Nextgen brings in sister company for NBN work
Network integrator, Nextgen, has enlisted the help of its sister company, Visionstream, to assist with the National Broadband Network Regional Blackspots Program rollout.
Network integrator, Nextgen, has enlisted the help of its sister company, Visionstream, to assist with the National Broadband Network Regional Blackspots Program rollout.
Telstra’s (ASX:TLS) profits for the six months ending December 31, 2009, fell from $1.92 billion a year ago to $1.85bn.
Bundled laptop and telco plans are an inevitable, but resellers with a services string to their bow won’t be hard hit, several industry representatives claim.
Acer has struck a deal with Telstra to supply three exclusive notebooks with embedded 3G to businesses through its Australian dealer channel in a bid to capitalise on rising mobile broadband take-up. But an analyst has played down the impact of the offering
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has kicked off a public inquiry into Telstra’s retail price control arrangements.
Telstra has dropped prices, raised data allowances and cut additional usage charges for its five new mobile broadband plans, in line with analyst predictions and stiff competition.
It began as a $4.5 billion dollar election promise in 2007. The then shadow broadband minister, Stephen Conroy, broadcast plans for an open-access fibre broadband network to liberate parts of Australia which were deemed ‘non-commercial’ by telco providers. While it lacked the scope of the Liberal’s [[artnid:210894|now defunct OPEL WiMAX project|new]], which touched on regional blackspots, it was lauded by the telecommunications industry.
Negotiations between the Telstra, NBNco and the Government around structural separation and the telco’s potential involvement in the National Broadband Network (NBN) have progressed, the parties claim.
Telstra has branded functional separation of its wholesale and retail businesses as “wasteful” and claims it could cost customers up to $1 billion.
Optus CEO, Paul O’Sullivan, has called on all sides of politics to unite against Telstra and speed up construction of a National Broadband Network.
S Central’s founder and managing director, Peter Mavridis, has confirmed receivers were appointed to the company’s book debts after it failed to reach an agreement over the issue with Brennan IT.
Former Telstra staffer, Adrian Inch, has been named general manager of NBN Tasmania.
Telstra has unveiled a major company restructure including two new product divisions and a swathe of staff appointments.
Telstra has announced new broadband plans with higher data caps and faster speeds for the same price.
Telstra has released a new combination modem and router called the BigPond Elite Network Gateway.