http://www.telconews.com Telecom and VoIP Daily News Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:06:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The NBN Co has inked $620 million contract with joint-venture Space Systems- Loral to provide broadband services to remote Australia. Under the terms of the agreement, the joint-venture will build two satellites to be launched 2015 which will serve broadband to parts of Australia's population beyond the reach of the NBN ... http://www.telconews.com/2012/02/07/australias-nbn-co-inks-620m-satellite-deal/ More than 300,000 Australian households have changed channels to subscription IPTV which could pose challenges for operators such as Foxtel, according to a new study by analyst firm, Telsyte. The firm forecasts more than one third of all subscription TV services will be provided over broadband by 2015. To read this Computerworld ... http://www.telconews.com/2012/02/07/more-australians-switch-on-iptv-study/ The telecom regulator has for the first time in nearly a decade sought to intervene in fixing mobile call rates, inviting the ire of telecom companies. Trai on Monday floated a consultation paper on 'review of policy of forbearance in telecom tariffs', expressing concerns about coordinated call rate hikes. The regulator ... http://www.telconews.com/2012/02/07/telcom-companies-fume-as-indian-regulator-tries-to-fix-call-rates/ Vodafone Group Plc decided to abandon an attempt to merge its Greek unit with rival Wind Hellas after facing European Union regulatory opposition. Vodafone and shareholders of Wind Hellas, Greece’s second- and third-largest mobile-phone service providers, “agreed to terminate discussions relating to a potential business combination,” the British phone company said ... http://www.telconews.com/2012/02/07/vodafone-abandons-greek-merger-with-wind-on-opposition-from-european-union/ Fibre optic broadband connections of up to 300 Megabits per second will be available on demand in 2013, BT says. That is three times the maximum 100 Mbps speed the company currently offers using the technology and it described the development as a "game changer". According to Ofcom the current UK broadband ... http://www.telconews.com/2012/02/06/bt-to-offer-britain-300-mbps-fibre-optic-broadband-on-demand-in-2013/ Vodafone, for one, is wasting little time in capitalising on a blockbuster Indian court verdict that's likely to shake up the world's second-largest mobile phone market. Within hours of a Thursday ruling by India's highest court that all licences awarded in a scandal-tainted 2008 sale be revoked, jeopardising the operations of ... http://www.telconews.com/2012/02/06/analysis-india-ruling-to-trigger-telecoms-industry-shakeout/ Telecoms giant Vodafone is set to abandon attempts to merge its Greek business with rival Wind Hellas over concerns that the deal would not meet EU regulations, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The likelihood of being able to agree a deal that was satisfactory for European regulators has diminished since ... http://www.telconews.com/2012/02/06/vodafone-set-to-abandon-greek-merger-plans/ The disconnect between technology and Washington is as vast as the gap between rotary phones and the latest iPad. First there was the clumsy SOPA legislation against online copyright piracy, killed by objections from Web companies and users. The latest disconnect is over whether Washington can free up enough bandwidth ... http://www.telconews.com/2012/02/06/spectrum-dinosaurs-at-the-fcc-agency-wants-to-pick-the-winners-and-losers-before-the-bidding-begins/ British businesses are being warned that they could lose their internet connections during the Olympics due to a surge in the number of people going online at key times. The demand could be such that internet companies might be forced to ration access, according to official advice. The warning, in the ... http://www.telconews.com/2012/02/05/london-olympics-could-crash-the-internet-cabinet-office-warns/ AOL is planning to launch a new streaming video network branded under its Huffington Post web news site, the company announced Thursday. The new network will feature live streaming video content 12 hours a day during the week from 9 a.m to 9 p.m. ET, according to a THR report. Founding ... http://www.telconews.com/2012/02/05/aol-to-transform-huffington-post-into-an-internet-tv-network/