Telstra and other mobile network operators are to be given more time to open eSIM functionality up to mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs).
Source: iTnews Australia
Aussie Broadband has temporarily paused an IPv6 beta trial “due to an ongoing bug” affecting the firmware of Cisco aggregation services routers (ASRs) it uses in its network.
Source: iTnews Australia
After being introduced in the House of Representatives, the government's Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Bill 2019 and Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Bill 2019 were last week referred to the Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications.
Source: ZDNet Australia
The Federal Court has ordered Optus pay $6.4 million in penalties after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission pursued it over making misleading claims to customers that their home broadband would be imminently disconnected.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co’s biggest user is based in Queensland and is consuming 26TB of data a month.
Source: iTnews Australia
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has collected another victory, with Optus to pay a AU$6.4 million penalty for misleading its customers over NBN disconnections.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Amaysim has wrapped up its $7.8 million acquisition of mobile virtual network operator Jeenee Communications, a move aimed at further building its presence in the local market.
Source: ARN
Black Friday is back and bigger than ever, with more and more Aussie retailers offering great deals. Here's a look at some of the best phone, mobile, and NBN deals around.
Source: WhistleOut
NBN Co is not reaching its own timeliness targets for managing connection-related complaints, the Australian National Audit Office has found.
Source: ARN
Labor shadow communications minister Michelle Rowland claims the government's move to put in place a cost-recovery tax on networks that compete with the NBN directly contradicts the communications minister's statement that he favours competition in this field.
Source: iTWire
The Japan-Guam-Australia South subsea cable system (JGA South) has been landed at Sydney's Narrabeen Beach in Sydney.
Source: iTWire
The federal government has reintroduced long-delayed legislation for a broadband tax on non-NBN operated fixed line services, which it hopes will be in place from 1 July 2020.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telcos are required to do a welfare check on people who have tried to call during a large network outage of telecommunications systems, under newly legislated rules for emergency call services in Australia.
Source: iTWire
Australia's 5G networks are still very much a work in progress, but as of today, Telstra customers will find 5G in more towns and cities around the country. Telstra 5G is now available in 25 towns and cities, up from 10 when the next generation network first launched in May.
Source: WhistleOut
Telstra is seeing a quarter of its Android phones sold since July be 5G capable, the telco said at its investor day on Wednesday.
Source: ZDNet Australia
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has put forward a three-point action plan in its newly released Combating Scams: Actions Plan report in a move to fight phone scams.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra CEO Andy Penn expects to see “no pickup” - or improvement - in the economics of selling NBN services from the outcomes of a five-month wholesale price review by NBN Co.
Source: iTnews Australia
Former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has been accused of continuing to spread misinformation about the security architecture of 5G networks, with a Huawei Australia official claiming Turnbull was still relying on incorrect technical advice he had been given while he was prime minister.
Source: iTWire
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has issued Telstra a formal warning for the telco's failure to email more than 150,000 mobile broadband customers about excess data usage, resulting in these people having to fork out for the data.
Source: iTWire
Telstra is still keeping its cards on the table for a potential NBN Co privatisation, its chief executive officer Andy Penn has revealed.
Source: ARN