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  Optus unbundles broadband and phone plans

  Optus has revealed “naked” broadband and fixed phone plans for customers who don’t want to bundle their phone and Internet plans.

• Qualcomm calls for shared in-home cells to handle mobile demand

  Consumers will have to share small, inexpensive cells in their homes with nearby mobile users to affordably meet the growing demand for mobile data in the next decade, a Qualcomm executive said Tuesday.

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  Australia’s 700MHz auction unlikely to be a sell-out: analysts

  A portion of the waterfront 700MHz spectrum in Tuesday’s Digital Dividend auction could go unsold despite aggressive bidding expected from Telstra, according to mobile industry analysts.

• VSDL2 on steroids takes off as broadband over copper declines for first time

  Broadband based on VDSL2 helped by a technology called vectoring is taking off, while older members of the DSL family are getting less popular as users around the works crave more bandwidth.

• NBN delay would harm competition: CCC

  Any delay to the National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout as a result of political tinkering would harm competition, according to the Competitive Carriers Coalition (CCC).

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  Coalition NBN plan provides certainty: Macquarie Telecom

  Macquarie Telecom has said the Coalition’s NBN announcement is “great news” for businesses because it brings certainty that there will be an NBN if there is a change of government.

• Coalition's NBN do-over won't be fast or cheap, says Internode's Hackett

  It could take years and extra cash to Telstra for the Coalition to revamp the NBN into a fibre-to-the-node scheme, according to Internode founder Simon Hackett.

• Google to bring gigabit-speed fiber to Austin

  Google will roll out its second city fiber network in Austin, Texas, offering gigabit-speed Internet and TV along with free basic broadband on plans similar to those in Kansas City, Missouri and its twin city in Kansas.

• NBN Co ready to work with any political party

  NBN Co will adapt to the broadband plans of a new government regime if the Coalition wins the September elections, NBN Co head of product and sales, John Simon, said at the CommsDay conference today in Sydney.

• Telecom unveils plans for NZ's Ultra-Fast Broadband network

  New Zealand's Telecom has unveiled its initial products on the country's new Ultra-Fast Broadband fibre-to-the-premises network. The plans will be available to customers from tomorrow.

• Proposed broadband infrastructure sharing could save €60 billion, says EC

  Europe’s Digital Agenda Commissioner on Tuesday put forward a new law aimed at making broadband rollout cheaper and easier.

• Increased fibre efficiency could accelerate NBN speeds: researchers

  Monash University researchers have found a way to increase data capacity of fibre optic networks. The finding could greatly enhance the speed of the NBN, Monash said.

• Google Fiber to expand service beyond Kansas City

  Google is expanding its Google Fiber project in Kansas to Olathe, the fifth largest city in the state.

• ACCC outlines plan for Telstra wholesale ADSL pricing

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a draft report on a final access determination for Telstra's wholesale ADSL service that will in part govern pricing for organisations seeking access to the telco's copper network to deliver broadband services.

• Digital to shake up Australian market: IBM

  Broadband is a transformative utility forcing companies to digitise their businesses, according to IBM Australia and New Zealand managing director, Andrew Stevens.