Government & Policy
16 January 2009
Change Sweeping to the FCC Washington Post
Julius Genachowski, technology adviser to President-elect Barack Obama, is poised to become chairman of the Federal Communications Commission at a time when communications policy lies at the intersection of sweeping changes in the high-tech business landscape.
uk: Broadband for all to be funded by the industry The Guardian
The government wants everyone in the UK to have access to a basic broadband service by 2012, either through a traditional phone line or over a mobile phone network, with the telecoms industry paying for it.
Sea Change for South African Internet in 2009 Biz Community
Thanks to the pressure of preparation for 2010 and the Seacom undersea cable, the South African Internet and digital marketing, advertising and media industries should undergo a sea change this year.
15 January 2009
Internet Service Speed Is Fast-Track Issue for New US Administration Washington Post
President-elect Barack Obama's plan to give the entire country speedy Internet service while creating thousands of telecom jobs as part of his stimulus package has come up against a seemingly simple but contentious question: How fast is fast enough?
12 January 2009
Telstra: It takes two to tango Sydney Morning Herald
Telstra's double act of Sol Trujillo and Donald McGauchie is engaged in a high-risk two-step with the Government over the building of the national broadband network. The wrong outcome could cost both of them their jobs. Matt O'Sullivan reports for Fairfax Media.
Obama's Broadband Plan BusinessWeek
The Obama Administration has pledged support for universal broadband, or making speedy Internet service available to all Americans. But the ideas under consideration by the President-elect's transition team are likely to fall short of the radical changes some activists have sought.
10 January 2009
Telstra CEO puts $2bn tag on NBN loss Australian IT
Telstra chief Sol Trujillo has cautioned that up to $2 billion worth of revenue could be at risk following its exclusion from the federal government's $15 billion tender process for the National Broadband Network.
08 January 2009
Australian government flags closer relationship with IT industry over e- ARN
Australian Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, and Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy, have flagged closer relationships with the IT industry and ISPs as necessary to improving the nation's e-security.
05 January 2009
Reboot the FCC by Lawrence Lessig Newsweek
We'll stifle the Skypes and YouTubes of the future if we don't demolish the regulators that oversee our digital pipelines, writes Lawrence Lessig in Newsweek.
23 December 2008
Missed opportunities in Australia's copper evolution The Age
Telstra is the ideal choice to deliver our high-speed broadband network, writes Kenneth Davidson in The Age.
22 December 2008
Bush E-Mails May Be Secret a Bit Longer Washington Post
The required transfer in four weeks of all of the Bush White House's electronic mail messages and documents to the National Archives has been imperiled by a combination of technical glitches, lawsuits and lagging computer forensic work, according to government officials, historians and lawyers.
20 December 2008
Huawei calls espionage claims 'ludicrous' ZDNet
Chinese networking vendor Huawei Technologies has slammed as "ludicrous and inaccurate" claims that it had links to the Chinese military and government that could cause security problems for the National Broadband Network.
Aust government could face A$80b broadband compo claim Sydney Morning Herald
The federal government could face a compensation claim of more than $80 billion if Telstra is forced to provide the company that builds the national broadband network access to its existing infrastructure, reports Fairfax Digital.
19 December 2008
Chinese spy fears on Australia's broadband frontrunner The Australian
National security concerns about Chinese espionage could threaten the new frontrunner for Australia's $15 billion publicly backed national broadband network.
18 December 2008
NZ's telecommunications future - the five options New Zealand Herald
Knowing where to invest capital is a complex decision at the best of times writes Paul Winton in The New Zealand Herald.
17 December 2008
Telstra to fight bar on broadband bid The Australian
Telstra is preparing for war with the federal Government, marshalling its lawyers for legal action and gearing up to go it alone with a high-speed broadband network after being tossed out of the tender process for a $15billion publicly backed national network, reports The Australian.
16 December 2008
Telstra excluded from Australian national broadband The Australian
Telstra said it had been excluded from the bidding process because its proposal submitted on November 26 did not include a plan on how to involve small and medium-sized enterprises in the building of the high-speed broadband network, reports The Australian.
12 December 2008
Canadian plan for Australian national broadband network is 'faster, cheaper' The Australian
Access to high-speed broadband could be twice as cheap and up to five times faster if little-known Canadian group Axia NetMedia gets its wish to build the federal Government's $15 billion national broadband network.
10 December 2008
Obama stimulus plan aims to boost digital economy Computerworld
In pledging to "renew our information superhighway," President-elect Barack Obama has offered the broad outline of an economic stimulus plan likely to lead to major increases in IT spending -- especially for broadband deployment and technology for schools and health care.
Australian technology ministers, Tanner and Conroy go blogging Computerworld
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, and Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Lindsay Tanner, have launched a joint blog to canvass opinions on the future of Australia's digital economy.
Australian internet superhighway derailment 'criminal' The Advertiser
Australia's sluggish response to a national broadband network is "criminal", costing jobs and hurting the economy, a gloomy snapshot of the nation says.
au: Coalition, local government lock horns over broadband Computerworld
The Coalition has attacked a scathing report by local governments on the state of broadband in Australia which labelled telecommunications under the Howard government as "extremely sluggish and frustrating", reports Computerworld.
06 December 2008
Queen's Speech outlaws suicide web sites vnunet
Web sites promoting suicide are to be subject to criminal prosecution in changes to UK law proposed in the Queen's Speech outlining the government's plans for the coming parliamentary year.
$5bn more needed on broadband: Telstra Australian IT
Telstra today said it would need the Rudd Labor Government to commit at least $10 billion to build the national broadband network in order to comply with the terms of its tender.
29 November 2008
France to intervene in broadband coverage Reuters
France will shortly call on telecoms operators to offer broadband services across all its territory for a maximum of €35 a month, a government minister said on Thursday.
