Broadband News
Wed, 24th Feb 2021
Telstra InfraCo opens up dark fibre network
Telstra InfraCo's dark fibre optic network is now available for use across six Australian state capitals.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Mon, 22nd Feb 2021
Amaysim reports half-year results ahead of preparation to delist by the end of March
Amaysim has reported its 2021 half-year financial results, which comes following the sale of its energy and mobile businesses, as well as currently being subject to an unconditional off-market takeover offer from investment firm WAM Capital.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Superloop inks landmark wholesale NBN aggregation deal with Symbio
Superloop has struck a deal to exclusively supply wholesale NBN aggregation services to MNF Group’s IP voice services subsidiary Symbio Networks.
Source: ARN
NBN Co wants a public test of how well it matches up with 5G
NBN Co wants a public, independent metric for how well its services match up to the 5G ‘fixed wireless’ services that are "suggested" to be direct substitutes for an NBN fixed-line connection.
Source: iTnews Australia
Fri, 19th Feb 2021
Bandwidth purchased from NBN drops as pandemic capacity boost ends
The amount of bandwidth purchased from the company running the National Broadband Network dropped form 20.2Tbps down to 19.8Tbps over the quarter to December 31, according to numbers from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN resellers warned to boost CVC after COVID freebies
Australia’s consumer watchdog has warned NBN retail service providers to start buying up more CVC capacity following the end of NBN Co’s COVID-19 giveaways.
Source: ARN
5G mobile broadband: Everything you need to know
5G mobile broadband is likely to be one of the first ways Australians will be able to experience 5G. Here's what we know so far.
Source: WhistleOut=
ACCC: 8.1m broadband connections now on the NBN, more than 5.5m are 50Mbps or better
There are now more than 8.1 million household and business services connected to the NBN, according to a new ACCC report.
Source: iTWire
Thu, 18th Feb 2021
TPG claims top sales for NBN enterprise broadband services
TPG Telecom has declared itself the “highest seller” of NBN enterprise ethernet services, based on market position data supplied by NBN Co to retail service providers each month.
Source: iTnews Australia
Optus hit by cellular network outage
Optus is suffering an outage of its cellular network along Australia’s east coast, with widespread problems being reported.
Source: iTnews Australia
Vocus and Amcom founders steer Swoop Telecommunications in $61M listing deal
Swoop Telecommunications and NodeOne have been bought by publicly listed Stemify in a deal worth $61.3 million.
Source: ARN
Aussie Broadband brings in NBN users chasing a better experience
Aussie Broadband’s growth in residential broadband is coming largely from NBN users “disenfranchised” with their existing provider and looking to make a switch.
Source: iTnews Australia
Facebook restricts Australians' access to news
Australians are being blocked from accessing news in their Facebook feeds, in a dramatic escalation of the social media giant's stand-off with the federal government.
Source: ABC News
NBN Co executives and employees got $77 million in bonuses in back half of 2020
There were more bonuses paid out to NBN Co employees in five months of 2020 than in the entirety of the 2018-19 financial year.
Source: ABC News
Wed, 17th Feb 2021
Telstra recommends amending existing telco Acts instead of creating duplication
Telstra has asked Australia's pending national critical infrastructure laws to avoid creating duplicate or conflicting requirements for the telecommunications sector, highlighting that existing regimes it is bound by already "work well".
Source: ZDNet Australia
Aussie Broadband switches mobile allegiance from Telstra to Optus
Aussie Broadband is set to revamp its mobile services and expand into offering cellular fixed wireless after switching its mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) allegiance from Telstra to Optus.
Source: iTnews Australia
Aussie Broadband sees market share increase as losses deepen
Aussie Broadband has revealed revenue and earnings increases, and a net pre-tax profit tumble, for the half year ending 31 December 2020.
Source: ARN
Aussie Broadband announces 'bloody good' half year results to 31 Dec 2020
Aussie Broadband is the company that offers "bloody good broadband", so when we looked at its half year results, we thought they were bloody good, too!
Source: iTWire
Tue, 16th Feb 2021
Optus' new family NBN plans come with a WiFi extender
Optus' new NBN plans make it easier to blanket your home with WiFi.
Source: WhistleOut
You can now bundle Optus Flybuys plans with your phone
The plans themselves are almost identical to last year's offering but this time have a new name, and allow you to bundle available devices alongside them.
Source: WhistleOut
Google, Facebook win media code concessions over algorithmic changes
The federal government is poised to water down the requirement that digital platforms give media companies 14 days’ notice of major algorithm changes under its proposed media code.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra stands up automated platform to block scam calls
Telstra said it is blocking up to half a million scam calls on its busiest days using a new automated platform, part of a “double down” of a broader crackdown effort against scams that transit across its network infrastructure.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra blocking 1.5m scam calls a week, up from 1m a month previously
Telstra has announced the third element of its "Cleaner Pipes" initiative, ensuring that its smart pipes aren't dumb, and are as clean as possible from scam callers, safeguarding "millions of Australians in the process"
Source: iTWire
Mon, 15th Feb 2021
NBN offers telcos two paths to extending CVC bundle discounts until April 2023
The company responsible for deploying the NBN on Monday said it wants to extend the duration of its wholesale discounts and data inclusions by an additional year.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co hunts more residential revenue in 2022
NBN Co is pitching a $2 a month increase to the 'fixed' cost of its 50Mbps-plus services from May next year, with substantive changes to its price strategy deferred until 2023.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co begins consultation ‘with industry in two-part wholesale pricing consultation paper’
NBN Co has released its “Pricing Review 2021 Consultation Paper 1”, which the company says “seeks to deliver value, certainty and simplicity to the telecommunication industry and customers.”
Source: iTWire
Sat, 13th Feb 2021
MyRepublic is now selling Australia's cheapest NBN 1000 plan
MyRepublic has joined the growing number of telcos offering gigabit NBN plans with the launch of its own 1000Mbps offering.
Source: WhistleOut
Fri, 12th Feb 2021
NBN pauses weekly numbers due to new HFC connection stop
The company responsible for the National Broadband Network has said it will be reviewing its generally reliable weekly release of rollout statistics, as it pinned the blame on the
Source: ZDNet Australia
Wed, 10th Feb 2021
NBN Co pays $3 billion of its $19.5 billion government loan
NBN Co has started to pay down the $19.5 billion it was loaned by the government back in 2016 to complete the rollout, using a mix of privately-sourced debt funding.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co names next locations for fresh fibre extensions
NBN RSPs servicing the likes of Maitland, NSW; Deer Park, Victoria; Albany Creek in Queensland or Gepps Cross in South Australia could soon have more fibre to play with.
Source: ARN