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Vodafone wins mobile blackspot funds for only four towers

Vodafone has secured funding for just four base stations in the second round of the federal mobile blackspots program, as Optus reversed its first round fortunes.

Source: iTnews Australia

NBN leaks: AFP won’t have access to documents seized in raid

The House of Representatives has upheld a claim of parliamentary privilege made by Labor MP Jason Clare in relation to documents seized by the Australian Federal Police in an August raid on the Department of Parliamentary Services.

Source: Computerworld

Optus and Telstra share $60 million funding for base station boost

Optus and Telstra are expanding their mobile coverage following the $60 million second round of Federal Government funding they received as part of the Mobile Black Spot Programme.

Source: ARN

Vocus shares plunge by nearly a quarter

Vocus Communications lost nearly a quarter of its value on Tuesday with shares plunging to $4.35 down from a high of $9.19 in May.

Source: iTWire

ACCAN forms coalition to fight for USO reform, NBN and mobile coverage

A 'technology agnostic' USO, fairer access to NBN's satellite service, and a long-term mobile coverage program will improve rural connectivity, a coalition including ACCAN has said.

Source: ZDNet Australia

Optus Is Giving You Free Data (If You Put Ads On Your Lock Screen)

Ever been stuck without data? Everyone has. Cash running low? Happens to the best of us. Thought to yourself "if only I could use my phone's lock screen as an advertising platform, and get paid in data"? Er, maybe not. But now you can, if you want to.

Source: Gizmodo

AFP likely to be blocked from accessing seized NBN documents

The Australian Federal Police is unlikely to be able to access NBN Co documents it seized during a raid on Parliament House after a lower house committee said the documents were subject to parliamentary privilege.

Source: iTnews Australia

AFP NBN raid documents to be kept confidential

Documents confiscated during AFP's NBN raids on Jason Clare in August will remain confidential and under parliamentary privilege, and will be returned to the former shadow communications minister.

Source: ZDNet Australia

Reddit CEO admits trolling Trump supporters

Steve Huffman edited abusive posts from Trump fans on the social sharing site.

Source: PC Authority

Switkowski: 'I did not breach caretaker conventions' with NBN opinion piece

The opinion piece on the AFP raids was witnessed by NBN's board prior to publication, with NBN chair Switkowski holding firm that he did not breach caretaker conventions.

Source: ZDNet Australia

IBM paid 'very substantial' compensation for Census failure

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed IBM made a “very substantial financial settlement” with the Commonwealth as compensation for the failure of the 2016 online Census.

Source: iTnews Australia

Telstra: ADSL competition better than regulation

Telstra has argued that the ACCC should not regulate 289 of its wholesale ADSL exchanges, as competition is enough to ensure the market remains fair.

Source: ZDNet Australia

Australia given 15 December deadline for Norfolk link

Australia has a deadline of 15 December to decide whether it will supply a cable link to Norfolk Island, with the official ground-breaking ceremony for the Hawaiki underea telecommunications cable taking place on Wednesday.

Source: iTWire

UK government invests £1b in fibre and 5G

The UK government hopes its £1 billion investment in 5G and fibre broadband will 'catalyse' industry to invest more in the new network technologies.

Source: ZDNet Australia

Hawaiki cable construction starts

Construction of the 14,000 kilometre Hawaiki submarine cable that will link New Zealand to Australia, Hawaii and mainland United States has started with a ground breaking ceremony at Bream Trail Farm, Mangawhai Heads, Northland attended by NZ prime minister John Key and communications minister Amy Adams.

Source: Computerworld

NBN Co moved an FTTN cabinet after users asked to connect

Horsham resident Andrew Pillekers thought he’d “won nodelotto” when he found a crew spraying markings on the nature strip out the front of his house to indicate the placement of a node for NBN Co's FTTN network.

Source: iTnews Australia

NBN's Fibre To The Curb Is A Step Closer To Being Built

The NBN's Goldilocks technology of fibre to the distribution point (FttDP) -- sitting just right in between the convenience of fibre to the node (FttN) and the speed of fibre to the premises (FttP) -- is a step closer to becoming a reality in Australia. NBN calls the tech 'fibre to the curb' (FttC) for some unknown reason, rather than FttDP or fibre to the driveway, but it's earmarked Australia's own Netcomm Wireless as the supplier of tech for the future network build-out.

Source: Gizmodo

More than half the world's people still off the Internet

Less than half of the world's population still isn't using the Internet, although the numbers are improving, according to a United Nations report.

Source: Computerworld

NBN signs NetComm Wireless for FttDP equipment

NBN and NetComm Wireless have announced signing a master agreement for the latter to supply DPUs for NBN's fibre-to-the-distribution-point network.

Source: ZDNet Australia

‘Fibre to the curb’ rollout one step closer, NBN says

NBN has signed an agreement with NetComm Wireless for the supply of distribution point units (DPUs) that will be used in the roll out of ‘fibre to the curb’ (FTTC — also called fibre to the distribution point or FTTdp).

Source: Computerworld

Switkowski to front NBN committee over op-ed

NBN Co chair Ziggy Switkowski will appear before a parliamentary committee this week to answer questions about his decision to write a comment piece about police raids over leaked documents during the election period.

Source: iTnews Australia

Telstra flags 3G network shutdown as early as 2020

3G network could be shut down as early as 2020 as part of an long-term effort to manage burgeoning mobile data demands.

Source: ARN

Excess data charges cost Aussies $146 million – and that’s just for one year

Aussies often use their smartphones to send and receive data but it has collectively cost them $146 million in excess data charges this year, according to a survey by comparison website Finder.

Source: iTWire

Amaysim announces NBN strategy and timing

Amaysim will launch its broadband product at the beginning of next year, with the telco planning to extend its dual-brand mobile strategy into the fixed-line market.

Source: ZDNet Australia

Telstra claims regulated roaming would negate $1bn regional spend

Telstra's plan to invest almost $1 billion into mobile coverage in remote and rural areas over the next five years would be "uneconomical" if the government decides to regulate domestic mobile roaming, the telco claims.

Source: iTnews Australia

NBN Just Got A $20 Billion Government Loan To Finish Its Rollout

The remaining money that Australia's national broadband network company needs to finish the rollout of the country's multi-technology mix fibre- and copper-based -- $19.5 billion, to be exact -- will come from a government loan, rather than private investors NBN had hoped.

Source: Gizmodo

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