Broadband News
Tue, 19th Sep 2017
NBN Co gets more time to connect sensitive govt sites
NBN Co will be given more time to connect high-security government sites to its network in recognition of the challenges of servicing sensitive sites.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co tells business to migrate ‘special services’ to avoid disruption
Businesses have been urged to prepare to migrate their special services, which simultaneously use voice, video and data services, to the NBN broadband access ahead of the first disconnections.
Source: iTWire
Optus says fibre cable cut repaired after 12 hours
An Optus transmission cable that was cut in Melbourne on Monday was restored last night, the company said today.
Source: iTWire
TPG's NBN user base hits 561,000
TPG has grown its group NBN subscriber base to 561,000 but continues to face downward pressure on its NBN margins, leading the telco to look to mobile for future revenue growth.
Source: iTnews Australia
TPG faces NBN headwinds as mobile presence builds
Faces fixed-line residential broadband margin erosion resulting from the introduction of the NBN.
Source: ARN
NBN favouritism called out by TPG, Superloop
Rules that make it simpler for NBN Co – but not other carriers – to deploy network infrastructure should be opened up to the rest of the industry, according to TPG and Superloop.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co could trim five months from wireless projects
NBN Co believes it could cut five months off the time needed to deploy new radio transmission dishes to backhaul its fixed wireless network if certain rules were relaxed.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 18th Sep 2017
Optus eSIM technology taps into Aussie wearables market
Optus has joined Telstra in the eSIM technology stakes, launching its Optus Number Share offering.
Source: ARN
Fifield: 90 percent of NBN connections done right the first time
NBN gets nine out of 10 connections 'right the first time', Communications Minister Mitch Fifield has said.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Amaysim telco satisfaction leader, Aldi Mobile last in top 6 list
Three telcos powered by Optus, including Optus itself, make up the top three list with the most satisfied customers, followed by Telstra, Vodafone and then Aldi Mobile.
Source: iTWire
Thu, 14th Sep 2017
Aussie telcos to face fresh scrutiny under new national security laws
Local telcos are set to come under increased scrutiny thanks to new national security laws passed by the Federal Government.
Source: ARN
Vocus eyes class action alleging it misled investors
Vocus is set to face down a proposed class action alleging that it misled shareholders over its FY17 financial guidance.
Source: ARN
Wed, 13th Sep 2017
NBN Co reveals over half of lines in limbo are HFC
NBN Co has revealed its HFC network accounts for the largest number of unserviceable connections of any fixed-line technology in the rollout.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra launches 'Telstra One Number' eSIM technology
Telstra's eSIM product, labelled 'Telstra One Number', allows customers to share a mobile number along with data, call, and text inclusions with compatible wearable devices.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra and Optus with eSIM on Apple Watch first, Vodafone to follow
Telstra was first to give details on its eSIM plans, with Optus being the other telco offering LTE Apple Watch Series 3 at launch, and Vodafone later this year.
Source: iTWire
'Telstra One Number' Is Telstra's New eSIM Tech
Hot on the back of Apple's announcement of the new Watch Series 3, the first Aussie telco to support its integrated eSIM has come out swinging. Telstra's new One Number service will let you hook up your phone and wearable to the same phone number and mobile data plan.
Source: Gizmodo
Tue, 12th Sep 2017
New mobile plans for TPG and Vaya ahead of 'iPhone X' launch
TPG and Amaysim's Vaya have joined Telstra and Vodafone in a mobile plan refresh ahead of this week's Apple iPhone announcement.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra wants voice-only NBN users back
Telstra is set to embark on a project to lure voice-only customers off the national broadband network.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 11th Sep 2017
ACMA: 5G spectrum planning pushes forward with mmWave progress
Millimetre wave spectrum for 5G broadband is the subject of the ACMA’s consultation paper, release today, with invitation for comments open and the deadline 13 October, 2017.
Source: iTWire
Superloop grows fixed wireless footprint with NuSkope buy
Superloop is shaping as a major player in the fixed wireless space, spending up to $12 million on South Australian network operator NuSkope and outlining ambitions to offer millimetre-wave broadband.
Source: iTnews Australia
Superloop acquires fixed wireless ISP NuSkope
ASX-listed network operator Superloop will acquire ISP NuSkope.
Source: Computerworld
NBN Co sets up own labs to train its techs
NBN Co is set to bring technical training for its 250-strong internal maintenance and fault repair workforce back in-house, cutting its costs by half.
Source: iTnews Australia
Fri, 08th Sep 2017
Telstra 'very quickly' repairs 4G outage across Sydney
Telstra said it rapidly discovered, identified, and repaired the issue causing its 4G network outage across some areas of NSW on Friday morning.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN rural broadband tax should be passed: Senate committee
The Bill that would levy broadband providers with a AU$7 a month charge per premises to subsidise NBN's satellite and fixed-wireless networks should be passed by Parliament, a Senate committee has recommended.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co hauls fibre across Australia's second-longest bridge
The NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network, claims to have provided a fast broadband access network to 12,000 premises in north-east Brisbane after hauling a fibre cable across the second-longest bridge in the country.
Source: iTWire
Thu, 07th Sep 2017
TPG Is Literally Advertising The NBN As A Downgrade
SHOTS FIRED? A cheeky advert for internet service provider TPG has been doing the rounds online. It certainly doesn’t paint the NBN in a positive light. In fact, it explicitly depicts the beleaguered network as a downgrade.
Source: Gizmodo
Equinix datacentres selected for Vocus ASC subsea cable
Vocus' Australia-Singapore subsea cable will have points of presence in Equinix's IBX datacentres in Sydney and Melbourne.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Wed, 06th Sep 2017
Broadband tax edges closer to reality
The senate committee examining the broadband tax has dismissed industry concerns of scope creep and recommended it be passed into law.
Source: iTnews Australia
How to fix the NBN pricing model: open letter to Bill Morrow
The NBN pricing model is in urgent need of repair. In this letter, we offer our thoughts on how an overhaul of the pricing model can solve a number of problems facing the NBN.
Source: iTWire
NBN Co tardy in answering Senate questions: Labor
Labor's shadow communications minister Michelle Rowland claims the NBN Co takes an inordinately long time to answer questions raised during Senate hearings into the rollout of the national broadband network.
Source: iTWire