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• Telstra back flip on wholesale ADSL2+

  In a contradictory announcement made by Telstra, the telecommunication giant revealed that it's now planning to offer wholesale ADSL2+ services to competitors. This statement comes only after several months of rolling out ADSL2+ services to over 900... Posted Jun 11 2008, 09:25 AM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Government, Telstra, ADSL2+, Structural Separation, Wholesale Broadband

• Telstra Structural Separation looms

  Competition or no competition, that is the answer! The deconstruction of Telstra as a vertically integrated Telecommunication company could be nigh as the push for it's structural separation gains momentum. In a report released by 'Competition... Posted May 27 2008, 09:20 AM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Broadband, Telstra, Optus, Structural Separation, NBN

• Telstra's FTTN bid safe as houses

  The federal government has finally announced the release of the 'Request for Proposals' (RFP) to build the new high speed National Broadband Network. Up to $4.7 billion has been granted by the government to the successful bidder to build a network... Posted Apr 14 2008, 01:49 PM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: FTTN, Telstra, Broadband Network

• Telstra Submarine Cable from Sydney to Hawaii

  Joining the spate of recent submarine cable projects is Telstra. The Telco giant has announced that it's embarking on a 9120km fibre cable deployment from Australia to Hawaii with the commencement of the project scheduled for this coming Thursday... Posted Apr 09 2008, 02:38 PM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Telstra, Submarine Cable Network

• Structural Separation of Telstra: The Final Conflict

  If Britain, Europe and now New Zealand are anything to go by in the Telecommunication's Industry, then surely it might nearly be curtains for Telstra as a vertical integrated company? In the latest structural separation of a monolithic telecommunication's... Posted Apr 01 2008, 09:36 AM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Broadband, Telstra, Structural Separation

• BigPond to introduce Cheap Wireless Broadband?

  According to news just to hand, Telstra are currently evaluating the possibility of lowering Wireless Broadband prices. With rivals offering Wireless Broadband Plans substantially cheaper than BigPond, along with expected Wireless speed upgrades, Telstra... Posted Feb 21 2008, 02:13 PM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Telstra, Wireless Broadband, Broadband Prices, Cheap Broadband

• Internode 'Please Explain' Telstra ADSL2+ plans

  With the recent news of Telstra enabling a further 900 Exchanges with ADSL2+ access, also comes doubt over the legality behind the 'regulatory guarantee' that Senator Conroy has granted to Telstra. Managing Director of Internode 'Simon Hackett'... Posted Feb 07 2008, 10:52 AM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Telstra, ADSL2+, Internode, ACCC, Stephen Conroy

• Telstra to enable 900 ADSL2+ Exchanges

  In potentially good news for those in regions where Broadband speeds are limited, Telstra today released a surprise announcement stating that it will enable a further 900 telephone exchanges with ADSL2+ services. The decision to enable the additional... Posted Feb 06 2008, 04:09 PM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Telstra, ADSL2+, ACCC, Stephen Conroy

• Cut competition prices urges CCC

  The Competitive Carriers Coalition (CCC) has strongly urged the Government to slash prices by up to %20 to save the economy from rapidly rising Inflation. The Industry group suggests that other developed countries are currently reviewing their competition... Posted Nov 28 2007, 02:30 PM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Telstra, Broadband Prices, Kevin Rudd

• ACCC Lowers Line Sharing Prices

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released it's final declaration decision that will witness Line Sharing prices drop to a respectable $2.50 per service at the start of 2008. After several years at loggerheads with Telstra over... Posted Oct 30 2007, 11:23 AM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Telstra, Broadband Prices, ACCC

• Doubling up Broadband Infrastructure - Again!

  Back in the early stages of Australian Broadband Internet development, namely 'Cable', we witnessed Telstra and Optus pitted against each other in a race to rollout high speed Cable Broadband networks. Sure one could argue that competition is... Posted Oct 16 2007, 10:22 AM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Telstra, Broadband Network, Broadband Guarantee, ADSL2+, Internode

• Sick'em! Telstra let the dog out on Coonan

  Telstra has elevated it's legal proceedings on 'Senator Helen Coonan' by asking the corporate watchdog to investigate claims that the Communications Minister misled members of the public on Telstra services availability. This is yet another... Posted Sep 14 2007, 10:49 AM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Telstra, Coonan

• 'Better the Devil you don't' implies Sol

  Telstra boss 'Sol Trujillo' has suggested that a change of government could not make things any worse for Australia's Telecommunication policy. While attending an Australian Investment conference in New York just recently, he also went on... Posted Sep 11 2007, 03:19 PM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Telstra, Labor

• Telstra Developers to roll out FTTH

  Fibre-to-the-Home is slowly rolling out as an initiative between Telstra and developers is set to provide 1800 homes with a new Broadband services that will support streaming high definition video content by early 2008. The FTTH network will roll out... Posted Sep 11 2007, 10:51 AM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Telstra, Broadband Network, FTTH

• Bush Broadband Deal Done!

  The widely anticipated Broadband network deal for the country has finally been signed by both the Federal Government and the Optus led consortium. Ironically, the $1Billion tax payer funded Broadband network development program has been given the final... Posted Sep 10 2007, 12:43 PM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Government, Telstra, Broadband Network