Australian business brings fibre to Asian homes
10 December, 2014 | Supplied by: Warren & Brown TechnologiesHundreds of homes in the heart of Vietnam are now connected to broadband internet, IP telephony and IP TV, thanks to the smarts of Australian networking company Warren and Brown.
SDN paves the way for enterprise mobility
03 December, 2014 by Shailesh Kumar Davey* | Supplied by: Zoho CorporationSoftware defined networking, SDN, is expected to transform networks in the same way virtualisation has done for the server and storage industry.
NBN Co's new national construction plan
01 December, 2014 | Supplied by: nbn co ltdNBN Co has announced a new national rollout plan that will connect 1.9 million homes and businesses across more than 400 cities, suburbs and towns across every state and territory by June 2016.
NBN Co lays out FTTN rollout principles
17 November, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingNBN Co plans to use FTTN by default for the NBN rollout in all areas inside the fixed-line footprint besides those already covered by HFC or FTTP.
Networks of the future
29 October, 2014 by Jonathan NallyIn 2014, network managers and engineers at all levels have access to levels of technology that would have been undreamed of only a few short years ago. But despite all the advances, there are potential bottlenecks looming.
NBN Co details FTTN trial rollout
21 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingNBN Co has listed the first 140 suburbs due to be connected to the network via FTTN technology using Telstra's copper lines, as part of the government's multi-technology trial.
South Australia awards network management contract to NEC
07 October, 2014 | Supplied by: NEC Australia Pty LtdNEC Australia has won the contract to manage, maintain and support the central and local data networks of all South Australian state government agencies.
Australian fixed-line market shrank 2.3% in 2013
11 September, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingDeclining voice revenues and tougher competition in business data services caused the Australian fixed telecom market to decline 2.3% last year, and IDC expects the market to continue to contract.
Spark blames web outage on modem exploit
09 September, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingCybercriminals using Spark's broadband network to bounce DDoS traffic to Eastern European sites disrupted internet connections across New Zealand on Saturday.
Telstra forms Indonesian joint venture
01 September, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingTelstra has arranged to form a network applications and services joint venture with Indonesia's PT Telkom as part of the company's Asian expansion strategy.
Bureau of Meteorology commissions 200 Gbps upgrade
20 August, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingNextgen Group has won a five-year deal to upgrade the Bureau of Meteorology's high-speed data network to a blazingly fast 200 Gbps.
Labor's NBN policy a "shambolic mess": Fletcher
24 July, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingMP Paul Fletcher has argued that keeping Australia competitive in the digital age will require disciplined public policy, and that Labor's version of the NBN project was the opposite of this.
Alcatel-Lucent squeezes 10 Gbps out of copper lines
18 July, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling | Supplied by: Alcatel-LucentAlcatel-Lucent's prototype XG-FAST technology achieved both 10 Gbps downlink speeds and 1 Gbps symmetrical speeds during a recent trial using copper telephone lines.
NBN Co pushes FTTB launch to 2015
08 July, 2014 by Andrew CollinsNBN Co has officially pushed the launch date for its fibre-to-the-basement (FTTB) product from October this year to early 2015, but the company is "uncommitted" to the new date.
NBN Co, Telstra agree to 200K premise FTTN rollout
01 July, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingNBN Co and Telstra have agreed to the terms of a 1000-node pilot rollout of fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) technology, as part of the NBN's new multitechnology rollout model.
