Broadband News
Sun, 17th Nov 2024
T-Mobile hacked in massive Chinese breach of telecom networks
T-Mobile's network was among the systems hacked in a damaging Chinese cyber-espionage operation that gained entry into multiple US and international telecommunications companies, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Source: iTnews Australia
ACCC takes aim at the size of the 'broadband tax'
Australia’s competition watchdog is weighing changes to the ‘‘broadband tax’ that would prevent the scheme from being used by NBN Co to recover “historical losses” for fixed wireless and satellite services.
Source: iTnews Australia
Anti-Musk: The social media site picking up a lot of X refugees in Australia
Bluesky is Australia’s top-ranked social media app in both Apple and Google’s app stores, firming as the social media website of choice for those quitting X.
Source: SMH
Thu, 14th Nov 2024
ACCC publishes consultation paper on Regional Broadband Scheme levy
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is seeking stakeholder submissions on the approach to calculating the Regional Broadband Scheme (RBS) levy for its 2025 advice to the Minister for Communications on the levy.
Source: iTWire
Wed, 13th Nov 2024
Warning: Watch out for scam texts pretending to be from your telco
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is seeing a rise in SMS telco impersonation scams and is warning people to be on the lookout.
Source: iTWire
New Optus boss ready for fresh chapter after two rough years for telco
New Optus chief executive Stephen Rue says he is confident of beginning a fresh chapter for Australia’s second-largest telecommunications company after two years marked by outages, a cyberattack and declining customer trust.
Source: SMH
Tue, 12th Nov 2024
Under proposed laws the truth about COVID-19 could have been struck from the internet
The federal government wants to create powers to curb the spread of misinformation and outright lies online. But legal experts have detailed why they worry that the proposed laws could actually undermine the truth.
Source: ABC News
Mon, 11th Nov 2024
Data centre operator iseek bought for $400m
Data centre operator iseek is set to be acquired by asset manager HMC Capital for $400 million.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 07th Nov 2024
Optus penalised $12m for Triple Zero failures
Optus and its subsidiaries were penalised $12 million for Triple Zero call failures during its major outage a year ago, as well as for not performing welfare checks.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 30th Oct 2024
ACCC suing Optus for unconscionable conduct when selling phone products to vulnerable customers
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is suing Optus alleging it engaged in unconscionable conduct when selling phone products to vulnerable customers.
Source: ABC News
Tue, 29th Oct 2024
Telcos in talks to roll out ‘SMS on steroids’
Telstra, Optus and TPG are in talks to implement an SMS replacement that could slash the rate of spam messages.
Source: SMH
Sun, 27th Oct 2024
Optus commences 3G switch off, offers financially strapped free handsets
Australia's second largest telecoms operator Optus will begin switching off its 3G network from 28 October 2024, potentially impacting millions of subscribers still using the old wireless technology.
Source: iTWire
Thu, 24th Oct 2024
Optus compensated users $1.2m for "lost income" from 2023 outage
Optus customers managed to extract $1.2 million in cash and service credits from the telco to compensate for lost income from its 12-hour outage on November 8 last year.
Source: iTnews Australia
Global Switch Australia to come back under local ownership in $1.94bn deal
Global Switch Australia is set to be sold to Australian asset manager HMC Capital for almost $1.94 billion.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 14th Oct 2024
TPG to sell fibre assets to Vocus for $5.3bn
TPG has agreed to sell its fibre and fixed network infrastructure assets to Vocus for $5.25 billion.
Source: iTnews Australia
Sun, 13th Oct 2024
Australians don’t care who owns the NBN, they just want better broadband
The federal government is pushing for new laws that would keep the NBN in public hands, but will it lead to cheaper or better internet?
Source: SMH
Wed, 09th Oct 2024
Leaptel taps Superloop to improve backhaul, extend reach
Melbourne-based internet service provider Leaptel has chosen telecommunications company Superloop to provide virtual network to network interface (VNNI) backhaul to 121 NBN point of interconnects (POIs), as well as inter capital ethernet services across Australia.
Source: iTWire
Govt promises NBN will remain in 'public hands'
The government has introduced a new bill to maintain wholesale broadband operator National Broadband Network (NBN) in public ownership.
Source: iTWire
Gov's NBN sale block bill opens door to affordability, exec pay questions
A bid by the government to shut the door on a future sale of NBN Co could lead to a broader inquiry on the accessibility and affordability of services, and of executive pay.
Source: iTnews Australia
Sun, 06th Oct 2024
AI hype, 3G shutdown drive bumper smartphone sales
Australians are back buying new smartphones, with the new iPhone facing stiffer competition from AI-enabled Android rivals.
Source: SMH
Wed, 02nd Oct 2024
DFAT puts $51m into Google Pacific cable
The federal government has handed $51 million to US firm Manta Ray Solutions LLC to develop a new Pacific subsea cable.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 01st Oct 2024
Dozens of Starlink systems deployed for Hurricane Helene
The White House said dozens of Starlink satellite systems that provide high-speed internet access were in use in North Carolina, with over 100 more in transit to areas devastated by Hurricane Helene.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra delivers '4x speeds' to Norfolk Island
Telecommunications company Telstra claimed to have "quadrupled" the internet speeds of Norfolk Island, which is roughly 1,500km from the Australian mainland in the South Pacific Ocean.
Source: iTWire
Sun, 29th Sep 2024
Senate holds hope that large-scale roaming possible during outages
A senate inquiry into last year’s Optus outage has expressed hope that the impact of future incidents of a similar scale may be offset by the emergence of large-scale roaming arrangements.
Source: iTnews Australia
Meta fined millions for plaintext password storage
The lead European Union privacy regulator fined social media giant Meta 91 million euros ($147 million) for inadvertently storing some users' passwords without protection or encryption.
Source: iTnews Australia
Sun, 01st Sep 2024
NBN Co is working to a new five-year security strategy
NBN Co is working to a new five-year security strategy that will help the network operator comply with the
Source: iTnews Australia
Fri, 30th Aug 2024
TPG to cull 19 gov, enterprise and wholesale products in 2024
TPG Telecom is to axe 19 enterprise, government and wholesale products this year, with eight shuttered in the past six months.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 27th Aug 2024
Australian telcos to be told how to communicate outages to customers
Australia’s telcos will soon have to meet enforceable standards for the way they communicate outages to customers.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 26th Aug 2024
Major telcos' market share slightly dip while smaller telcos inch up: NBN Co report
The market share of major Australian telcos slightly declined while smaller telcos saw a slight increase, according to the NBN Wholesale Market Indicators Report, prepared quarterly for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) by wholesale broadband operator NBN Co.
Source: iTWire
Aussie Broadband will have a new CTO from October
Aussie Broadband will have a new chief technology officer from the end of October as incumbent and co-founder John Reisinger retires.
Source: iTnews Australia