NBN has achieved downstream speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second over a hybrid-fibre coaxial (HFC) connection in lab trials using the DOCSIS 3.1 standard.
Source: Computerworld
Former head of security for NBN and Telecom New Zealand Malcolm Shore, who has also worked in NZ Defence security, has been appointed Huawei Australia's cybersecurity officer.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Optus will refund customers following an ACCC investigation into concerns that it was providing less data than what it advertised.
Source: ARN
How the NBN can start working with, rather than fighting against, the public - greater transparency.
Source: PC Authority
Optus has agreed to compensate an undisclosed number of prepaid customers after it reduced their data, call, and text allowances without notifying them.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wollongong has won MyRepublic's gigatown competition, with 1Gbps NBN services to be provided for free to 100 FttP customers and AU$130 per month to additional new and existing customers in the city.
Source: ZDNet Australia
An 8 August hearing has been scheduled for the latest application for a website-blocking injunction made under Australian anti-piracy laws.
Source: Computerworld
Vodafone has taken legal action in the Federal Court over the ACCC's domestic mobile roaming decision.
Source: ARN
Brings “Ultra-Fast Internet” to Wollongong for SMBs and consumers.
Source: ARN
Aussies get, on average, 3.6 Mbps less than New Zealanders, according to Akamai's latest stats.
Source: ARN
NBN Co will today switch to a new model for the virtual bandwidth charge it levies on retail service providers, which - in theory - encourages them to buy more by offering greater discounts.
Source: iTnews Australia
Internet service providers such as Telstra, Optus and TPG have been handed a discount on the price they pay for bandwidth over the National Broadband Network, but there's one condition.
Source: SMH
The arrival of the NBN has instilled a sense of 'urgency' in Telstra, Juniper Networks global CEO Rami Rahim has said, with the telco racing to become a services provider rather than simply a connectivity solution.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN has revealed that 198 of the 221 individual technology choice applications received have been FttN users wanting full fibre, while NBN users are least likely to recommend FttN to others.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co was left with a damage bill topping $1 million in the last financial year to repair network assets that were accidentally or deliberately broken.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN has announced making 5 million out of 11.9 million premises ready for service, with Sydney's North Shore, Devonport, Coober Pedy, and Yarra Glen some of the areas made ready during the last few months.
Source: ZDNet Australia
The milestones are coming thick and fast for the NBN, with the rollout hitting five million premises ready for connection.
Source: ARN
Amid claims from RSPs that NBN's CVC pricing is too expensive to offer consumers 1Gbps services, Launtel has switched on gigabit speeds for Launceston businesses for approximately AU$1,000 per month.
Source: ZDNet Australia
The Sunshine Coast Council is funding a feasibility study for its proposal to land a submarine cable in the region.
Source: Computerworld
Brisbane City Council looks as though it has lost pole position in a legal case against Telstra.
Source: ARN