Broadband News
Mon, 05th Nov 2018
ACCC NBN performance figures reveal minimal peak-time speed hit
The latest figures from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s broadband performance monitoring regime reveal only a 1 per cent hit to the speeds encountered by households with NBN service during the busy 7-11pm period.
Source: Computerworld
TPG delivers NBN's fastest speeds in busy periods
TPG has delivered an average download speed on the NBN of 88.7 per cent, making it the fastest ISP tracked by the consumer watchdog.
Source: ARN
Union asks who will fix flaws if Telstra sacks tech workers
The union that covers Telstra workers has pointed out that the nationwide outage suffered by the telco came soon after the company announced the sacking of 360 technical field employees.
Source: iTWire
Telstra outage hits monitoring of offenders in SA
A nationwide Telstra outage has led to hundreds of offenders in South Australia, who were wearing electronic tracking devices, going unmonitored for more than 24 hours.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 02nd Nov 2018
NBN blinked when big Australian telcos had their CVC pants down: Aussie Broadband
NBN was the first to blink after Australia's retailers would not purchase enough CVC capacity, bringing down its wholesale pricing as a result, Aussie Broadband's MD has told ZDNet.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra M2M problem affects ATMs, EFTPOS terminals
Telstra has confirmed a problem is affecting its machine to machine (M2M) data services.
Source: Computerworld
NBN withdraws pricing variation from ACCC
NBN has told the ACCC it wants longer to explore wholesale pricing options following the success of its Focus on 50 discounts, as well as the launch of its new bundles.
Source: ZDNet Australia
ACCC wary of NBN price shock for telcos, consumers
NBN Co has gone back to the drawing board in an effort to come up with changes to a key agreement governing its wholesale operations that will offer it flexibility but be acceptable to Australia’s competition and consumer watchdog.
Source: Computerworld
Optus staff told to please customers or face sack: report
The head of Australia's second biggest telecommunications company has told staff that they would be fired if they upset customers, a report claims.
Source: iTWire
Thu, 01st Nov 2018
NBN Co to cull 200 network ops roles
NBN Co is set to cut 200 roles from its network engineering and operations division before the end of the year.
Source: iTnews Australia
iiNet founder Michael Malone joins nano-satellite company
iiNet founder Michael Malone has been appointed as the chairman for Perth-headquartered satellite company Sky and Space Global, effective 1 November.
Source: ARN
Wed, 31st Oct 2018
NBN Co staff reap $42.7m in bonus payments
NBN Co’s senior executives shared $1.96 million in bonuses in the last financial year, despite a $2 billion cost blowout on the project and rollout delays.
Source: iTnews Australia
China bolsters VPN blocks ahead of major trade, internet shows
Chinese authorities have stepped up efforts to block virtual private networks (VPN), service providers said on Tuesday in describing a "cat and mouse" game with censors ahead of a major trade expo and internet conference.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 30th Oct 2018
Don’t protect NBN from 5G competition: ACCC head
The head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has warned the government against any move to protect NBN Co’s network from the competitive pressure of emerging mobile technologies.
Source: Computerworld
5G stakes couldn't be higher so we advised Huawei ban: ASD
High-risk vendors could previously be confined to the edge of networks, but 5G changes that, the Australian Signals Directorate has said.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra adds 4G voice to NBN smart modem
The Telstra Smart Modem Gen 2 will provide 4G voice failover in the event of a broadband outage or a delay in migrating to NBN services.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co launches 1Gbps Enterprise Ethernet services
NBN Co has launched its flagship business product, with Australian businesses now able to order Enterprise Ethernet services delivered over the National Broadband Network.
Source: Computerworld
Telstra's new modems mean NBN outages won't kill your home phone
The Smart Modem Gen 2 will use Telstra's 4G mobile network to supply internet and phone calls in the event of an outage, at no extra cost.
Source: SMH
NBN Co open for enterprise business
NBN Co has finally launched its incursion into the enterprise market after a year spent working with “a number of service providers” honing the new wholesale product.
Source: iTnews Australia
Electronic spy agency chief says Huawei's ban to 5G network was 'supported by technical advice'
The head of Australia's most secretive electronic spy agency reveals Australia's "entire" emerging 5G mobile communications network could have been threatened.
Source: ABC News
NBN launches gigabit-speed enterprise service
Enterprise customers are now able to order a wholesale symmetrical-gigabit NBN service, with the company also continuing to work on a business-grade satellite offering.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Mon, 29th Oct 2018
INDIGO cable reaches Sydney
The 4850-kilometre INDIGO Central submarine cable has landed at Coogee Beach.
Source: Computerworld
amaysim exits broadband market, sells customer base to Southern Phone
Mobile virtual network operator amaysim has sold its fixed line broadband customer base to regional telecommunications operator Southern Phone for about $3 million in a transaction expected to be completed by the end of the month.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 26th Oct 2018
Telstra wins delay for business copper migration to NBN
Telstra’s ageing copper network for business Ethernet and DSL has been granted a controversial stay of execution under planned disconnections to switch to the NBN by Australia’s competition watchdog, despite earlier protests from other telcos.
Source: iTnews Australia
ACCC gives business services more time to migrate to NBN
The consumer watchdog has approved several amendments to Telstra's NBN migration plan, including to account for the HFC pause and to give business services 170 days to switch over before legacy services are disconnected.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Amaysim sells fixed line broadband customer base in $3M deal
Telecommunications provider Amaysim Australia has entered into an asset sale deed to sell its fixed line broadband customer base to Southern Phone.
Source: ARN
FttH alternative needed for higher broadband speeds: NetComm exec
Rolling out fibre to the home is an expensive exercise and alternative methods need to be found to provide people with broadband that can yield speeds above 100Mbps, the marketing and communications director of NetComm, Els Baert, claims.
Source: iTWire
NBN users consume more than 200GB per month: claim
Data consumption by users of the national broadband network has risen to an average of 213GB per month, the NBN Co's chief technology officer Ray Owen claims.
Source: iTWire
Thu, 25th Oct 2018
What's New On Stan, Netflix, Hayu And Amazon For November
Another month, another collection of must-see TV shows and movies to binge on across the streaming services.
Source: Gizmodo
Finance worried TPG-Vodafone will dull 5G auction price
TPG and Vodafone’s move to jointly bid for 5G spectrum has the Finance department worried that auction prices will be dulled.
Source: iTnews Australia