Aussie NBN Co/Telstra deal struck (maybe)
Newspaper headlines in Australia proclaimed on Sunday that Telstra had signed a deal with NBN Co to transfer customers from its copper network onto the National Broadband Network’s fibre network and share Telstra’s infrastructure. Not surprisingly, a press release from Telstra was a little more muted stating it had signed a non-binding Financial Heads of [...]
Be afraid, be very afraid…
Imagine sitting in a rural health clinic, streaming three-dimensional medical imaging over the web and discussing a unique condition with a specialist in New York. Or downloading a high-definition, full-length feature film in less than five minutes. Or collaborating with classmates around the world while watching live 3-D video of a university lecture.
Ex-Alcatelite Quigley to head Australia’s NBN
Poor old Stephen Conroy, Australia’s Communications Minister, can’t seem to take a trick. He was lumbered with the arguably the toughest portfolio in the land and one mismanaged by the previous administration that succumbed to constant bullying from the national carrier.
NBN ‘101’ – Singapore Sets Scene
Singapore consumers can expect more Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to launch 100Mbps consumer broadband services next year at about US$50 a month or less. The impetus to make available more choices in high-end broadband services is Singapore’s upcoming broadband network, portions of which will be up by the middle of next year. StarHub, awarded the [...]
Australia’s National Broadband Network – an epic in the making
Australia has a history producing and exporting a few great movies and rather too many not-so-great TV soap operas. Our success may be down to a certain curiosity factor that attracts overseas viewers to the accents and inventive slang we use and the quirky social behaviours we exhibit. Or perhaps it’s the scenery: all those [...]