Broadband News
Wed, 01st Apr 2026
ACCC drafts stricter standards and faster speeds for NBN Co
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is planning to bring in better service standards and ensure NBN Co’s costs are efficient while still allowing the company to invest and operate sustainably.
Source: ARN
Anthropic signs deal with federal government
Anthropic has sign a memorandum of understanding to share its economic index data with the Australian government to help track artificial intelligence adoption across the economy, and its impact on workers and jobs.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 31st Mar 2026
Australia readies social media court action
Australia threatened to sue social media giants for allegedly flouting a ban on under-16s, as its internet regulator disclosed it is investigating some of the biggest platforms for suspected non-compliance with the world-first measure.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co challenged on size of ARPU increases from fibre customers
NBN Co’s predicted increases to average revenue per user through to FY33 “may be materially overstated”, according to an expenditure consultancy engaged by the ACCC, undermining some of the company’s spending on upgrades.
Source: iTnews Australia
New rules force Telstra to shrink coverage maps by 1 million square km
The telco giant must delete about a third of its claimed coverage under new standards backed by rivals, the ACCC and emergency groups.
Source: SMH
Telstra overruled in mobile coverage claims stoush
Telstra has taken aim at the federal government’s new mobile coverage mapping standard, saying that it could cause confusion and won’t reflect real-world experiences.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 30th Mar 2026
New ACMA rules to make telcos more accountable for outages
Australian telcos will be more accountable to consumers and government under new network outage transparency rules to come into effect later this year.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra Business launches managed IT service for SMB market
Telstra’s Business division is now offering managed IT services, focusing on helping small- to medium-sized businesses (SMB) with productivity and security.
Source: ARN
Fri, 27th Mar 2026
ACMA to set safeguards for telco consumers directly
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has moved to clamp down on consumer telco service providers by ending co-regulatory arrangements with the industry.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 24th Mar 2026
US regulator bans imports of new foreign-made routers
The US Federal Communications Commission said it was banning the import of all new foreign-made consumer routers, the latest crackdown on Chinese-made electronic gear over security concerns.
Source: iTnews Australia
Phillip Britt exits Aussie Broadband board
Phillip Britt has resigned from Aussie Broadband’s board, bringing to an end his formal influence over the company he co-founded and an era that lasted nearly 18 years.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 23rd Mar 2026
NBN Co trials simultaneous optical tech co-existing on full fibre
NBN Co has successfully trialled multiple generations of optical technologies on its Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) network along with partner Nokia.
Source: ARN
Tue, 17th Mar 2026
SUBCO to split Syd-Melb leg of east-west cable between sea and land
SUBCO has moved to harden the resilience of the busy Sydney-Melbourne stretch of its east-west transcontinental Australian cable system.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 16th Mar 2026
Optus appoints new OSS chief
Optus has appointed a new operational systems and support (OSS) chief as the carrier continues to hasten its plans to insource its network operations management from Nokia.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 09th Mar 2026
Telstra’s coverage may shrink by an area the size of NSW
A new standard would strip away a huge area from the telco’s published coverage. Rivals and consumer groups have backed the proposed change.
Source: SMH
Wed, 04th Mar 2026
Optus completes dual-path resilience test
Optus has announced it has completed trials of 800 gigabit ethernet (GE) optical transport services across a dual-path network spanning Sydney to Perth.
Source: ARN
Aussie Broadband shifts offices to Traralgon
Aussie Broadband has opened a new office hub in Traralgon, shifting from nearby locations in Morwell.
Source: ARN
Mon, 02nd Mar 2026
Telstra pushes forward with agentic AI plans
Telstra is only weeks away from launching an agentic AI pilot to be led out of its customer sales and commerce engineering group as it continues to use the technology to chase cost out of its operation.
Source: iTnews Australia
Sun, 01st Mar 2026
Phishers abuse little-known core Internet infrastructure
Threat actors have discovered a creative misuse of reverse domain name system (DNS) delegation to deliver phishing campaigns through a part of the domain name system that was never designed to host websites.
Source: iTnews Australia
Fri, 27th Feb 2026
TPG posts strong results after ‘transformational’ year
FY25 was a transformational year for TPG Telecom following a period of strong mobile subscriber growth, according to its CEO and managing director Iñaki Berroeta.
Source: ARN
Thu, 26th Feb 2026
Optus to expand headcount by up to 700
Optus will expand its headcount from around 6800 to 7500 employees within 12 months as it scrambles to insource its call centre and network operations.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 24th Feb 2026
Optus to cut 200 jobs after horror year
Australia’s second-largest telco is attempting to reset following a catastrophic year, but is cutting jobs when it has already come under fire over outsourcing.
Source: SMH
Thu, 19th Feb 2026
Telstra posts billion-dollar profit as job cuts deepen
The telco giant is reaping the rewards of aggressive cost-cutting that has shed more than 2300 jobs in six months.
Source: SMH
Telstra posts strong first half FY26 profit amid job cuts
Telstra has experienced a strong first half for FY26 delivering a profit jump of 8.1 per cent to $1.2 billion while revenue came in at $11.6 billion, up 0.3 per cent and an earnings increase of 4.7 per cent to $4.4 billion.
Source: ARN
Wed, 18th Feb 2026
NBN Co defends satellite share as Amazon Leo trials near
NBN Co has moved aggressively to retain share of the broadband satellite market as it moves to start to offering services on Amazon’s faster low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation.
Source: iTnews Australia
Superloop to buy rival Lynham for $165 million
Superloop has announced plans to acquire rival fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) network wholesaler, Lightning Broadband, for $165 million after upgrading its full-year earnings guidance.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 09th Feb 2026
BoM reveals plan to fix website within six months
The Bureau of Meteorology says it will take six months to address the deluge of community outrage its new $96.5 million website has generated after surpassing its budget to build the portal.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mystery Optus mobile glitch impacts over 100,000 users
Optus is still trying to determine the cause of a mobile service outage that is understood to have impacted over 100,000 customers.
Source: iTnews Australia
Another Optus tech 'issue' affects hundreds of thousands of customers
Optus says an issue is affecting mobile services for some customers, who are seeing "no service" or "SOS" on their device.
Source: ABC News
Telstra asks Treasury to cap spectrum prices at $3.9 billion
Telstra has asked the federal government to cap the price of spectrum licence renewals at $3.9 billion sector-wide after accusing the communications regulator of overvaluing the assets.
Source: iTnews Australia