Broadband News
Tue, 25th Nov 2025
Breaking: Optus investigating 'significant' outage south of Melbourne
Calls to emergency services have been impacted by the outage, the telco confirmed, with more than 14,000 customers affected.
Source: ABC News
Triple Zero Custodian might force telcos to share info
The federal government’s newly-operationalised Triple Zero Custodian might force telcos to enter new information sharing schemes to ensure emergency call services operate reliably and oblige them to be more transparent with information during disruptions.
Source: iTnews Australia
Sun, 23rd Nov 2025
Google Cloud launches TalayLink subsea cable and new connectivity hubs
Google Cloud has announced the launch of TalayLink, a new subsea cable connecting Australia and Thailand that it says will “significantly increase the reach, reliability, and resilience of digital connectivity across Asia Pacific and around the world”.
Source: iTWire
Wed, 19th Nov 2025
Meta to block Facebook and Instagram for Australian teens by December 10
Meta will block Australian users under 16 from accessing Instagram, Facebook and Threads by December 10 to comply with the country’s sweeping social media ban for teenagers, the company said.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 18th Nov 2025
Cloudflare chaos: Third internet outage in four weeks triggers global disruptions
A massive outage at internet infrastructure giant Cloudflare triggered a wave of “500 Internal Server Errors” across the globe, knocking substantial portions of the web offline.
Source: SMH
Optus takes $826,000 hit for anti-scam breaches
Optus has copped an $826,000 fine after scammers exploited a vulnerability in a third-party identity verification system it used, allowing them to steal phone numbers and access users' bank accounts.
Source: iTnews Australia
TPG says person dead after failed Triple Zero call
The telco says the person died in Sydney after a Samsung device was unable to connect to emergency services.
Source: SMH
TPG Telecom reports triple zero death linked to Samsung handset
TPG Telecom has reported a triple zero call-related customer fatality linked to the use of a Samsung mobile handset with emergency calling problems.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 17th Nov 2025
Netflix leaves NBN Co wary about AI network impact
NBN Co has implemented “facets” of an architectural blueprint developed by Cisco that, in part, is intended to help operators scale and monetise their networks for AI-related traffic.
Source: iTnews Australia
Sun, 16th Nov 2025
AWS: Working to bridge the AI gap in Australia
The AI revolution presents an enormous opportunity for Australia, but only if the crucial skills gap is addressed. AWS is directly confronting this challenge by accelerating AI adoption in enterprises, backing the next generation of startups, and establishing a foundational curriculum in schools.
Source: SMH
The ‘Chinese Apple’ is bringing budget tech Down Under, but is it any good?
We test five products from Chinese technology giant Xiaomi’s Australian line-up, including an $80 smartwatch and a flagship phone.
Source: SMH
Fri, 14th Nov 2025
Telstra, Optus, TPG build new list of devices causing trouble for triple zero
Australia’s top telcos, including TPG Telecom, Telstra and Optus, have quietly moved to establish a shared database of problematic mobile handsets in a bid to improve the reliability of emergency call services.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 13th Nov 2025
Australia's AUKUS base to connect to subsea cables
Australia's AUKUS submarine fleet base and its vicinity are being quietly connected to three powerful new undersea internet cables planned by Google and SUBCO, documents viewed by Reuters show.
Source: iTnews Australia
HCF chases near real-time intelligence on members' digital experience
Health insurer HCF intends to use a suite of monitoring tools to finetune its digital experience, with the aim of being alerted “the minute a member’s having a bad experience”.
Source: iTnews Australia
Meta, Microsoft respond to government’s rebooted news tax
The tech giants have reacted to the push for them to hand over millions of dollars from their domestic revenue to local media companies, or pay a higher amount in financial penalties.
Source: SMH
Tue, 11th Nov 2025
ACMA altering outage data handling as public register nears
The communications regulator will "refine" its procedures for handling increasing volumes of carrier outage notification data as it prepares for the arrival of the Triple Zero Guardian and the incoming public outage register.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 10th Nov 2025
Commercial spyware targeted Samsung Galaxy users for months
Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 division have documented a previously unknown Android commercial spyware that exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Samsung devices throughout 2024 and early 2025.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 05th Nov 2025
Which social media apps will ban Australian users under-16?
Nine platform are included in Australia's world-first social media ban for under 16s next month, however the regulator warns that list could grow.
Source: ABC News
Australia includes Reddit, Kick in teen social media ban
Australia's internet watchdog has widened its world-first teen social media ban to include Reddit and video live streaming platform Kick, and said more sites could be added if their main role was to enable online social interaction.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 04th Nov 2025
Samsung triple zero handset firmware mystery deepens
The mystery over how 71 Samsung mobile phones were delivered to Australian consumers with firmware problems that might leave users high and dry when trying to make distress calls has deepened.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 03rd Nov 2025
Optus takes on 450 staff to address triple zero crisis
Optus chief Stephen Rue has introduced drastic changes across the telco’s call centre and network management divisions in a bid to address the carrier’s triple zero service failures and stave off calls for his resignation.
Source: iTnews Australia
Savaged Optus boss faces claims of misleading Senate
The telco will add 300 people to its Australian call centres and will on-shore its network operations in response to the fatal network failure.
Source: SMH
Sun, 02nd Nov 2025
Optus fast-tracks network operations insourcing from Nokia
Optus has revealed that it will accelerate plans bring network functions currently outsourced to Nokia back in-house in response to September's triple zero outage on its network.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 30th Oct 2025
Aussie Broadband launches Fortinet-powered SASE offering
Aussie Broadband has released a fully managed secure access service edge (SASE) solution which was created in partnership with Fortinet.
Source: ARN
Tue, 28th Oct 2025
Amazon to cut about 14,000 corporate jobs in AI push
Amazon will reduce its global corporate workforce by about 14,000 people, with more cuts expected next year, in a major shakeup driven in part by adoption of artificial intelligence at the tech giant.
Source: iTnews Australia
The $4.1 million question: How did the BOM get its new website so wrong?
The Bureau of Meteorology claims it spent the amount on a website and app redesign as part of a broader $866 million transformation dubbed “Robust”. Users are not pleased.
Source: SMH
Google's Tabua cable to be covered by extended Sydney protection zone
Google’s Tabua submarine cable will now land in a designated protection zone in Sydney’s south after the communications regulator agreed to expand the zone boundaries.
Source: iTnews Australia
Panic as breached details of 183m accounts, including Gmail, emerge
The news isn’t nearly as bad as some online would have you believe, but it’s always a good idea to check your security.
Source: SMH
Fri, 24th Oct 2025
AWS outage caused by "unlikely interaction" between automated systems
The Amazon Web Services outage in North Virginia was caused by a software bug in an automated DNS management system that caused one automated component to delete another’s work.
Source: iTnews Australia
ACMA rejects draft consumer code as calls to end self-regulation grow louder
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has accused carriers of taking a weak stance when it comes to safeguarding the interests of Australian telecommunications consumers.
Source: iTnews Australia