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• Google, Facebook, ISPs dodge Australian content requirements

  Major foreign online media companies such as Google and Facebook will not be obliged to produce Australian content or contribute to an Australian content fund if the findings of the Convergence Review Final Report are adopted by the Federal Government.

• New ISP launches for NBN-only plans

  New internet service provider (ISP), Australian Broadband Services (AusBBS), has flagged it’s entry to the market with plans to offer National Broadband Network (NBN)-only services via an outsourced virtual business model.

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  Industry welcomes iiNet win

  ISPs and industry groups have welcomed the High Court decision to dismiss the appeal from the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) against iiNet for copyright infringement.

• Australian ISP prevails in long-running copyright infringement suit

  A long-running lawsuit against Australia's second-largest ISP has ended in a defeat for the entertainment industry, which sought to hold the ISP liable for copyright infringement on its network.

• iiNet wins AFACT copyright case

  The High Court of Australia in Canberra has dismissed an appeal by 34 film and television companies led by Roadshow Films against internet service provider (ISP) iiNet over alleged copyright infringement.

• No more room for fixed line consolidation: Hackett

  The period of consolidation in the Australian fixed line market has concluded, ahead of the Federal Government's National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout, according to Internode managing director, Simon Hackett.

• iiNet and Internode users can now share unmetered content

  iiNet and Internode customers will now be able to share access to the content libraries of each internet service provider without being charged from their monthly quotas.

• In brief: Westnet NSW customers affected by outage

  iiNet subsidiary, Westnet, has reported an outage in New South Wales which is affecting approximately 8000 Westnet off-net ADSL customers and 600 mobile broadband customers.

• iiNet joins Optus in streaming TV fight

  iiNet has come out swinging against proposed plans by the Federal Government to prohibit internet companies from streaming pre-recorded TV content to mobile devices.

• iiNet applies for top level domain

  Internet service provider, iiNet, is the latest Australian organisation to apply for its own top level domain (TLD).

• iiNet announces NSW flood relief package

  iiNet customers affected by flooding in NSW will be offered a relief package by the internet service provider (ISP). The company is also extending the offer to customers of its ISP acquisitions Westnet, Netspace, AAPT, Internode and TransACT.

• iiNet announces NBN satellite plans

  Internet service provider, iiNet, has announced plans for a National Broadband Network (NBN) satellite service to be released in March this year with prices starting at $39.95 a month.

• iiNet mobile business needs more work: CEO

  iiNet chief executive, Michael Malone, admitted the internet service provider’s mobile business required more work during the announcement of its first half year 2012 result.

• iiNet posts first half revenue of $365 million

  iiNet Limited has posted its half year earnings for the six months ended 31 December 2011, with revenue up 11 per cent to $365 million.

• iiNet services to expand into Darwin, Queensland

  Internet service provider (ISP) iiNet has announced its plans to expand its services to more than 38,500 households and businesses in Darwin and regional Queensland