Broadband News
Fri, 30th Jun 2017
Telstra joins ACCC to fight Vodafone in roaming battle
Telstra has officially taken the competition watchdog's side in its legal battle over regional mobile network roaming with Vodafone.
Source: iTnews Australia
Brandis' telco security reforms given go-ahead
A push to force telcos to inform the federal government of changes to their networks as well as their procurement intentions has been given the green light by a parliamentary committee despite industry backlash.
Source: iTnews Australia
Australian ISPs to block 128 domains linked to online piracy in Foxtel case
The pay TV provider has extended its list of targeted domain names to include an additional 73 domains associated with The Pirate Bay and Torrentz.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Thu, 29th Jun 2017
NBN Co's pending AWS migration takes shape
NBN Co has revealed further details of what is shaping as a large-scale migration of IT workloads into AWS, with a potential budget running into the tens of millions of dollars.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 28th Jun 2017
South Australia goes with EscapeNet as ISP for 10Gbps Adelaide network
Local ISP to offer three plans ranging from AU$50 to AU$180 a month at single gigabit speeds.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Australia, Your Netflix Just Got More Expensive
The price of a Netflix subscription in Australia is getting more expensive, as of today. New sign-ups will have to pay the higher price immediately, while existing accounts have a month's notice. Here's how much you'll pay from July onward.
Source: Gizmodo
Adelaide ISP wins deal to deliver $7.6M GigCity network
South Australian ISP, EscapeNet, has been handed a deal by the South Australian Government to deliver its $7.6 million GigCity Adelaide network.
Source: ARN
Tue, 27th Jun 2017
NBN to boost data quotas available over Sky Muster
Maximum total data available on NBN's satellite service set to double, while peak data potentially jumps by half.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co boosts Sky Muster data usage limits
NBN Co will relax data usage limits on its Sky Muster satellite service from October, paving the way for monthly quotas of up to 300GB.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN boosts Sky Muster data limits
NBN has announced it will boost the data quotas available to end users on its Sky Muster satellite service.
Source: Computerworld
Adelaide laments sluggish NBN rollout
Claims that the rollout "is not agile or fast enough" to serve the city's business needs.
Source: ARN
Mon, 26th Jun 2017
Broadband tax bill sent to senate inquiry
The government could face a hurdle in its attempt to introduce a broadband tax after the senate referred the proposed law to a committee for scrutiny.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra withdraws support for broadband tax
Telstra has withdrawn its support for the broadband tax as concerns mount that the charge has morphed into an “industry tax” on the telecommunications sector.
Source: iTnews Australia
TPG savages broadband tax as band-aid for 'broken' NBN
TPG has launched a withering attack on NBN Co’s “already broken” business model, warning it will continue to be eroded despite government attempts to patch it up with new laws.
Source: iTnews Australia
Fri, 23rd Jun 2017
ACMA mulls 5G future for 3.6GHz spectrum
The potential re-farming of spectrum in the 3.6GHz band for use in fixed and/or mobile broadband services could begin as soon as soon as Q4 2017, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
Source: Computerworld
nbn the provider of "last resort"
Macquarie Telecom Group’s David Forman has revealed that nbn is the broadband access provider of “last resort” for the telco.
Source: ARN
iiNet co-founder joins Superloop's board
Former iiNet co-founder and CEO, Michael Malone, has joined Superloop (ASX:SLC) as its chairman of the board. Prior to this, he was the company’s independent non-executive director, a role he took on in April 2015.
Source: ARN
Thu, 22nd Jun 2017
Govt goes ahead with broadband tax bill
The federal government has made good on its promise to introduce broadband tax legislation before parliament wraps up for the winter.
Source: iTnews Australia
Government moves to implement NBN subsidy
The government has introduced legislation to implement the so-called ‘NBN tax’: A levy on superfast broadband services that will help subsidise services on the National Broadband Network that would not otherwise be commercially viable.
Source: Computerworld
Rural Aussies call for expansion of broadband monitoring program
Regional Australians are concerned that they will be denied their say in the latest broadband speed monitoring program launched by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
Source: ARN
Wed, 21st Jun 2017
Australia ends GST-free threshold for online low-value goods
A government bill to remove the GST-free threshold for online purchases bought from overseas has officially passed parliament, but will come into effect one year later than originally planned.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co to upgrade high-traffic transit routes
NBN Co is set to begin upgrading high-traffic routes on its nationwide transit network as it hits scale in the rollout.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN eyes capacity boost for transit network
Key fibre links on NBN’s 60,000 kilometre transit network will see a capacity boost after NBN rolls out new technology from Coriant.
Source: Computerworld
Tue, 20th Jun 2017
Foxtel turns to data and digital to take on Netflix
Foxtel's recent launch of a new streaming service to compete with Netflix is just one facet of a major data and digital transformation taking place behind the scenes of Australia's pay TV leader.
Source: iTnews Australia
Vodafone, CCC call for end to ‘black hole’ of USO
Vodafone and the Competitive Carriers’ Coalition have repeated their calls for the Telecommunications Universal Service Obligation scheme to be scrapped in the wake of yesterday’s report on the USO by the Productivity Commission.
Source: Computerworld
Mon, 19th Jun 2017
First NBN FTTC areas unlikely to be able to order retail service
Residents of the Sydney suburb of Hunters Hill are likely to be the recipients of the first fibre-to-the-curb (FTTC) deployment in Australia, but they won’t be able to actually order a retail service.
Source: iTnews Australia
Your crappy broadband could make life easier for other Australians
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has begun seeking volunteers to participate in its broadband performance monitoring program.
Source: Computerworld
Telstra phone funding “should be wound up”
The Productivity Commission says that the telecommunications universal service obligation is “deficient” and should be wound up by 2020.
Source: ARN
Fri, 16th Jun 2017
Parliament passes digital fair dealing for Copyright Act
Educational facilities, key cultural institutions, libraries, archives, and those with a disability are now able to access copyright material under the fair use provision amendments to bring the legislation into the digital age.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co adds 50 new suburbs to FTTC rollout
NBN Co will begin its rollout of fibre-to-the-curb (FTTC) in the back half of this year to almost one-third of premises in the current planned footprint.
Source: iTnews Australia