... »
Australia goes wild for wireless internet
Use of wireless broadband services mushroomed during the past year to reach more than two million subscribers, driven by the popularity of wireless modems and mobile devices such as the iPhone. The Australian Communications and Media Authority’s communications report, released yesterday, revealed the use of wireless broadband services jumped 162 per cent in 2008-09, while... »
Second leg of Australia’s 4G digital auction ramped up
Media and telecommunications companies will be forced to make more efficient use of the limited spectrum available to service the rapid growth in data-hungry devices such as smart phones as the federal government prepares for the launch of the second leg of its digital spectrum auction. After announcing last week that it had a identified... »
Australian telcos eye 4G networks in government spectrum sale
Telstra, Optus and Vodafone Hutchison have begun formulating responses to the federal government’s proposed auction of broadcast spectrum, which is expected to lead to the creation of a high-speed 4G mobile broadband network. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has issued a green paper that argues that a “digital dividend” of spectrum vacated by the switch... »
Huawei slams critics making spying allegations
China’s leading telecommunications equipment maker, Huawei, has once again been forced to dismiss spying allegations and stake its claim in the $43 billion national broadband network bonanza. Huawei has faced major challenges doing business in some parts of the world due to its close links with the Chinese government. The fact that its founder, Ren... »
American state pushes for cigarette-like warnings on mobiles
A move by legislators in the US state of Maine to require brain-cancer warnings on mobile phones is expected to trigger a worldwide response, the Australian industry has said. A Democrat state representative, Andrea Boland, wants new mobile phones to carry health warnings like those on cigarettes and is pushing ahead with the legislation despite... »
Huawei backs Australia’s NBN model
A leading global player in providing high-speed internet systems has backed the Rudd government’s plan for an open-access national broadband network. The company that will build and operate the $43 billion network — NBN Co — is expected to announce early next month a shortlist of prospective partners to join the project. To read this report... »
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Australian net filter to block internet nasties will compromise NBN, say ISPs
Internet service providers believe Labor’s filter to block web nasties could well neuter its cherished national broadband network. They believe the filter to block all material refused a classification will slow broadband speeds, including the services delivered by the much vaunted NBN. To read this report in The Australian in full, see: www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/web-filter-to-block-internet-nasties-will-compromise-nbn-say-providers/story-e6frg6nf-1225811143407 Also see: Outcry on internet censorship The... »
WiGig puts Wi-Fi systems in shade
If you’re wondering what hot new technology might be coming your way in 2010, here’s one tip: very fast home wireless systems that outperform today’s speediest Wi-Fi systems. Make no mistake, Wi-Fi is a terrific system for hooking up multiple computers to each other and to the internet, cable-free. Everybody loves it. To read this report... »
Green light for Australian internet filter plans
The Federal Government has detailed its plan to require internet service providers (ISPs) in Australia to block a list of banned material. When Parliament resumes next year the Government plans to introduce amendments that will require ISPs to block banned material on overseas servers. Broadband and Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy says some internet content is... »
Australia’s Telstra uses Hong Kong to test speedy Long Term Evolution
Telstra’s Hong Kong subsidiary CSL Limited is ready to flick the switch on a six-month trial of the super-fast Long Term Evolution 4G mobile standard, but the telco remains coy on a timeframe for the technology’s introduction to local shores. LTE is being positioned as a successor to current 3G mobile networks and is capable... »
Internet TV the next challenge for Australian viewers
Online video viewing and social networking are set to dominate internet use over the coming year, according to two studies into new media and technology. But whether — and how much — Australians will pay for the privilege remains a vexed question. Four out of five Australians now watch video online, compared with just 25 per... »
Nokia predicts mobile phone sales rebound
Nokia, the world’s biggest mobile phone maker, predicted that global sales of mobile phones would grow around 10 per cent in volume next year after falling some seven per cent this year. “Nokia expects industry mobile device volumes to be up approximately 10 per cent in 2010, compared to 2009,” the Finnish company said at... »
Analyst tips 141,000 Kiwi IPTV subscribers by 2014
New broadband networks are being tipped to propel the deployment of internet television, or IPTV, services in New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand is forecast to have 141,000 IPTV subscribers by 2014 as a result of its new broadband network, according to projections by analyst firm Frost & Sullivan. To read this Computerworld report in full,... »
AFACT opposes IIA’s intervention in Australian iiNet case
