Broadband News
Tue, 06th May 2025
Mark Zuckerberg has a creepy new way to invade your privacy
The new Meta app promises to be a more “personalised” form of AI. It is really a more disturbing version of ChatGPT.
Source: SMH
Optus serves tailored connectivity for Menulog
Optus has delivered a tailored mobility solution for on-demand delivery platform Menulog to help meet its connectivity and operational requirements.
Source: ARN
Mon, 05th May 2025
Mozilla Firefox could be collateral damage in Google’s antitrust battle
Mozilla, the creator of Firefox browser, has issued a dire warning that remedies aimed at curbing Google’s search monopoly could inadvertently kill one of the few remaining independent forces in web browsing.
Source: Computerworld
Fri, 02nd May 2025
NBN Co to raise wholesale plan prices from July
NBN Co is set to raise the majority of its monthly wholesale plan prices from 1 July, increasing costs for popular residential.
Source: ARN
Wed, 30th Apr 2025
Trouble anticipated as NBN Co's new high speeds come online
Some NBN retailers are anticipating trouble starting in September when speeds on the highest tier plans increase, fearing it will be hard to market the plans and ensure customers receive the full benefit.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 29th Apr 2025
Amazon launches first Kuiper internet satellites
The first 27 satellites for Amazon's Kuiper broadband internet constellation were launched into space from Florida kicking off the long-delayed deployment of an internet-from-space network that will rival SpaceX's Starlink.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 23rd Apr 2025
Vodafone, A1, Ericsson claim world first 5G SA international roaming connection
European telcos Vodafone Germany and A1 Bulgaria, have teamed with equipment vendor Ericsson to establish what they claim is the first successful 5G SA international roaming connection between two different operator groups.
Source: iTWire
Tue, 22nd Apr 2025
Google wants to land subsea cables at Maroubra beach
Google is proposing to land two new subsea cables outside of designated protection zones in Sydney, owing to “congestion” within those zones.
Source: iTnews Australia
Australian leaders vow to stand firm on social media age limits as election nears
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he expects to receive pressure from social media giants to ease Australia's impending ban on children using their platforms, with opposition Liberal leader Peter Dutton keen to agree with him in an election debate.
Source: iTnews Australia
Sun, 30th Mar 2025
After dominating television, Netflix is setting its sights on gaming
In a matter of years, Netflix’s new head of games believes we’ll all be playing Netflix games on any device we choose.
Source: SMH
Tue, 11th Mar 2025
Optus moves to the cloud with Microsoft, Tech Mahindra and Databricks
Optus has partnered with Microsoft, Tech Mahindra and Databricks to implement a Unified Data Platform (UDP), a key driver in the telco’s data, applications and system migration to the cloud.
Source: ARN
Mon, 10th Mar 2025
nbn announces cyclone relief funding in response to ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred
In response to the impact of Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, National Broadband Network (nbn) is providing Cyclone Relief Funding for nbn Retail Service Providers (RSPs).
Source: iTWire
Telstra to provide disaster assistance packages to flooded Queensland, NSW
As Telstra customers in Southeast Queensland and Northern NSW face flooding, damage, power outages and other issues from the ex-tropical cyclone Alfred, the telco has put together a disaster assistance package that includes extra mobile data and free call diversions.
Source: ARN
Tue, 04th Mar 2025
Optus: Enabling employees to work from anywhere
The workplace is transforming, with mobility at its core. Once seen as a convenience, mobile technology is now a strategic enabler of productivity, customer experience, and efficiency.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 03rd Mar 2025
ACCC releases first quarterly dataset on NBN ‘service quality and network performance’
The ACCC has today published data detailing the National Broadband Network’s (NBN) service quality and network performance, as mandated by a new Record Keeping Rule.
Source: iTWire
Sun, 02nd Mar 2025
TPG targets 'lean architecture' with single IT stack by 2026
TPG Telecom is on track to streamline its operations onto a single technology stack by FY26 as part of its ongoing IT modernisation efforts.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 24th Feb 2025
Gov plans to require mobile telcos to offer direct-to-device services
The government intends to legislate a requirement for mobile telcos to provide outdoor voice and SMS coverage to all of the country using LEOsat-based direct-to-device technology.
Source: iTnews Australia
Fri, 21st Feb 2025
Telstra found guilty of misleading Belong NBN customers
Telstra has been found to have made false or misleading representations of upload speeds for 9000 of Belong’s residential broadband internet services, according to the Federal Court.
Source: ARN
Wed, 19th Feb 2025
Telstra invests $800M into mobile network in face of data demand
Telstra has mapped out plans to invest a further $800 million into its mobile network in the next four years as mobile data demand ramps up.
Source: ARN
Telstra shares surge higher amid bumper dividend, profit
The telco lifted its first-half profit and dividend while chief executive Vicki Brady also announced a $750 million share buyback plan.
Source: SMH
Telstra to splash $800m on network upgrades, ups dividend
The telco lifted its first-half profit and dividend while chief executive Vicki Brady also announced a $750 million share buyback plan.
Source: SMH
Can Meta build an undersea cable spanning the entire world?
Meta says its new underwater cable project is longer than the Earth's circumference — and one expert says it's "very feasible".
Source: ABC News
Mon, 17th Feb 2025
ACCAN presses NBN Co to make 50Mbps its basic tier
NBN Co’s “advocacy for faster speeds” should extend to customers on entry-level plans and take the form of a re-baselining of the minimum speed from 25Mbps to 50Mbps, Australia’s peak consumer communications body says.
Source: iTnews Australia
Sat, 15th Feb 2025
NBN Co completes A$750 million Fixed Wireless upgrade program
A $750 million program from Australian Government-owned broadband network provider NBN Co to deliver faster and more reliable broadband to regional and remote Australia has been completed.
Source: iTWire
Wed, 12th Feb 2025
NBN Co's fibre upgrades reach record high
NBN Co upgraded “more than 217,000” premises to full fibre in the back half of last year, a significant increase equivalent to three-quarters of what it achieved in the previous financial year.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telcos face fines of up $10M with new consumer safeguards Bill
The Australian Government has introduced the Telecommunications Amendment (Enhancing Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2025 to strengthen protections for telco consumers.
Source: ARN
Tue, 11th Feb 2025
How my NBN connection was stolen from under my nose
It was a quiet Friday – tasks done, tea in hand. Life was good. Then an email arrived. My heart skipped a beat when I read, “We are sorry to see you go” from Aussie Broadband. Go? I hadn’t gone anywhere! Aussie had been a perfect provider for years, had never let me down. Yet, according to this email, I was leaving. I called them urgently.
Source: SMH
Mon, 10th Feb 2025
TPG Telecom recovers after data centre outage
TPG Telecom has attributed a widespread outage on Monday evening to a failure of mains and backup power at one of its data centres.
Source: iTnews Australia
Sun, 09th Feb 2025
Telstra, Ericsson, Qualcomm claim record 5G uplink speed
Telstra in collaboration with telecoms vendor Ericsson and mobile chipset OEM Qualcomm claims to have set a record uplink speed of 516 Mbps, surpassing the previous record of 447 Mbps set in October 2024.
Source: iTWire
Meta preparing for company-wide layoffs
Meta Platforms plans to carry out its expected company-wide layoffs this week while pushing ahead with the expedited hiring of machine learning engineers, it told staffers in internal memos seen by Reuters.
Source: iTnews Australia