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• 05 February 2013

• News: ADSL broadband slows remote medical education

  Australia should invest in faster broadband for regional areas to promote telehealth and clinical education, according to the head of a non-governmental organisation that trains general practice doctors.

• News: Sky unveils 'Whole Home' web parental control

  ISP Sky's new network-level protection informs parents when control settings are changed.

• News: BT launches Totally Unlimited Broadband

  BT has made its broadband packages are 'Totally Unlimited' with no traffic shaping or usage limits.

• News: Microsoft focuses on mobile, pilots solar-powered broadband as part of Africa initiative

  Microsoft is collaborating with the Kenyan government and a local Internet service provider to provide broadband access using TV white spaces and solar-powered base stations, as part of a long-term strategy to spread mobile telephony and Internet connectivity in Africa.

• 04 February 2013

• News: The NBN to help produce A-grade students, study finds

  A new report commissioned by NBN Co has pointed to potential for students to produce higher quality work with the aid of the National Broadband Network (NBN).

• News: Three to offer free 4G LTE broadband

  Three has announced that customers will be able to upgrade to 4G LTE mobile broadband for free when it launches.

• 01 February 2013

• News: Plusnet wins best broadband provider 2013

  Plusnet has won the 'Best Broadband Provider 2013' award in Broadband Genie's latest poll.

• 31 January 2013

• News: Telstra, New South Wales announce tech training for seniors

  Telstra and the New South Wales government have announced a broadband adoption effort targeting seniors.

• News: NBN flicks the switch in Toowoomba

  The National Broadband Network (NBN) has now been switched on in Toowoomba, Queensland About 1700 homes and businesses in central Toowoomba can connect to NBN fibre services, with work commenced or completed to more than 26,000 homes and businesses locally.

• 30 January 2013

• News: iiNet services on the road

  Internet service provider (ISP), iiNet, has launched a team of mobile technical experts who can visit customers’ homes in the Brisbane metropolitan area.

• News: EU digital commissioner's telecoms plan repeats old priorities

  Europe's Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes on Wednesday unveiled what she called a new 10-point plan for telecoms and broadband, but the points are familiar.

• News: Small businesses kept on hold by telecom customer service: ACCAN

  Nearly a third of small business owners suffer from significant customer service issues with phone and broadband providers, according to a report released by the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN).

• 29 January 2013

• News: NBN Co pulls in more resources to meet June target

  NBN Co will need to dramatically ramp up construction of the National Broadband Network (NBN) in order to reach its target of passing 341,000 premises by June 2013.

• News: Rdio now offering free music streaming

  Popular subscription music service Rdio has announced that Australian users can now stream free music on the Web, bringing the service in line with the US.

• 28 January 2013

• News: NBN Co reveals NBN usage numbers

  34,500 homes and businesses are using the NBN

• News: iiNet links Tasmanian police and emergency services to NBN

  iiNet has been chosen as the preferred NBN supplier for The Department of Police & Emergency Management in Tasmania.

• 25 January 2013

• News: Telstra wraps fibre project in South Brisbane

  Telstra said it finished migrating South Brisbane copper services to fibre ahead of schedule. The telco moved 18,000 services to fibre, covering 13,000 homes and businesses in the area, it said.

• News: Belkin buys out Linksys from Cisco

  Belkin has announced it has acquired the Linksys brand, Cisco's home networking business.

• 24 January 2013

• News: AT&T says it's restored U-verse and will give credits for outage

  AT&T said Thursday it had restored its U-verse broadband service to all customers who suffered from a widespread outage this week.

• News: Having an Internet connection is crucial to everyday life, German federal court says

  Internet access is as crucial to everyday life as having a phone connection and the loss of connectivity is deserving of financial compensation, the German Federal Court of Justice has ruled.

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