Optus: We will ditch FTTN

FTTN | Sunday, 11 May 2008

May 2008 - Optus has threatened to pull out of the fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) tender process unless the government approves operational separation for Telstra and a delay to the bid deadline, while Telstra has threatened to withdraw if it does.

Speaking on ABC, Optus CEO Paul O’Sullivan said without an extension to the July closing date, the tender process will be unfair. The Optus CEO is now calling for an extension of at least five months from the date the network information is provided.

As well as the delay to the tender process, O’Sullivan wants to see operational separation become part of the bid process. Without structural separation, Telstra could end up with monopoly control over the infrastructure while also setting prices and access terms to the network, according to O’Sullivan.

The “network separation” conversation will most probably occur during the negotiation stage of the tender. The threats of withdrawing will not have a significant impact to the tender process or the other parties bidding. Optus and the G9 need to put up the required bond, to exemplify that they are a serious contender for FTTN; O’Sullivans comments seem to only be a hopeless effort in trying to obtain structural separation from Telstra.

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Content Monetisation in a Digital World
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:22:52 +1000
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IPTV to take off in Australia
Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:30:00 +1000
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Global IPTV: $19 Billion Market By 2012
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:01:00 +1000
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IPTV subscriptions to grow 64 pct in 2008--report (Reuters)
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:56:28 +1000
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IPTV subscriptions to grow 64 percent in 2008: Gartner (Reuters)
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:00:46 +1000
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KT to invest $US1.5 bln in IPTV
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:53:00 +1000
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Rust Report update for September 5
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:27:02 +1000
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IPTV finally breaking into the TV market
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:05:41 +1000
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Is knowledge the key to smart metering?
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:59:29 +1000
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Computer costs and TiVo
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J6900A Triple Play Analyser available from Agilent Technologies
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:13:02 +1000
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Future of TV and Video
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:00:39 +1000
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Even the Luddites will switch to IPTV
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +1000
IPTV - internet protocol television - is coming, and it will destroy the television model that has been in place for half a century.
Even the Luddites will switch to IPTV
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +1000
I HAVE a friend who reads some of this column some of the time. If I use technical words - anything containing kilo, mega, or…
AT&T-Dish Break Signals Cloudy Weather For Satellite TV
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:50:00 +1000
As AT&T rolls out its own IPTV offering, it may see its satellite TV partnerships as insignificant to its overall strategy.
Lemon Way Introduces IPTV Banking (ComputerWire)
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:43:59 +1000
France-based mobile banking and trading software vendor Lemon Way has introduced an IPTV application for bank account and transaction management.
Enforcing the GPL On Software Companies?
Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:34:00 +1000
Piranhaa writes "I currently use an IPTV box that runs software by Minerva Networks. When you ssh into the box, you are greeted with a BusyBox v1.00 (ash) shell. It's clearly running a flavor of Linux (uname -apm outputs: Linux minerva_10_0_3_99 2.4.30-tango2-2.7.144.0 #29 Wed Mar 16 16:16:16 CET 2005 mips unknown). However, when you look at their Web site there is no publicly available source code. Since the GPL in both BusyBox and the Linux kernel require that anyone using and distributing the binaries of this software make source available to everyone, what would one do in order to enforce this? I've personally emailed Minerva and left voicemails with no reply." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
IP Traffic To 'Double' Every Two Years
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:18:00 +1000
Stony Stevenson writes "Web traffic volumes will almost double every two years from 2007 to 2012, driven by video and web 2.0 applications, according to a report from Cisco Systems. Cisco's Visual Networking Index (PDF) predicts that visual networking will account for 90 percent of the traffic coursing through the world's IP networks by 2012. The upward trend is not only driven by consumer demand for YouTube clips and IPTV, according to the report, as business use of video conferencing will grow at 35 percent CAGR over the same period." I left the apostrophes around the word "double" in the title because the linked site has them, but for the life of me I can't figure out why. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Report: Aussie IPTV slow to load
Thu, 08 May 2008 02:16:00 +1000
Australian IPTV deployment is at least 18 months and possibly three years away, lagging many other global markets, broadcast regulator the Australian Communications and Media Authority said in a report released ...
Australian IPTV lags behind
Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 +1000
The Australian internet video and IPTV market is lagging behind other developed countries, according to a report out today from the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
[EBS] NAB 2008 & planned release of Safe Worlds
Fri, 02 May 2008 08:40:00 +1000
e-Business Systems Ltd (EBS) Report on attendance at NAB 2008 media trade show in US & preliminary unveiling of Safe Worlds IPTV platform - plans towards initial commercial release National Stock Exchange of Australia
Protecting the IPTV/VoD infrastructure
Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:17:34 +1000
To ensure the success of their new IPTV/VoD services, providers must build into their networks a comprehensive, network-centric security strategy right from the start.
Video Ezy to rollout IPTV platform to more than 1000 stores
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:48:43 +1000
Australia's largest movie rental franchise, Video Ezy and Blockbuster, today announced plans to rollout an IPTV delivery platform and set top box middleware to enable the delivery of an electronic video rental service to more than 1,000 stores.
Video Ezy goes with Irish telco for electronic platform
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:20:00 +1000
Video Ezy, one of Australia’s largest movie rental franchises, has selected Ireland’s DigiSoft.tv’s IPTV delivery platform and set top box middleware to enable the delivery of the Video Ezy Electronic Video Rental service, which will be rolled out in Video Ezy and Blockbuster stores in A/NZ.
Fibre driving triple play in US
Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:57:40 +1000
BuddeComm’s USA Annual Publication, 2008 USA – Telecoms, Wireless and Broadband, profiles the fixed-line, wireless (mobile) and broadband markets in the USA. It also examines the convergence of these technologies with each other and with digital media such as digital TV and the emergence of new telecommunication services such as VoIP and IPTV. These markets continued [...]