Broadband News
Wed, 21st Aug 2013
Optus simplifies international roaming charges
Optus has responded to the growing number of third party international roaming offerings by simplifying and reducing its own roaming charges.
Source: iTWire
Tue, 20th Aug 2013
Kogan "devastated" by mobile closure
Kogan Mobile says it is "devastated" and "extremely upset" at being forced to close its business, following the collapse of wholesale provider ispONE.
Source: ARN
Kogan Mobile: what sounds too good to be true generally is
When Telstra first decided to wholesale its 3G network, it was met with confusion by the industry. The confusion was compounded when Kogan announced high data mobile plans on the Telstra network.
Source: ZDNet Australia
TPG commits to capacity on Hawaiki cable
Hawaiki Cable has picked up TPG Telecom as a customer for its proposed Hawaiki trans-Pacific cable system, the two companies said yesterday.
Source: iTnews Australia
TPG to acquire fibre on Australia-US undersea cable
Australian ISP TPG plans to acquire fibre capacity on Hawaiki Cable Limited's Australia to US undersea cable.
Source: Computerworld
Mobile and internet provider ispONE collapses, putting 50 jobs at risk
50 jobs could be affected as mobile and internet provider ispONE enters administration with $30m of debt.
Source: ABC News
Mon, 19th Aug 2013
Kogan Mobile goes Nogan Nobile, Optus responds
Kogan Mobile: the service is shutting, with recharges and new activations ceasing within 24 hours, and Optus is pouncing, but there's plenty of time to port your number, weeks to use remaining credit and a refund of unused credit for those on longer plans - and perhaps a future revival?
Source: iTWire
Turnbull would have given NBN contracts to Telstra
Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said that incumbent fixed network operator Telstra could be in line for NBN contracts under a Coalition government.
Source: ZDNet Australia
7.3 million Aussies addicted to Facebook
Almost a third of the whole Australian population use Facebook daily on their mobiles, according to new figures released today.
Source: iTWire
ACCC to appeal TPG Federal Court decision
The High Court of Australia given the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) the ability to appeal against part of the Full Federal Court decision relating to TPG's misleading advertising.
Source: ARN
Telstra refuses to negotiate on SMS prices: Optus
Optus and Telstra have continued their debate over the regulation of SMS termination fees, with Optus claiming Telstra has refused to bring down prices in the last 10 years.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra burns Kogan Mobile as ispONE calls in administrators
Customers of Kogan Mobile will be forced to find a new prepaid mobile supplier, after Telstra was today advised its wholesale partner ispONE has entered voluntary administration.
Source: iTnews Australia
iiNet looks to new brand for unlimited ADSL2+ product
iiNet will launch an alternative ISP brand called Jiva next month that will offer unlimited ADSL2+ broadband from $79 a month.
Source: iTnews Australia
iiNet launches new ISP brand Jiva
Internet service provider, iiNet has launched a new ISP brand Jiva, aiming to offer simple, high-value Internet services.
Source: ARN
OECD finds Australia cheapest for smartphones
Would you believe Australia is the cheapest country in the developed world in which to own and use a smartphone? It's true, and the OECD has the numbers to prove it.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 16th Aug 2013
Trident signs on Fujitsu for $400m fibre network
Fujitsu has signed an agreement with Trident Subsea Cable System to help build a new $400 million fibre optic network that will connect Perth, the Pilbara and South East Asia.
Source: Computerworld
NBN switched on for some NSW suburbs
The government has connected 5400 homes and businesses in the NSW suburbs of Richmond, Windsor, South Windsor, and Bligh Park, to the NBN.
Source: ARN
Fujitsu to build Trident subsea cable
Trident Subsea Cable has contracted Fujitsu Australia to build its planned new Perth to Singapore cable, which will link resource rich Western Australia with Asia.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co kills tracking of unserviceable premises
NBN Co has changed the way it verifies the status of addresses typed into its online rollout map, killing access to a data file being used to track multi-dwelling unit (MDU) connection statistics.
Source: iTnews Australia
Turnbull's NBN policy 'detailed enough' to escape costing
Opposition Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull believes the Coalition's NBN plan is detailed enough to warrant not pushing further for an independent assessment of costings and assumptions.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 15th Aug 2013
Coalition NBN won't be costed
Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed that unlike most other Coalition policies, the alternative NBN policy won't be costed through the Parliamentary Budget Office.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co leaks 14 fibre locations
An NBN Co data leak has revealed 14 previously-unannounced fibre rollout areas, some with ready for service dates between 2018 and 2020.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 14th Aug 2013
Telstra blocked from cancelling ispONE service until trial
Telstra has been prevented from terminating mobile services to partner ispONE until the pair go to trial over unpaid bills, with a judge today awarding the full injunction ispONE had pushed for.
Source: iTnews Australia
ACCC may monitor actual broadband speeds
Australia could follow the US and other countries in releasing a periodic report on broadband performance.
Source: Computerworld
Optus reports revenue decline, customer losses
Optus has reported an operating revenue decline of 5.3 percent year on year to 2.2 billion on the back of a drop in the number of mobile subscribers.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Globalgig lets users globally roam, gulping cheap 3G data: great!
Global telcos who are well known to rip-off global travellers who happen to roam in countries other than their own need to watch out: the Globalgig cavalry has galloped in, offering international 3G data roamers gargantuan savings on overseas and even local gigabytes.
Source: iTWire
TPG: 48 days and 17 calls to fix dropouts
The internet service provider TPG took 48 days and 17 phone calls to fix a customer's dropout issues - and at the end of it all, the customer is still unsure as to the cause of the problem.
Source: iTWire
NBN Co launches new speeds for fixed wireless network
NBN Co has launched new speeds for its fixed wireless service, which enables 25 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload speeds.
Source: ARN
Which part of 'do not call' don't you understand?
ACMA has come down on two more companies for ignoring the Do Not Call Register.
Source: iTWire
Optus to keep its satellites - SingTel can't find a buyer
Negotiations to find a buyer for the Optus satellite business have fallen through, with parent SingTel unable to find a buyer willing to pay what it wants.
Source: iTWire