Broadband News
Tue, 23rd May 2023
Meta fined $1.3B for violating EU GDPR data transfer rules on privacy
The Irish Data Protection Commission has levied a record-breaking fine against Facebook's parent company, Meta, for transferring data to the US without data privacy safeguards.
Source: ARN
Sun, 21st May 2023
NBN Co publishes three-year indicative pricing roadmap
NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network, has published its indicative pricing roadmap for the three years from FY2024 to FY2026, saying this would help interested parties in assessing the company's proposed variation to its special access undertaking.
Source: iTWire
Aussie Broadband donates $50,000 to the Gippsland Pride Initiative
Local telecom Aussie Broadband and the company’s managing director Phillip Britt announced they have donated a total of $50,000 to the Gippsland Pride Initiative.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 19th May 2023
NBN Co raises wholesale prices, scraps CVC charges for high speed broadband
NBN Co has unveiled its new set of wholesale pricing for 2024-2026 which will see prices rise by almost eight per cent over two years.
Source: ARN
Thu, 18th May 2023
Telstra Wholesale 400Gbps intercapital services go live
Telstra Wholesale's 400Gbps services are now available on routes between Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane.
Source: iTWire
Wed, 17th May 2023
NBN Co eyes to meet financial targets in its corporate plan
National broadband wholesaler and network owner NBN Co claimed that its financial and operational performance in the nine months to 31 March 2023 is on track to achieve its full year guidance as outlined in its corporate plan 2023.
Source: iTWire
Ship captain's case over Vocus subsea cable cut 'discontinued'
The case against a Maersk container ship captain for allegedly dragging anchor through Vocus’ Australia-Singapore Cable in August 2021 has been discontinued.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Fixed Wireless: Speeds, plans, providers, and more
Fixed Wireless technology is being used to connect rural Australians to the National Broadband Network. Here's what you need to know about it.
Source: WhistleOut
Thu, 11th May 2023
Google is about to change the way most of us search the web. Here's what it will look like
Google has unveiled an experimental revamp of its Search results page, replacing the familiar list of blue links with an AI-generated "snapshot" answer. Here's what to expect when it comes to Australia.
Source: ABC News
Partners join Optus to deploy smart water meters in Toowoomba
Optus has mustered a team of partners to deploy 68,000 smart water meters in a major upgrade to Toowoomba Regional Council’s water infrastructure.
Source: ARN
TPG Telecom to reduce Sydney office footprint with HQ shift
TPG Telecom is planning to relocate its Sydney headquarters across the bridge to Barangaroo in August.
Source: iTnews Australia
Vocus completes Darwin subsea cable connection
Vocus’ planned cable system linking Darwin to Jakarta and Singapore is one step closer to go-live, with the company saying the $100 million segment connecting Darwin is now complete.
Source: iTnews Australia
Vocus completes $100M Darwin fibre cable
Vocus has completed its $100m submarine fibre cable that will position Darwin as a key digital hub for the Asia Pacific region.
Source: ARN
Wed, 10th May 2023
Unresolved mobile faults top list of telco customer gripes
Mobile services continue to be the most complained-about telecommunications category, according to the industry ombudsman, as Telstra suffers widespread outage.
Source: SMH
Tue, 09th May 2023
Telstra customers experience outage, unable to make or receive calls
A Telstra spokesperson apologised for the outage and said the company was working urgently to fix the issue.
Source: SMH
Telstra mobile phone users hit with outage
Telstra mobile phone users are experiencing outages this morning, with the telco confirming some are unable to make and receive calls.
Source: ABC News
Fri, 05th May 2023
NBN Co to reduce customer notice period for FTTC-P upgrade work
NBN Co is revising the way it approaches fibre upgrade work in its FTTC footprint, cutting the amount of notice it gives customers from at least five business days down to one.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 03rd May 2023
Chrome to drop lock icon showing HTTPS status
Google will remove the familiar lock icon that allows users to check a website's Transport Layer Security status for the connection, citing research that only a few users correctly understood its precise meaning.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co asks ISPs to "manage" heavy 50Mbps users up to higher plans
NBN Co wants retail internet providers to more “actively manage” their customer bases and move the “heaviest” 50Mbps users up to higher-end plans.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 02nd May 2023
ACCC rejects NBN Co SAU variation proposal
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has rejected NBN Co’s proposed variation to its Special Access Undertaking.
Source: ARN
NBN Co's planned price and service standards face rejection, again
The ACCC is set to reject another variation to the price and non-price terms that govern NBN Co’s existence.
Source: iTnews Australia
Gov to spend $10m on public safety mobile broadband taskforce
The government will spend $10.1 million setting up a central taskforce to deliver a long-discussed public safety mobile broadband (PSMB) service.
Source: iTnews Australia
ACCC rejects NBN Co SAU variation
National Broadband Network operator NBN Co’s proposed variation to its Special Access Undertaking (SAU) has been rejected by the competition regulator the ACCC.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 28th Apr 2023
Compare Telstra NBN plans and save
We compare each of Telstra’s NBN speed tiers and dive into their modems, extras and bundling options to see how Telstra stacks up.
Source: WhistleOut
Wed, 26th Apr 2023
Australia's best NBN providers and their plans compared
Find out who’s who in the NBN market and compare Australia’s best providers, including Dodo, SpinTel, Tangerine, TPG and more.
Source: WhistleOut
5G home internet plans in Australia
5G home internet plans are becoming more widely available. Sign up with Telstra, Optus, TPG and more with 5G internet starting from as little as $60/month.
Source: WhistleOut
TPG’s Vision Network adds four new RSPs
TPG-owned Vision Network has added four new retail service providers (RSPs) to its broadband network as part of a national upgrade.
Source: ARN
New DDoS amplification vector could enable massive attacks
A vulnerability in the Service Location Protocol on internet-connected devices could create a DDoS amplification factor of up to 2200X.
Source: ARN
Mon, 24th Apr 2023
Google OAuth bug left accounts open to permanent compromise
An OAuth bug discovered in Google’s Cloud Platform potentially allowed attackers to plant an application inside a victim’s account, leaving it permanently and undetectably compromised.
Source: iTnews Australia
Budget to fund $10M SMS sender ID registry
The federal government is to set aside over $10 million for the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to establish an SMS sender ID registry in the upcoming 2023-24 Budget.
Source: ARN