NBN users may have seen a marginal improvement in the minimum performance of their connections at peak times after ISPs bought more backhaul capacity in the last quarter.
Source: iTnews Australia
Optus has said its 'solid quarter' was thanks to the addition of mobile and NBN customers, along with its media content offerings and mobile network investment to expand 4G to 96.4 percent of the population.
Source: ZDNet Australia
In a turnaround on the last two quarterly wholesale reports, data capacity is ahead of premises in terms of growth.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Users could be stuck on 12Mbps until June 2022, while 65 percent of FttN users can go above 50Mbps.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra continues to dominate the take-up of NBN connections with an overall share of a little more than 50%, according to the ACCC's latest quarterly report on the NBN wholesale market.
Source: iTWire
Consumers would pay just 20 cents a month extra if corporate internet services were excluded from the base of the planned broadband tax, the government has admitted.
Source: iTnews Australia
TPG has revealed its fibre-to-the-basement (FTTB) network in metropolitan areas now covers 115,000 apartments, but its original target of reaching half a million premises may never be realised.
Source: iTnews Australia
Optus now has 279,000 customers on the National Broadband Network. The telco revealed today that in its first quarter its consumer fixed-line revenue grew 13.2 per cent, which it says was mainly attributable to NBN migration fees and a growth in its NBN customer base.
Source: Computerworld
ACCC quarterly report shows that Telstra competitors in regional areas are maintaining higher market shares, compared to traditional broadband services.
Source: ARN
Virgin Australia's in-flight Wi-Fi will be fitted onto 90 percent of its aircraft by the second half of 2019 in partnership with Optus and Gogo.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Virgin Australia will roll out inflight wi-fi to the majority of its domestic and international fleet of aircraft and offer a basic free service to all domestic passengers.
Source: iTnews Australia
Complaints about Telstra, Optus, Vodafone, and Amaysim all rose over the quarter, according to the TIO's latest complaints in context statistics.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Australia’s mobile telcos could see the cost of testing 5G equipment in the field cut by up to 90 percent after a decision by the communications regulator to review the pricing of trial spectrum.
Source: iTnews Australia
Foxtel latest push to stop online copyright infringement seeks to have major Australian ISPs block more than 120 domains that it says are linked to movie and TV piracy.
Source: Computerworld
NBN Co will soon begin a six-month trial of multicast services on Sky Muster to aid education departments and schools in delivering distance education.
Source: iTnews Australia
FttN 'appears to have failed the end user', Devonport City Council has said, warning that NBN's multi-technology mix model will widen regional gaps by providing slower-speed broadband to rural areas.
Source: ZDNet Australia
The NBN's Multi Technology Mix rollout is seeing some RSPs, like TasmaNet, forced to adopt a "two-tier" approach to market.
Source: ARN
NBN Co has lured the head of Nokia's Australia and New Zealand operations to become its new chief technology officer.
Source: iTnews Australia
Optus commits to $20 million investment to improve its mobile network in preparation for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Source: ARN
Given its current state, Australia will only be able to have a full-fibre national broadband network by 2030, and that after shelling out an additional $30 billion to $50 billion, according to a network expert.
Source: iTWire