The Federal Government has terminated the $1 billion OPEL contract the previous government signed with an Optus-led joint venture for the creation of a broadband network for regional Australia.

Dutch-sponsored researcher Christos Tsekrekos has investigated how a small network for at home or in a company can function optimally. His research analyses the MGDM technique (Mode Group Diversity Multiplexing) of the Eindhoven University of Technology.

The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) spotlights ShapeShift TV and BT’s nm2 project at its Broadband World Forum Europe 2007 this 8-11 October; the plenary panel serves as one of 50 sessions presented at the IEC conference and exhibition

John Blackford, a software architect with 2Wire, a provider of broadband service delivery platforms, has been presented with a Circle of Excellence award by the DSL Forum in acknowledgement of his outstanding work in supporting the development of standards protocols for broadband deployment worldwide.

Foundry Networks, Inc. a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, announced that Sandvine, a leading provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for DSL, FTTH, cable, and wireless providers, selected multiple BigIron® RX-16 backbone switches for their sophisticated product test environment.

SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT and MobiTV, Inc., the leading provider and platform for content delivery over mobile and broadband networks, announced on June 7th the addition of more than 2,500 music videos from SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT to the MobiTV(R) service.

Microsoft is working with On Broadband Networks to build a game service platform for broadband providers to launch in the third quarter of 2007