Broadband News
Tue, 30th Jun 2026
Telstra’s claimed coverage slashed by almost 1 million km
Telstra has reluctantly marked hundreds of thousands of square kilometres as “no coverage”, despite previously claiming calls could be made there.
Source: SMH
Why Telstra, Optus and TPG mobile coverage maps now look different
Australia's major telcos are being forced to comply with new standards when promoting mobile coverage networks, and Telstra is not happy.
Source: ABC News
Mon, 29th Jun 2026
Breaking: ACCC sues Amazon over 'unfair' Prime streaming service
The consumer watchdog is suing Amazon over allegedly having unfair contract terms for its Prime streaming service.
Source: ABC News
Tech giants face $99m fines as Canberra toughens under-16 social media ban
The Albanese Government says major platforms are not doing enough to keep children off age-restricted social media services, as it moves to double penalties and give eSafety stronger investigative powers.
Source: iTWire
Remote Australians fear safety gap as Telstra winds down CAN Radio
Telstra says its ageing CAN Radio system has reached end-of-life and will be retired by 16 November 2027, but remote residents fear the replacement technology could leave them without reliable emergency contact during prolonged power outages.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 26th Jun 2026
Swoop sells off Melbourne fibre project for $11M
Swoop has sold its Melbourne Fibre project to the Australian arm of Singapore-based Xenith Infrastructure Group.
Source: ARN
Thu, 25th Jun 2026
US FCC toughens submarine communication cable rules
The US Federal Communications Commission has voted to toughen oversight of submarine communications cables that handle 99 percent of international internet traffic, proposing rules that will make it harder for Chinese companies to provide equipment and fast-track approvals for trusted US tech firms.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 17th Jun 2026
Vodafone network crash potentially affecting millions of Australians
A statement from the company says it is aware some customers are experiencing "intermittent issues" with its service and it is urgently investigating.
Source: ABC News
Tue, 16th Jun 2026
Swoop subsidiary Moose Mobile enters MVNO agreement with TPG
Swoop subsidiary Moose Mobile has formed a wholesale partnership with TPG Telecom, granting it access to the latter’s national mobile network.
Source: ARN
Mon, 15th Jun 2026
Telstra directs automation at triaging a 5G misconfiguration
Telstra is fine-tuning the technology stack used for network automation under its Connected Future 30 strategy on a common misconfiguration that can disrupt 5G network slicing.
Source: iTnews Australia
Vocus boosts Adelaide to Perth route capacity fourfold
Vocus has finished an upgrade of its Adelaide-Perth 2 (AP2) optical route, raising capacity on the long-haul fibre corridor by four times to 400 Gbps.
Source: ARN
Aussie Broadband's AGL Telco acquisition complete, migration to follow; migration of More and Tangerine connections on track
Aussie Broadband Limited is pleased to announce the successful completion of a series of strategic transactions and provides an update on trading performance.
Source: iTWire
Wed, 03rd Jun 2026
Superloop merges wholesale FTTP operations under a single brand
Superloop has announced that it will market its wholesale fibre-to-the-premise offerings under a single brand.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 25th May 2026
NBN Co asks ACMA for spectrum licence discount
NBN Co has appealed to the Australian Communications and Media Authority to give it a discount on expiring spectrum licences for its fixed wireless services.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 21st May 2026
Singtel open to selling "meaningful minority stake" in Optus
Singtel is open to adding a local partner to its Optus operation in exchange for equity in the carrier.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 19th May 2026
Telcos unable to overturn $7.3bn bill to renew mobile spectrum
Telstra, Optus, TPG and NBN Co will pay just over $7.3 billion to keep expiring mobile and wireless spectrum licenses after the sector’s efforts to lobby for lower costs were rejected.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 18th May 2026
Telstra and Ericsson to jointly research and test 6G
Telstra will join its long-term equipment partner Ericsson in a program of reciprocal development and testing of 6G technology.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 14th May 2026
NBN Co AI could give RSPs more network intelligence
NBN Co’s AI strategy is moving toward an agentic phase that could see the network wholesaler open its data to retailers and give them greater visibility into its network.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 13th May 2026
Labor to consult with telcos on key telco legislation reforms
The Labor government will consult with the telco industry on reforms to two key pieces of telecommunications legislation in a bid to accelerate investment within the sector.
Source: iTnews Australia
ACMA to establish dedicated triple zero division
Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will establish a dedicated team for managing issues related triple zero calling issues.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 11th May 2026
Vocus revives CTO role, brings in ex-Telstra networks exec
Vocus has revived its chief technology officer role after nine years and brought in a former Telstra networks and technology group executive to fill it from July.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 07th May 2026
Telstra's warning on LEO mobile-to-satellite triple zero calls
Telstra has warned the federal government that incoming satellite-to-mobile voice services won’t adequately support triple zero calls until low earth orbit constellations reach a “critical mass”.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 06th May 2026
Chrome’s AI features can take up to 4GB of space on your computer
Google Chrome can automatically download a local AI model that takes up to 4 gigabytes of hard drive space on a computer when certain AI features are enabled, according to The Verge.
Source: Computerworld
Tue, 05th May 2026
Ask Jeeves bites the dust
Ask Jeeves, the popular search engine where users could enter questions using natural language, launched on June 1, 1997. Nine years later, it was rebranded as Ask.com — and ever since, the number of users has declined with each passing year.
Source: Computerworld
Thu, 23rd Apr 2026
NBN will start forcing fibre upgrades next year
Those who don't take up a free fibre upgrade could find themselves disconnected entirely.
Source: WhistleOut
Mon, 20th Apr 2026
Telstra, Optus, TPG say UOMO devised with unrealistic expectations
Telstra, Optus and TPG have told parliament that the federal government’s new universal mobile service obligation (UOMO) bill is built on unrealistic expectations about the maturity and commercial availability of satellite-to-mobile (STM) technology needed to meet its requirements.
Source: iTnews Australia
Fri, 17th Apr 2026
IPv6 may briefly have accounted for more than half of internet traffic
It’s fair to say that IPv6 has not had the level of take-up expected when the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) ratified it back in 1998. Take-up has been agonizingly slow, not reaching 5 percent of traffic until 2014. However, the use of IPv6 has been slowly climbing since, and according to Google statistics, briefly accounted for 50.1% of the internet traffic Google sees on March 28.
Source: Computerworld
Fibre break hits Vocus customers across two states
Vocus customers across Victoria and NSW experienced a major service outage after one of the carrier's fibre links broke at Broadford, north of Melbourne.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 15th Apr 2026
Superloop puts functional separation bid to ACCC
Superloop is seeking regulatory approval for a joint structural separation plan extending from its $165 million acquisition of fibre-to-the-premises operator Lynham Networks.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co overestimates costs of providing better service
NBN Co is vastly overestimating the costs associated with improving service standards on its network, according to economic analysis prepared for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Source: iTnews Australia