Broadband News
Mon, 08th Sep 2025
Vocus launches business-focused MVNO
Vocus has launched a business-focused mobile virtual network operator brand, Vocus Mobile, that utilises Optus’ 4G and 5G networks.
Source: ARN
Fri, 05th Sep 2025
Cert authority issued multiple rogue TLS credentials for Cloudflare DNS
Rogue digital certificates vouching for the authenticity of a crucial piece of Internet infrastructure were issued in error during internal testing by a third-party authority, and missed by network security company Cloudflare.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 04th Sep 2025
Atlassian bets on AI browsers
Atlassian will acquire New York-based startup The Browser Company for US$610 million (A$936 million) in cash, moving into the fast‑crowding market for AI‑driven browsers.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra sells international wholesale assets to iBASIS
Telstra has signed an asset sale and purchase agreement with multinational communications provider iBASIS to offload its International division’s wholesale voice, mobile, and messaging customer contracts.
Source: ARN
Mon, 01st Sep 2025
SBS plans networking overhaul of broadcast backbone
SBS has embarked on a three-year program to uplift the networking infrastructure underpinning its broadcasting operations.
Source: iTnews Australia
Fri, 29th Aug 2025
Zero-click Apple and WhatsApp bug combo used to drop gov spyware
Details have emerged from Meta's encrypted communications app WhatsApp on recent vulnerabilities that appear to have been used to deploy spyware from an unnamed government, without user interaction.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 28th Aug 2025
TPG reports profitable half-year results following Optus MOCN agreement
TPG Telecom has reported a profitable first half of its 2025 financial year, with service revenue ticking up 2.2 per cent to $2.06 billion.
Source: ARN
Wed, 27th Aug 2025
Exetel's $695K fine shows why you can't rely on SMS-based security
When you read that Exetel has just been fined nearly $700,000 for failing to protect Australians against SIM swap fraud, it’s hard not to feel frustrated - and frankly, angry. Once again, a telco’s sloppy validation procedures have handed criminals the keys to someone’s digital life.
Source: iTWire
Tue, 26th Aug 2025
Exetel fined $694k over system 'vulnerability' for mobile number porting
Exetel has been penalised $694,000 after scammers were able to port mobile numbers to the telco and use them to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from bank accounts.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 25th Aug 2025
Optus appoints new chairman as O'Sullivan departs
Australia's second largest telco Optus, a subsidiary of Singtel, has appointed John Arthur as its new chairman with immediate effect, after incumbent Paul O'Sullivan chose to step down after a decade in the role.
Source: iTWire
Scams, outages, rip-offs: Clampdown on misbehaving telcos
Optus, TPG and Telstra face sharper scrutiny and fines up to 40 times higher than the current maximums after a bruising period for the sector.
Source: SMH
Aussie Broadband delivers almost $1.2B in group revenue for FY25
Aussie Broadband has capped its double-digit growth in group revenue and broadband connections, with a newly minted six-year exclusive wholesale partnership with More Telecom.
Source: ARN
Tue, 19th Aug 2025
Cyber attack exposes details of more than 200,000 iinet customers
A list of about 280,000 active email addresses and roughly 20,000 active landline phone numbers have been extracted from iiNet's order management system.
Source: ABC News
iiNet suffers cyber incident in order management system breach
iiNet’s order management system has been breached by an unknown third party, with both current and historical customers affected.
Source: ARN
NZ authorities' warning over Aussie's controversial 'ethical' internet
New Zealand's financial watchdog has issued a warning about an embattled internet scheme founded by an Australian with a colourful past.
Source: ABC News
Telstra tapped for rural and remote AusPost Starlink rollout
Telstra has partnered with Australia Post to roll out SpaceX’s Starlink-powered satellite services to 270 post offices in rural remote locations nation-wide.
Source: ARN
Mon, 18th Aug 2025
TPG Telecom reveals iiNet order management system breached
TPG Telecom has revealed that iiNet’s order management system was breached by an unknown attacker who abused legitimate credentials to gain access.
Source: iTnews Australia
Google faces $55m fine over Telstra, Optus search deals
Google is facing Federal Court proceedings and a $55 million fine over historical agreements struck with Telstra and Optus to put Google Search on Android phones sold by the telcos.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 13th Aug 2025
Is Perplexity’s $34 billion offer to buy Chrome real or a marketing stunt?
AI startup Perplexity has sent Google/Alphabet an offer to buy Chrome for $34.5 billion.
Source: Computerworld
Breaking: Telstra outage wipes out telecommunication in southern NSW
The issue is affecting about 100 base stations and thousands of customers.
Source: ABC News
Tue, 12th Aug 2025
NBN Co to reach 10 million premises with top tier by end 2025
Australian government owned broadband wholesaler NBN Co says it will enable more than 10 million fixed line premises to access its top speed tier by the end of 2025.
Source: iTWire
Apple, Google lose out to Fortnite developer in landmark ruling
The judgment could reshape digital app stores and also lead to one of the largest class action payouts in Australian history.
Source: SMH
NBN Co weaves AI and automation into its operational "fabric"
NBN Co is embedding AI and automation “into the fabric of [its] operations”, with tools already live for design, support and knowledge access, and spending in the tens of millions.
Source: iTnews Australia
Sun, 10th Aug 2025
Australian businesses leverage 5G to unlock their full potential
Misconceptions around the cost of deploying and maintaining 5G Wireless Wide Area Networks (WWANs) are stopping Australian businesses from embracing 5G to power disruptive technologies and drive innovation.
Source: iTnews Australia
Fri, 08th Aug 2025
The NBN is getting its biggest upgrade ever. Most people have no idea
Fairly or not, Australia’s NBN has long been the butt of jokes, ranking below Nicaragua and Venezuela for download speeds. That’s about to change.
Source: SMH
Privacy watchdog sues Optus over mass data breach
The telco is facing Federal Court action over a cyberattack that affected some 10 million Australians.
Source: SMH
Optus to answer privacy court case stemming from 2022 data breach
Optus is set to face a privacy lawsuit stemming from its 2022 data breach, with Federal Court proceedings filed by the Australian Information Commissioner.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 05th Aug 2025
AI crawlers vs. web defenses: Cloudflare-Perplexity fight reveals cracks in internet trust
A public war of words has erupted between cloud infrastructure leader Cloudflare and AI search company Perplexity, with both sides making serious allegations about each other’s technical competence in a dispute that industry analysts say exposes fundamental flaws in how enterprises protect content from AI data collection.
Source: Computerworld
Cloudflare and Perplexity slug it out over alleged AI bot block evasion
Is it deceptive, standards-violating content scraping or a security and internet infrastructure company on a crusade against artificial intelligence startups?
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co snubs Musk, inks satellite deal with Bezos’ Amazon
The US tech giant will provide high-speed broadband to hundreds of thousands of Australian users from next year.
Source: SMH