Management Shake-Up At Primus: CEO, CFO Replaced
MarketWatch Primus Telecommunications Group, Incorporated announced today that its Board of Directors has named Primus’ lead independent director John Spirtos, 45, Acting Chief Executive Officer succeeding K. Paul Singh, and named Primus’ Vice President-Corporate Controller James Keeley, 45, Acting Chief Financial Officer succeeding Thomas R Kloster, both effective August 31, 2010. The board of directors [...]
Primus Telecom Announces its Latest QUAD-1 Broadband Plans
TMC Net Primus Telecom recently announced its new QUAD-1 Broadband Plans. These plans provide customers with the biggest download quotas available in Australia on ADSL2+. This comes after an encouraging adoption of Primus National Broadband Network services in Tasmania and prior to additional NBN deployments beginning soon on the mainland. Topics: ADSL, ADSL2, Australia, broadband, [...]
Primus Ups the Broadband Ante With 1.1 Terabytes
iTWire Following in the footsteps of iiNet, top 10 broadband provider Primus Telecom has launched into a game of one-upmanship by announcing an ADSL2+ plan that offers 1.1 terabytes a month download quota. iiNet had earlier announced Australia’s first 1 terabyte plan. Topics: Australia, broadband, iiNet, Primus, QLD, telecom
Telstra and Optus to Start ‘Clean Feed’
The Australian Primus chief executive Ravi Bhatia declined to say when Primus, the third ISP to sign up to the voluntary code, would start filtering content. Topics: Australia, ISP, Optus, Primus, telecom, Telstra
Telco Consolidation Kills NBN Choices
ZDNet Australia Shortly after former Alcatel-Lucent executive Mike Quigley stepped on board as the first employee and leader of the National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) in mid-2009, a new term entered the lexicon of Australia’s telecommunications sector: “retail service provider” or RSP. Topics: Australia, Exetel, NBN, Primus, Tasmania, telecom
Australia to Halt ISP Filtering Program
BroadbandBreakfast.com Australia will stop the rollout of their controversial ISP filtering program. The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy has stated that the program is currently being re-reviewed. Topics: Australia, broadband, ISP, Optus, Primus, telecom, Telstra
Internode Undercuts iiNet, Primus on Tassie Fibre Plans
iT News Internode has pipped iiNet and Primus to offer the cheapest plans for the national broadband network trial in Tasmania, with plans starting at $29.95. The largest plan is $139.95 for 200GB at speeds of 100Mbps down and 8Mbps up. Internode said the pricing structure is specifically tailored to the NBN rollout in Tasmania. [...]
Australian Internet Consumers Welcome Pricing Salvo
ABC Online Intial pricing for superfast internet indicates Tasmanians will be paying more than the rest of Australia but it is expected prices will come down further. An internet consumer group expects that competition will eventually bring superfast internet prices in Tasmania in line with mainland states. Topics: Australia, BigPond, broadband, NBN, Primus, Sydney, Tasmania, [...]
Telco Signals Internet Costs Under the NBN
The Age INTERNET users in the small Tasmanian towns that will kick-start the national broadband network will initially be able to pay less than $45 a month for internet and voice calls. Primus Telecom yesterday announced pricing for Smithton, Scottsdale and Midway Point, which are scheduled to become the first towns connected to the $43 [...]
Exetel’s NBN Pricing: Cheap as Chips
iTWire National ISP Exetel today outlined projected pricing on its National Broadband Network plans in Tasmania that was radically different from that offered on traditional ADSL broadband — such as a zero cost monthly plan at 25Mbps, with downloads charged at $1 per gigabyte. Topics: Australia, broadband, Exetel, iiNet, Internode, ISP, NBN, Primus, Tasmania, telecom
Australia’s NBN Puts Wholesale Pricing Structure in Order
FierceTelecom National Broadband Network Co., the government-backed service provider charged with building out the Australian government’s National Broadband Network (NBN), announced it will unveil its wholesale service pricing during the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in June. Read more: http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/australias-nbn-gets-ready-reveal-wholesale-pricing/2010-04-15#ixzz0lWt3fuZo Topics: Australia, iiNet, Internode, NBN, Primus, Senate, telecom
Australia’s Broadband Project Just Creeps Along
Sydney Morning Herald in the past year, the momentum of this project has slowed, and there are more challenges ahead. The government and Telstra have locked horns over the cost of replacing existing infrastructure with new fibre cables, while Telstra shareholders jeer from the sidelines, and none of the relevant bills has passed through Parliament. [...]
Australia Officially Names NBN Retail Providers for Tasmania
Total Telecom Primus Telecom, Internode and iiNet were on Monday named by the Australian government as the first retail providers to offer services on leg one of a planned A$43 billion national high-speed Internet network, currently being rolled out in Tasmania state. Topics: Australia, BigPond, broadband, iiNet, Internode, NBN, networking, Primus, Tasmania, telecom, wireless
The Australian: Broadband Network Will Be $43 Billion White Elephant
The Australian THE present federal budget describes the Rudd government’s $43 billion national broadband network as the single largest building infrastructure project in Australian history. What has emerged from these multi-billion-dollar spending splurges is an absence of good governance. Political rhetoric and spin have taken precedence over economic common sense. Topics: Australia, BigPond, broadband, carrier, [...]
Bolton’s Bottle Being Sued for $2.6 Million
Sydney Morning Herald According to a website that has sprung up to track Alla’s business deals, the men behind the company have racked up debts to Optus, Primus and NEC via third-party intermediaries such as Bottle Infrastructure. Topics: Australia, Google, Optus, Primus, Sydney, telecom
