Our first real world tests of Optus' next generation mobile network.
Source: WhistleOut
Telstra has provided an update on its 5G rollout at CES 2020, saying it now has 100,000 5G devices connected to its network.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co has upgraded 3000 premises originally assigned fibre-to-the-node technology to full fibre in order for them to meet the minimum speeds set out in the government’s statement of expectations.
Source: iTnews Australia
Britain's telecoms regulator said it would "supercharge" investment in fibre broadband networks with major proposals to change regulation of the national Openreach network owned by BT.
Source: iTnews Australia
Vodafone Australia claims high-value NBN connections are in no way profitable enough to cross-subsidise “uncommercial” parts of the rollout, and that a proposed broadband tax won’t address the issue.
Source: iTnews Australia
Netgear today announced the Nighthawk M5 portable modem, a 5G mobile hotspot that can achieve download speeds of up to 4Gbps over next generation mobile networks.
Source: WhistleOut
Australian telco TPG has launched another defence of its fixed line assets, complaining that fixed broadband is under attack from 5G networks.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co is expecting to have satellite-powered free wifi services available at 17 bushfire evacuation centres in NSW and Victoria later today.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co has sent one of its Road Muster trucks to a bushfire evacuation centre at Batemans Bay on the NSW south coast, offering free wi-fi and device charging for the community.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co’s field technicians outright missed 127,746 appointments in the last financial year, about 30 a day more than previously modelled.
Source: iTnews Australia
Vodafone's broadband services joint venture with Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) has partnered with Nokia to roll out 5G services in Australia.
Source: ARN
Vodafone today announced that it will switch on its 5G network in the first half of 2020, starting with Parramatta in New South Wales. While the telco has yet to detail its 5G offering, a spokesperson confirmed that Vodafone customers will have 5G network access at no extra cost.
Source: WhistleOut
Householders and shop owners are unhappy with the installation of NBN equipment and the treatment of their complaints.
Source: SMH
Australian internet users have become much more adept at circumventing blocked websites over the past year, new numbers released by the government show.
Source: iTnews Australia
The National Broadband Network has broken down by technology the 501,600 service faults it received during the 2018-19 fiscal year, with fibre to the node being the most faulty.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Vodafone's "data that never ends" is now available on more plans than ever.
Source: WhistleOut
Scammers impersonating NBN representatives were the most reported scam to the Australian Media and Communications Authority (ACMA) during 2019.
Source: ARN
NBN Co is set to trial what is effectively a 750/50Mbps tier as a near gigabit plan for the hybrid-fibre coaxial (HFC) portion of its network.
Source: iTnews Australia
The government is set to auction extra mobile broadband spectrum in late 2021 that will be freed up in a reorganisation of the 850MHz and 900MHz bands.
Source: iTnews Australia
The most complained about telecommunications providers have been revealed in the first 'expanded' Complaints in Context report by the Communications Alliance.
Source: ARN