Broadband News
Thu, 06th Jul 2023
5G home internet plans in Australia | 7 Deals
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
Cheapest NBN plans under $50 in Australia
Explore cheap NBN plans starting from $44 per month from providers like Tangerine, Belong, TPG and more.
Source: WhistleOut
Get a 100GB mobile broadband plan for under $30 per month
Tangerine has fleshed out its mobile broadband range with two new plans.
Source: WhistleOut
Wed, 05th Jul 2023
NBN Co's chief operating officer Kathrine Dyer to leave
NBN Co’s chief operating officer Kathrine Dyer is set to leave this year after almost 13 years with the network operator.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra sells Clayton land to Monash Uni for $30m
Telstra has sold vacant land adjacent to its global operations centre in Victoria to Monash University.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra 5G goes live with Ericsson cloud RAN infrastructure
Seven of Telstra's 5G sites are now running on Ericsson's cloud RAN infrastructure.
Source: iTWire
Tue, 04th Jul 2023
The best NBN providers and their NBN plans compared (July 2023)
Compare Australia’s best NBN providers like Aussie Broadband, Dodo, SpinTel, Optus, Superloop, iiNet and more and their NBN plans.
Source: WhistleOut
Telstra mobiles plans just got more expensive - how do they compare?
How do Telstra's mobile plans compare following its latest price rise?
Source: WhistleOut
NBN Co to refine its prices with smaller internet providers in mind
NBN Co is now worried its pricing is disadvantageous to smaller internet providers, which lack the resources to programmatically balance their mix of customers to offset their costs.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 03rd Jul 2023
Telstra to sell Starlink’s internet services to reach rural Australia
Telecommunications provider Telstra has signed an agreement with Elon Musk’s satellite internet company Starlink to provide voice-only and voice plus broadband to rural and remote Telstra customers in Australia.
Source: iTWire
Telstra partners with Elon Musk’s Starlink for regional satellite services
The new phone and internet services may further strengthen Australian uptake of Starlink, which has emerged as a rival to the NBN’s own Sky Muster services.
Source: SMH
Optus raises AI/ML investment in ongoing scam crackdown
Optus is hoping more refined AI and machine learning modelling will help it to detect and isolate scam text messages in near real-time.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra to sell Starlink-based services
Telstra is set to sell broadband and voice services for rural and remote customers powered by Starlink.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 26th Jun 2023
amaysim to add 5G and speed limits to mobile plans in July
5G is coming to amaysim's prepaid mobile plans next month, but so are speed caps.
Source: WhistleOut
Fri, 23rd Jun 2023
Compare cheap internet plans from 30+ providers: June 2023
Compare the cheapest internet plans in our database from $44 per month from providers like SpinTel, iiNet and Dodo across NBN, 5G, 4G and more.
Source: WhistleOut
TPG's felix mobile sees half of customers opt for eSIM
eSIM adoption on felix mobile is proportionally higher than other telcos.
Source: WhistleOut
Optus hikes post-paid mobile plan prices, users not happy
Singtel Optus has raised prices for its post-paid mobile plans, with emails going out to users on Wednesday. The increases are unclear but are as much as $19 per month in some cases.
Source: iTWire
Thu, 22nd Jun 2023
How to upgrade your NBN connection in 2023
Did you lose the NBN lottery? See how to upgrade your NBN from FTTN to FTTP for faster speeds and other NBN alternatives like 5G.
Source: WhistleOut
TPG says NBN price rises show a company under no competitive pressure
TPG Telecom says NBN Co is acting like a company under no competitive pressure whatsoever, and that this should be a clear signal to policymakers to ease restrictions on non-NBN fixed providers.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 21st Jun 2023
Optus CEO says mobile plans don't make enough money
Speed caps are Optus' attempt at increasing its margin on mobile plans.
Source: WhistleOut
Mon, 19th Jun 2023
Best home wireless broadband plans: June 2023
Looking for the best value Home Wireless Broadband internet plan? We share our recommendations for the best plans to consider as an NBN alternative.
Source: WhistleOut
Japan to open up Apple- and Google-dominated phone apps to competition
Japan plans to stoke competition in smartphone app payments, dominated by Apple and Google, by banning major app store operators from forcing software developers to use the operators' own payment systems, a government panel said.
Source: iTnews Australia
Fri, 16th Jun 2023
Cheap NBN plans under $50 in Australia
Explore cheap NBN plans starting from $44 per month from providers like Tangerine, Belong, TPG and more.
Source: WhistleOut
Thu, 15th Jun 2023
Cheaper 5G mobile plans now available to Optus MVNOs
Optus-powered providers are now able to sell more affordable 5G mobile plans.
Source: WhistleOut
Get NBN 100 for the price of NBN 50 with Belong’s EOFY deal
Score a Belong NBN 100 plan for the price of an NBN 50 plan with its limited-time-only EOFY deal.
Source: WhistleOut
Wed, 14th Jun 2023
The best NBN providers and their NBN plans compared (June 2023)
Compare Australia’s best NBN providers like Aussie Broadband, Dodo, SpinTel, Optus, Superloop, iiNet and more and their NBN plans.
Source: WhistleOut
NBN Co to formally assess LEO satellite services
NBN Co will undertake a formal assessment of low earth orbit (LEO) satellite-based internet services to understand how it might be able to make use of them in future.
Source: iTnews Australia
Slow NBN plans are growing in popularity
There are now approximately 1.4 million Australians on an NBN 25 plan.
Source: WhistleOut
Tue, 13th Jun 2023
Vodafone EOFY sale: Double data, iPhone deals, and more
It’s the end of the financial year, and Vodafone is celebrating tax time with stacks of ways to save on new phones and plans.
Source: WhistleOut
Telstra, Optus fail to negotiate any service improvements with NBN Co
NBN Co has rejected all suggested improvements to service quality by Telstra and Optus in a commercially-negotiated process it lauds as successful.
Source: iTnews Australia