Broadband News
Wed, 11th Aug 2021
Aussie Broadband cuts fresh fibre capacity deal with Telstra Wholesale
Aussie Broadband has cut a new five-year deal with Telstra Wholesale for access to high-capacity inter-capital and NBN interconnect fibre links that it says will help it compete for business with its larger rivals.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co delivers revenue and EBITDA growth
NBN Co generated total revenue of $4.6 billion in FY21, an increase of 21% year-on-year. Driving the revenue was the addition of 933,000 residential and business premises that connected to the network in the last 12 months and a total of 8.2 million premises connected to the network at 30 June 2021.
Source: iTWire
Mon, 09th Aug 2021
Bidding limits set for 5G spectrum
The federal government is to impose limits on the amount of low-band radio frequency spectrum that telecommunications providers can bid for in the next 5G auction.
Source: ARN
More regions on track for NBN business-grade fibre
NBN Co is to offer faster broadband speeds to more of regional Australia, adding 44 more 'Business Fibre Zones' to cover up to 60,000 businesses.
Source: ARN
NBN Co makes spirited defence of CVC and its cost to date
NBN Co has posted a spirited defence of its controversial bandwidth charge and of its incurred costs to date, as the top five internet providers - Telstra, Optus, Aussie Broadband, TPG Telecom and Vocus - unite to demand action.
Source: iTnews Australia
Fri, 06th Aug 2021
Optus under investigation for White Pages privacy breach
Almost 50,000 customers had their contact details printed in the phone directory against their wishes.
Source: SMH
Aussie Broadband named one of Australia’s best workplaces
Aussie Broadband has been ranked 16th in the 'Best Workplaces in Australia 2021' list (medium business), by Great Places to Work.
Source: iTWire
ACCAN calls on NBN Co to release low-income affordable broadband as Australians face lockdown
The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) is requesting telecommunications company NBN Co to provide low-income affordable broadband to Australians facing extended lockdowns.
Source: iTWire
Tue, 03rd Aug 2021
No coins? No worries. Telstra's 15,000 payphones are now free
Telstra says local and national calls, and calls to mobile phones will no longer incur a charge from its network of payphones across the country.
Source: ABC News
Telstra makes calls from its payphones free
Telstra will make all local and national calls placed from its 15,000-plus public payphones free.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 02nd Aug 2021
Optus now delivers mobile phones to customers’ homes via Uber Direct
Telco provider Optus is partnering with tech giant Uber to deliver mobile phones to customers’ homes within an hour, setting a new level of convenience in mobile retail business.
Source: iTWire
Aussie Broadband makes late push for NBN high-speed upgraders
A late push on NBN Co’s ‘focus on fast’ discounts, combined with its sales strategy, may lead more Aussie Broadband users to stay on the higher-cost plans once the discount period ends, the company's managing director Phillip Britt says.
Source: iTnews Australia
TPG issue temporarily locked fixed-line users out of Office 365
A "third-party routing issue" prevented fixed-line users of TPG Telecom and its brands from accessing Office 365 and other Microsoft services.
Source: iTnews Australia
TPG taps Dense Air for additional 5G spectrum
TPG Telecom has struck a deal to acquire additional 5G spectrum holdings in the 3.6 GHz band from Dense Air, which is also acquiring spectrum from TPG.
Source: ARN
Sat, 31st Jul 2021
Optus rides mmWave into Queensland’s flagship retail store
Optus has installed mmWave 5G technology into one of its flagship stores as it takes yet another step towards delivering this super-fast, exciting new technology directly into the hands of its customers.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 30th Jul 2021
Telcos fume over NBN Co’s ‘entirely inadequate’ relief credit for RSPs
At least two of Australia’s largest telcos are fuming over NBN Co’s pledge of $5.2 million in COVID-19 lockdown “relief credit” for RSPs, suggesting it falls well short of what retailers need.
Source: ARN
NBN $5.2M COVID relief credit
NBN announced that it will offer a COVID-19 relief credit payment totalling $5.2 million across eligible internet retailers to support the provision of additional data to meet increased customer demand for broadband services during the lockdowns in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia in July 2021.
Source: iTWire
Thu, 29th Jul 2021
NBN Co offers one month COVID-19 relief to RSPs
NBN Co has put $5.2 million in “relief credit” on the table for retail service providers to mitigate the increasing bandwidth costs of recent COVID-19 lockdowns.
Source: ARN
NBN Co to offer a month of bandwidth relief to internet providers
NBN Co will offer internet providers some "relief" on extra bandwidth costs they may be incurring due to lockdowns, but won’t resurrect a bandwidth bonus scheme that ran for much of last year.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra InfraCo opens carrier neutral data centres in Sydney and Melbourne
Telstra InfraCo has opened up the first two of at least seven carrier neutral data centres, aimed at customers working with carriers other than Telstra for their connectivity.
Source: ARN
TPG Telecom to upgrade Sydney-Guam submarine cable
TPG Telecom is set to upgrade its PPC-1 submarine cable that runs between Sydney and Guam, boosting the data capacity of the cable by 50 percent.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra InfraCo starts offering data centre floorspace
Telstra InfraCo has repurposed two former internal-only data centres owned by the telco as “carrier neutral” facilities, bringing around 10,000 square metres of floor space into the market.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 28th Jul 2021
Boost Mobile and Telstra renew network agreement with historic 10-year extension, with NBN and mobile broadband expansion planned
Boost Mobile's new 10-year network agreement with Telstra provides "significant expansion opportunities for Australia’s fastest growing independently owned mobile brand" and ensures a bright future for the youth-focused brand.
Source: iTWire
Thu, 22nd Jul 2021
CBA takes 25 percent stake in two NBN retail service providers
CBA is making a surprise play in the Australia broadband market, taking stakes in More Telecom and Tangerine and using its banking app to try to persuade customers to switch their provider.
Source: iTnews Australia
amaysim is offering 200GB for $20 to take the sting out of lockdown
Look, not many things can make us feel better when half the country is navigating yet another lockdown, but paying less for our phone bill certainly doesn't hurt.
Source: WhistleOut
Wed, 21st Jul 2021
NBN roundtable returns focus to customer needs - and NBN Co's costs
Retailers selling NBN services have sought to prioritise customers’ expectations of broadband services in critical discussions that promise to radically shake up the way NBN services are priced.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 14th Jul 2021
NBN Co dishes out $1.1B in fibre upgrade contracts
NBN Co has handed out $1.1 billion over four contracts for the upgrading of Fibre-to-the-Node connections to Fibre-to-the-Premises for homes and businesses.
Source: ARN
Downer secures more than $220M in NBN fibre build contracts
Downer EDI has secured two further contracts with NBN Co, the N2P Evolution and NBN fixed wireless services contracts.
Source: ARN
NBN Co contracts out $1.1bn of FTTN overbuild work
NBN Co is starting to contract out the overbuild of parts of the fibre-to-the-node network with full fibre, with four construction partners brought in to perform the work.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 13th Jul 2021
Ventia scores fibre upgrade contract with NBN Co
Infrastructure provider Ventia has won a contract with NBN Co for the national broadband builder’s ongoing fibre upgrade project.
Source: ARN