NBN is this week trialling 5G with Ericsson in Melbourne in an effort to explore potential upgrade paths of its fixed-wireless service.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN has replaced around 440,000 premises slated to receive FttN and HFC connections with FttC, bringing the footprint total to around 1.5 million premises.
Source: ZDNet Australia
After remediating its HFC network, NBN will make 1,000 premises ready for retailers to sell at the end of April, followed by 38,000 in June and around 100,000 per month for the rest of the year.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Communications minister Senator Mitch Fifield has indicated he still supports the use of hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) in the rollout of the National Broadband Network.
Source: Computerworld
The Bureau of Communications Research has published a new 5G working paper examining the potential GDP effects, while Comms Minister Fifield has said NBN's remediated HFC will 'deliver a great experience'.
Source: ZDNet Australia
The Competitive Carriers Coalition today formally relaunched as ‘Commpete’ with the aim of challenging the market dominance of Telstra and Australia’s other major telcos.
Source: Computerworld
Telstra has announced its new in-home Wi-Fi coverage booster and 30-day NBN satisfaction guarantee, with CEO Andy Penn saying current pricing is 'unsustainable' for retailers.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Around one in two Australians have had an issue with their phone or internet service, according to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman.
Source: ARN
Telstra CEO Andrew Penn has warned of the telco's inability to continue to absorb increases in NBN wholesale pricing, calling for price regulation "as quickly as possible".
Source: iTnews Australia
Australian networking solutions provider NetComm Wireless will supply hardware for the rollout of fibre-to-the-distribution-point connections - what the NBN Co calls fibre-to-the-curb - to about a million premises, the company's chief executive Ken Sheridan says.
Source: iTWire
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has recommended that the NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network, be split into two entities before it is privatised after the rollout ends.
Source: iTWire
NBN Co announces a new technology mix to speed up the internet connections of 1 million homes, but existing customers experiencing problems with slow connections will not benefit.
Source: ABC News
NBN has launched its fibre-to-the-curb network, with around 1,000 premises in Coburg, Melbourne, and Miranda, Sydney, now able to order services capable of 100/40Mbps speeds.
Source: ZDNet Australia
A few years back, Vodafone announced plans to stick a fork in 2G by September 2017, however, it actually lived on a bit longer than that. But this borrowed time is about to expire, with the company declaring a real end to its 2G network, starting on April 30.
Source: Gizmodo
Viasat Australia says that households on NBN’s Sky Muster satellite service should not be subject to “hard data caps”.
Source: Computerworld
Aussie Broadband is set to make its first unlimited quota play after NBN Co agreed to make its permanent new price construct available from May 1.
Source: iTnews Australia
When NBN Co is eventually sold off, the ACCC wants it broken into pieces and forced to battle for customers.
Source: ZDNet Australia
The competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), says Australia’s market for broadband and voice services is operating competitively despite the levels of market concentration.
Source: iTWire
The Australian privacy commissioner has opened a formal investigation into Facebook after the social network revealed more than 300,000 Australians had been caught up in its global data harvesting scandal.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra has received government funding to build out almost 90 macro and small cell sites across Australia, while Optus has been allocated 12 sites and Vodafone just one.
Source: ZDNet Australia