Stories about: AARNet

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CSIRO, Sapphicon Semiconductor developing miniature radio reciever 18 March, 2010 12:02

A new miniature radio receiver being developed the CSIRO and Australian company, Sapphicon Semiconductor, could result in dramatic improvements in communications equipment as diverse as mobile phones and radio telescopes.
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NASA to build two $45m space antennae in Canberra 25 February, 2010 16:38

NASA will build two $45 million Beam Wave Guide Antennae at the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex to help track space vehicles.
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AARNet begins search for ASKAP fibre provider 19 February, 2010 12:23

The Australian National Research and Education Network (AARNet) has begun the search for a supplier to undertake the construction and installation of the fibre optic cable in Western Australia from the Murchison Radio Observatory near Boolardy to the CSIRO-run support base in Geraldton.
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APAN claims domestic and world firsts 12 February, 2010 10:52

Organisers of the 29th Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium meeting (APAN) held in Sydney earlier this week are claiming a handful of Australian and world firsts.
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Google trials 1Gbps FTTH broadband in the US 11 February, 2010 08:53

Google will launch several experimental 'ultra high-speed' broadband networks across the United States as part of efforts to encourage authorities to look at 'new and creative ways' to progress the country's National Broadband Plan.
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Aussies taking regional research to PNG via new network 01 February, 2010 12:42

Australian technology groups will install wireless access points across Papua New Guinea to connect it to an Asia Pacific research network.
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Computerworld Top 10 Most Influential - #2 National Broadband Network (NBN) 10 December, 2009 11:03

Yesterday, [[artnid:329175|Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy]] was revealed as the third place getter in the Computerworld Top 10 Most Influential for 2009.
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APNIC chief scientist: The industry is going to get a bit of a shock 03 December, 2009 07:00

AARnet's first employee and the chief scientist at the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), Geoff Huston has warned the internet industry not to be complacent when it comes to IPv6 implementation.
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AARNet looks back 20 years 30 November, 2009 17:09

AARNet has commissioned and launched a book to celebrate 20 years of the Internet in Australia. It’s hard to put a hard and fast figure on the age of the Internet in Australia. Rather than a single moment, the Internet began as a series of events, headed up by some of the country’s most pioneering computing scientists. In June 1989, however, the first international Internet connection was placed through a 56 kilobit per second satellite link that connected the University of Melbourne and the University of Hawaii. It the first known direct live overseas link with Australia. The same connection to the United States today is 200,000 times faster, operating at 10 gigabits (Gbps) per second.
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CSIRO searches for new telco service provider 25 November, 2009 10:59

The CSIRO is on the hunt for new telecommunications services, putting its mobile, fixed voice and data services up for tender.
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Optus to up its HFC network speeds too 20 November, 2009 15:54

After rival [[artnid:326962|Telstra claimed it was launching "Australia's fastest broadband network" earlier this week]], Optus has come out saying it too will upgrade its hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) cable network in three capital cities.