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• Collaborative gastrointestinal research gets boost via AARNet broadband

  Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) has used its high speed broadband network to share gastrointestinal e-health research with practitioners in parts of Asia.

• NBN Co chief attempts knock-out blow in fibre vs wireless fight

  NBN Co chief executive, Mike Quigley, has sought to drive the final nail into the fibre versus mobile wireless contest stating that politics surrounding the technology debate had become “sterile”.
  

• NSW Education completes fibre rollout as usage spirals upwards

  A $280 million fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) rollout to all NSW public schools and TAFE institutions is expected to be completed by the end of the year, Minister for Education and Training, Verity Firth announced this week.

• Fox Sports taps fibre upgrade for competitive edge

  Fox Sports will tap its high-speed fibre network to deliver more sports events online and in 3D next year as the content producer pushes its credentials at the time when the major sports codes are deciding their broadcast futures.
  

• Point-to-point fibre installation cost viable: Study

  A study into the roll out of next generation access networks has found a point-to-point fibre deployment would cost only 10 per cent more than the passive optical network (PON) technology currently being used to roll out the National Broadband Network (NBN).

• Wireless trumps fibre for City of Albany

  Sometimes wireless just makes sense as an alternative to fibre. At least, that was true for one Western Australian local government with a hill located smack bang in the centre of town.

• Telstra fibre not enough: NBN Co

  Though Telstra is believed to own and operate one of the most extensive fibre networks in Australia, it isn't nearly enough for the National Broadband Network (NBN), according to the head of corporate affairs at NBN Co, Kevin Brown.

• Telstra-NBN Co deal opens up 6m kms of fibre

  NBN Co could gain access to 6 million kilometres worth of Telstra's fibre networks as part of the $11 billion Financial Heads of Agreement deal between the National Broadban Network (NBN) wholesaler and the telco.

• More fiber will help US wireless crunch

  Laying more fiber is one way to make more efficient use of wireless spectrum, former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said on Wednesday.

• NBN Tasmania prices 'yet to be determined': iiNet's Malone

  Official pricing for services over the Tasmanian leg of the NBN may yet be some weeks off, despite the announcement that Primus, Internode and iiNet have all committed to deliver services over network when it goes live in July.

• Amcom records high demand for fibre

  Strong demand from the corporate, government and wholesale sectors has seen Amcom Telecommunications (ASX: AMM) deliver a 66 per cent year on year increase in net profits after tax to $7.6m for the half year to 31 December 2009.
  

• Telecom stakes claim to NZ's national fibre network

  Telecom (ASX:TEL) is to stake its claim to be the leading provider of Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) for New Zealand.

• Broadband booms in the Naughties

  Global Internet access has exploded over the last decade from about 350 million to 1.6 billion, according to new research. More than a third of Internet users worldwide will connect via broadband, according to a BuddeComm report. About 500 million people will be on fixed-line technologies by year’s end. Almost two-thirds of users will subscribe to DSL connections, about 20 per cent via cable modem and only 10 to 15 per cent will use fibre.

• The challenges of bringing fiber to the home

  Carriers worried about the cost of deploying fiber should concentrate primarily on lowering their installation costs and driving up their adoption rates, according to Boston-based research firm the Yankee Group.

• Ericsson connects India's homes with high-speed fibre

  Telecom company Ericsson has said that its fibre technology is connecting homes in India for the first time to a breadth of high-end data, TV and communications services.