Broadband News
Tue, 04th Oct 2016
Telstra could lose national emergency alerts deal
Telstra will have to fight to keep a contract to deliver the Australian emergency alert service to all mobile phones and landlines across the country after the deal was opened back up to the market.
Source: iTnews Australia
ACCC declares Telstra's mass systems remediation complete
Telstra has finally achieved compliance with the structural separation undertaking (SSU) it signed four years ago after completing a large-scale remediation program that spanned 42 IT systems.
Source: iTnews Australia
Foxtel Play's Massive Makeover Means Cheaper Game Of Thrones
Foxtel Play is getting a massive makeover in December of this year. Presto customers will be moved across, prices will be cut to as little as $10 per month to attract more customers, and more content will be added to a simplified tier structure including sport and HBO entertainment like Game Of Thrones.
Source: Gizmodo
MyNetFone strikes MVNO deal with Telstra
MNF Group, whose brands include MyNetFone and voice carrier Symbio Networks, will begin offering 3G and 4G services using Telstra’s mobile network.
Source: Computerworld
Telstra trials connected car technology in South Australia
Telstra has teamed up with intelligent transport systems company, Cohda Wireless, in trialing Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) technology over Telstra’s 4G network in South Australia.
Source: ARN
Presto streaming service to vanish into Foxtel Play
Presto will disappear early next year as Seven West Media sells its stake to joint venture partner Foxtel, which plans to shut the service and direct customers to its own online video streaming service.
Source: ABC News
Mon, 03rd Oct 2016
AFL grand final fans hit Telstra mobile network with massive traffic boost
Fans at Saturday’s AFL grand final generated a massive 2.3 terabytes of traffic on the Telstra mobile network using their mobile phones and other devices to stream video, browse the Internet, upload photos to social media and receive and make telephone calls.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 30th Sep 2016
Vodafone Australia shutting down 2G network in 2017
Following Telstra by two years and Optus by one year, Vodafone has finally announced the closure of its 2G network in September next year.
Source: ZDNet Australia
What’s happening with the NBN, Optus, and HFC?
NBN quietly announced yesterday that it would no longer be attempting to utilise Optus’s HFC network in its makeup. Instead, it would utilise the much touted “compromise” technology – Fibre To the Distribution Point (FTTdp) in up to 700,000 households – which effectively extends the fibre point to the house boundary and utilises copper for the final 10-50 metres. The use of Optus’s network would be restricted to the heavily re-engineered launch site in Redcliffe, QLD, and effectively abandoned outside of that area.
Source: PC Authority
Ziggy wins second term as NBN chair
The federal government has reappointed Ziggy Switkowski as the chair of NBN Co for another three years, keeping him in the role until just prior to the slated 2020 completion of the NBN rollout.
Source: iTnews Australia
Ziggy Switkowski reappointed NBN chair
The government has reappointed Dr Ziggy Switkowski as chair of NBN’s board.
Source: Computerworld
Telstra to cut up to 300 roles from retail business
Around 300 jobs will be cut from Telstra’s retail business, with the company confirming that redundancies may follow from the proposed reduction.
Source: ARN
Vodafone bids farewell to 2G network
Vodafone Hutchison Australia will shut down its legacy 2G network by September next year.
Source: ARN
Thu, 29th Sep 2016
Melbourne activates free Wi-Fi network across CBD
Melbourne, Ballarat, and Bendigo citizens and visitors can now receive access to free Wi-Fi under a joint project between the Victorian government and TPG.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Internet Australia applauds NBN move from HFC to FTTdp
Internet Australia, the peak body representing Internet users, has applauded NBN’s decision not to use the “old Optus Pay-TV cables” and adopt a fibre to the distribution point (FTTdp) solution.
Source: iTWire
Wed, 28th Sep 2016
NBN Co dumps Optus HFC for FTTdp
NBN Co has ditched plans to use the bulk of Optus' hybrid-fibre coaxial (HFC) network and will instead deploy fibre-to-the-distribution point (FTTdp) technology to around 700,000 premises nationwide.
Source: iTnews Australia
Optus welcomes NBN decision on HFC
Optus has said it welcomes a decision by NBN to roll out fibre to the distribution point (FTTdp) in areas covered by the telco’s hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) network.
Source: Computerworld
NBN moves away from Optus HFC in network rollout
Nbn is considering FTTdp connection for over 700,000 premises previously earmarked for connection to the NBN via existing Optus HFC infrastructure and FTTN technology.
Source: ARN
Tue, 27th Sep 2016
Optus Went Down In Melbourne Today
A “technical issue” with Optus’ 3G network caused mobile customers across some parts of Melbourne and regional Victoria to experience difficulty making calls, sending texts and using data today.
Source: Gizmodo
Just how addicted are Aussies to the internet?
A full third of Australians go online while at the toilet, according to a new study by nbn.
Source: ARN
Vodafone follows in Telstra's footsteps with 2GB free data for outage
Despite making light of Telstra's free data days earlier this year, Vodafone has responded to its own network outage with a gift of 2GB of extra data for all mobile customers.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co 'overdoes it’ with new stats and double entendres
Someone is frisky at NBN Co, obsessed with "doing it" alongside reporting Australia’s "love affair with the Internet is growing".
Source: iTWire
Happy 1st Birthday, Fibre To The Node
It’s the first birthday of NBN’s fibre to the node rollout. Birthday cake. Candles. Everybody sing.
Source: Gizmodo
Vodafone Australia customers get bonus data following outage
Vodafone Australia left some of its customers without mobile service for a few hours on the evening of Sunday, September 25, which it attributed to router issues.
Source: ARN
Mon, 26th Sep 2016
Router problem behind Vodafone network outage
A problem with a router disrupted 4G services on Vodafone’s mobile network yesterday evening.
Source: Computerworld
Vodafone Australia confirms mobile outage caused by router issue
A router issue resulted in Vodafone customers being unable to use data over 4G services, with resulting congestion over 2G and 3G voice and text messaging services then occurring.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Fri, 23rd Sep 2016
MNF tries to reverse 'sub-scale' NBN reach
MNF Group is looking to reverse its “sub-scale” NBN reach by increasing its national coverage and potentially buying “additional subscriber bases”.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN anticipates updated CVC model in 2017
NBN is kicking off another round of CVC pricing consultations with industry, with a new model to be implemented during the second half of the financial year.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra adds 1,000 roles for communications technicians
In a bid to improve fault repair and installation timeframes, Telstra has added 1,000 communications technician roles across Australia.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Thu, 22nd Sep 2016
NBN has given Telstra 'the gift of urgency': Elop
The revenue lost from the NBN, and the contracts that can be made with the company rolling it out, is a 'gift of certainty and urgency', former Nokia CEO and now head of Telstra Innovation Stephen Elop has said.
Source: ZDNet Australia