A group of copyright holders suing Perth ISP iiNet for copyright infringement in the Federal Court today vigorously opposed the Australian Internet Industry Association’s (IIA) application to intervene in the trial. Lawyers representing the IIA, who have applied to be heard in the case under amicus curiae or “friend of the court” provisions, yesterday told... »
Australian government overhauls national cyber security arrangements
Businesses on the cyber frontline will get more direct help as the federal government bolsters national defences against increasing online espionage and attacks on critical infrastructure. “Many online threats are surreptitious and insidious, and the perpetrators are more inventive in their tricks,” Attorney-General Robert McClelland said last night, unveiling a cyber-security strategy that positions e-security... »
Australian ISP iiNet accuses Hollywood of outsourcing copyright enforcement
iiNet yesterday accused Hollywood of trying to “outsource” its copyright enforcement to internet firms as it continued to battle in Federal Court against claims it authorised illegal file-sharing on its network. The Perth-ISP’s lead barrister Richard Cobden SC argued that the studios’ demand that iiNet pass infringement notices on to customers amounted to an unreasonable... »
Australia’s Optus to trial LTE, successor to 3G
Optus will be the first telco in the nation to trial a new mobile broadband technology that transmits data 20 times faster than current 3G systems. The technology — which is known as LTE (long term evolution) and is being positioned as a successor to current 3G mobile networks — is capable of transmitting data... »
Australian telcos move on SMS scams
The communications watchdog has welcomed a bipartisan effort by Optus and Telstra to crack down on premium SMS providers operating on their networks. The decision of the two carriers follows industry statistics revealing skyrocketing complaints about premium SMS services and the Federal Court’s decision to impose $15.8 million worth of fines on a Queensland mobile... »
iiNet taps on television network experiences in file sharing battle
IiNet has drawn on Nine Network’s 2004 court battle with Channel Ten over clips broadcast on The Panel as part of its bid to fend a Hollywood-backed copyright lawsuit in the NSW Federal Court. The studios sued iiNet for copyright infringement after investigating its customers’ use of BitTorrent to share music and move files... »
Mobile phones ‘appear safe’ says expert
Mobile phones appear to be “very safe”, says an expert who also points to initial community-wide suspicions about the rollout of mains power and microwaves. Professor Rodney Croft, executive director of The Australian Centre for Radiofrequency Bioeffects Research (ACRBR), said concerns over the location of mobile phone base stations should similarly dissipate over time. To read... »
Telstra to reduce carbon footprint
Australia’s biggest telecommunications company, Telstra, plans to reduce carbon emissions for every dollar earned by at least a tenth over the next six years. The company is targeting a reduction in its carbon emissions intensity, the amount of carbon emitted for every dollar earned, of at least 10 per cent, and up to 15... »
High-speed Internet gap between rich and poor widening, UN official warns
While the “digital divide” between rich and poor countries may be shrinking overall, the gap is widening between the developed and developing worlds in the availability of broadband or high-speed Internet, a crucial tool for achieving economic and social goals, a top United Nations official said today. “Australia, for example, a country with... »
iiNet stands firm on Australian Telecommunications Act defence
iiNet did not comply with requests to cancel the accounts of alleged copyright infringers, but it did not need to, iiNet’s legal counsel argued today as the ISP started to close off its legal battle in the Federal Court. iiNet legal counsel Richard Cobden kicked off his closing submission to Justice Cowdroy by stating that... »
Iinet v AFACT: We couldn’t disconnect clients: iiNet CEO
IiNet chief Michael Malone has told the NSW Federal Court that the ISP’s service agreements did not provide it with sufficient contractual rights to take action against customers who infringe copyright online. Mr Malone made the comments during his third day of cross-examination by lawyers representing a loose coalition of 34 entertainment companies – represented... »
Australian free-to-air TV call for sport anti-siphoning laws extended to internet
The ABC and commercial free-to-air broadcasters have called on the federal government to extend the sports broadcast anti-siphoning scheme — which governs how sporting codes are televised in Australia — to cover new media proliferating on the internet. The contentious, arguably ambit, claim is among the 330 submissions to the Sport on Television review of... »
Australian ISP iiNet did not act on evidence of piracy, court told
IiNet’s Federal Court bid to fend off a landmark copyright lawsuit was weakened yesterday when chief executive Michael Malone conceded the company had refused to act on strong evidence its network was being used for piracy. The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft brought a lawsuit against iiNet after a 59-week investigation during which it sent... »
Indian officials accused in mobile phone licence scam
Indian government officials have been accused of orchestrating a 600 billion rupee (A$14.2bn) scam after investigators found that lucrative mobile phone licences had been granted in 2007 on a “first-come, first-served basis” to “friendly companies” at implausibly low prices set in 2001. India’s mobile industry has boomed in recent years to become the fastest-growing in... »