Broadband News
Thu, 10th May 2018
NBN Co losses for year mount to $3.3b as users rise to 3.7m
NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network, has recorded a loss of $3.3 billion in the nine months to March 2018, the third quarter of the current financial year. This compares to a loss of $2.7 billion for the nine months of the previous financial year.
Source: iTWire
TPG to launch six-month free mobile plans
TPG's first mobile customers will be offered six months of free unlimited data, after which it will cost AU$9.99 per month, with the network to be available across Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, and Adelaide as of Q3-Q4.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Wed, 09th May 2018
NBN resellers told to shift services to permanent POIs
Phone and internet service providers have nine months to transfer their NBN services to the network’s established POIs, as the temporary ones get decommissioned.
Source: ARN
Telstra wants legal clarity to block malicious traffic
Telstra is seeking federal law changes to allow it to rate-limit or block internet traffic that it has “a high degree of confidence” is malicious.
Source: iTnews Australia
Even Stevens pay each other's bills after Telstra mistakes their identities
A mix-up of Telstra's online accounts has resulted in two Steven Whites in different states being merged into one, leading to personal information being shared and the wrong Steven being billed for services.
Source: ABC News
Tue, 08th May 2018
Telstra pushes 5G’s latency advantage
Telstra, in conjunction with Ericsson and Intel, has used a demonstration of online gaming to push the low latency characteristics of 5G wireless as one of the key benefits of the technology.
Source: Computerworld
NBN Co brings cognitive to its network ops
NBN Co is using IBM cognitive technology including Watson as part of a project to automate workflows in its network operations centre.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 07th May 2018
EPL 'has paid off' for Optus: Roy Morgan
Optus's decision to acquire the Australian rights to English Premier League football seems to be having the desired effect, according to new research.
Source: iTWire
Vodafone to axe 100 Hobart jobs in 'devastating blow', Premier says
The telco is holding talks with workers at its Hobart call centre after issuing a statement describing a "dramatic reduction" in call volumes and complaints.
Source: ABC News
Think Mobile wants you to think about the full-speed cost per GB on 'unlimited' plans
If you take up one of the new "unlimited" plans from Vodafone or Telstra, you know that you get at least 40GB of data at full speed before speeds slow to a max of 1.5Mbps, but Think Mobile thinks its plans are still a better deal with 80GB full speed for $48.
Source: iTWire
Govt to inquire into Telstra triple-zero outage
The federal government will conduct an inquiry into the outage suffered by Telstra last week that led to problems with triple zero calls.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 04th May 2018
Telstra triple zero outage caused by fibre fire damage
Telstra has said fire damage consistent with a lightning strike caused the Triple Zero and mobile voice outages by damaging fibre between Orange and Bowral.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Cable damage disrupts Telstra services in four states
Fire-damaged cable in NSW disrupts emergency Triple Zero call services and mobile Telstra services in at least four states.
Source: ARN
Telstra fibre cut blamed on lightning strike
Telstra has repaired a fibre cable that appeared to have been severed by a lightning strike on a cable pit east of Orange in regional NSW.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 02nd May 2018
Data centre power loss knocks out iiNet services
iiNet has restored internet services for customers after some of its services and tools were disconnected due to power problems at a WA data centre.
Source: ARN
Telstra looks to mobile, investment and cost-cutting to grow
Telstra hopes to increase its mobile customer base, up strategic investment and cut back on costs as it gears up to become "a telco of the future", according to a presentation made by its chief financial officer, Warwick Bray.
Source: iTWire
Labor reiterates commitment to fibre in NBN rollout
The Australian Labor Party says it is committed to fast, reliable and affordable Internet for the country, and that means more fibre in whatever remains of the NBN rollout after the next election which it expects to win.
Source: iTWire
Tue, 01st May 2018
Telstra 4G network back online
Telstra has confirmed that its mobile network is now back online after an issue affected some 4G voice calls earlier in the day.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra tackles network outage
Telstra is investigating a partial network outage that appears to be affecting 4G voice calls in various areas around the country.
Source: ARN
Telstra launches unlimited mobile data for $69pm
It's May Day and Telstra has celebrated the global labour day with its own labour of love, delivering unlimited data for $69 per month with a 40GB full-speed cap and 1.5Mbps speeds after that, plus more!
Source: iTWire
Telstra launches regional mobile booster
Available in stationary and portable versions, the Telstra Go Repeater boosts and extends mobile coverage to underserved locations.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Mon, 30th Apr 2018
NBN Co makes $3m R&D deals with universities
NBN Co is set to invest around $3 million into “collaborative” R&D agreements with the University of Melbourne and the University of Technology Sydney.
Source: iTnews Australia
NT govt and Telstra to spend $28m on bush blackspots
The Northern Territory government has announced a new round of funding for improved communications services in remote areas ahead of tomorrow’s budget.
Source: iTnews Australia
Sixty million calls as regional mobile blackspot program hits new high
Telstra has switched on its 400th base station under the Federal Government’s program to overcome mobile black spots around the country and to enhance mobile communications in regional and remote areas. Newly installed base stations have already facilitated 60 million calls.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 27th Apr 2018
Government extends ‘superfast broadband’ regulation while legislation languishes
The federal government has launched a public consultation on extending a licence condition for telecommunications carriers that is intended to protect the commercial viability of the National Broadband Network.
Source: Computerworld
NBN Co chief gets frank about copper's problems
NBN Co’s outgoing CEO Bill Morrow has issued a frank assessment of how increased use of copper in the network has caused both the company and its customers problems.
Source: iTnews Australia
Court orders ISPs to block access to illicit Android-based streaming service
Roadshow Films has been successful in its Federal Court application to have Telstra, Optus, Vocus and TPG block their subscribers from accessing a streaming service associated with an Android app.
Source: Computerworld
NBN Co chief casts shadow over Govt’s mixed tech rollout
Bill Morrow has outlined some of the ways in which the Government's much-touted mixed technology rollout approach is hampering NBN performance.
Source: ARN
Foxtel wants to make it cheaper to block pirate sites
Foxtel is seeking to block another 15 websites it claims are linked to piracy, with the pay TV company today telling a Federal Court hearing that it was eager to finds ways to reduce the costs of applications for site-blocking injunctions.
Source: Computerworld
Thu, 26th Apr 2018
NBN Co reveals distribution of fixed wireless speeds
NBN Co has revealed a quarter of its fixed wireless cells - about 1730 - nationwide are capable of wholesale speeds of less than 12Mbps during the “busy hour”.
Source: iTnews Australia