Broadband News
Wed, 21st Oct 2020
ACCC watching US monopoly case against Google, hits back at tech giant's 'popularity'
Australia's competition chief Rod Sims says he's "delighted" that the US Government has Google in its sights in one of the biggest anti-trust lawsuits of the past 20 years.
Source: ABC News
Labor latches onto AU$57 billion figure as NBN cost
The Australian Labor Party has latched onto admissions from representatives of the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications that AU$51 billion plus AU$6 billion does indeed equal AU$57 billion.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Consumers, telcos to benefit from new NBN consumer experience rules: ACMA
Australia’s telecommunications regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), has taken action to enhance NBN consumer experience rules to protect Australians during the final phase of the National Broadband Network migration.
Source: iTWire
Tue, 20th Oct 2020
Telstra drops extra large discount on XL mobile plan
Telstra discounted its Extra Large Mobile Plan by $50 per month, skyrocketing it to the best value plan from the provider.
Source: WhistleOut
Fri, 16th Oct 2020
Aussie Broadband lists on the ASX one week early
Aussie Broadband has begun trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) after raising $40 million in an oversubscribed initial public offering (IPO).
Source: iTnews Australia
Aussie Broadband lists on ASX in $40 million IPO
Telecommunications provider Aussie Broadband has listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) with a $40-million initial public offering.
Source: ARN
Port Macquarie gets improved mobile coverage with Optus tower
Mobile phone coverage in the NSW town of Port Macquarie has been boosted with Optus switching on a new tower in the area which it says will deliver even better mobile coverage and connectivity.
Source: iTWire
Thu, 15th Oct 2020
Comms Minister weighs in on watchdog's regulation of the NBN
NBN Co’s wholesale prices, business market competition and spectrum are some of the issues highlighted in federal Communications Minister Paul Fletcher’s Statement of Expectations to the ACCC.
Source: ARN
Amaysim pays $126K penalty for ‘unlimited’ mobile data ad
Telco provider amaysim has paid penalties totalling $126,000 for alleged false or misleading representations about its mobile phone plans in an advertisement posted to Twitter.
Source: ARN
Wed, 14th Oct 2020
Optus says it achieved 2.5Gbps download on new ultra-fast 5G site
Telco Singtel Optus has fired the next shot in the ongoing Australian 5G speed wars, saying it has achieved a download speed of 2.5Gbps using a Samsung Galaxy S20 device on the first of its ultra-fast 5G sites.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 09th Oct 2020
Optus’ NBN 100 plans are now faster
Optus has officially upped it’s typical evening speeds on NBN 100 plans to 90Mbps making it the second fastest provider available.
Source: WhistleOut
Thu, 08th Oct 2020
NBN Co to deploy more fixed wireless cells to improve uplink speeds
NBN Co is set to deploy more fixed wireless cells in areas of high demand to resolve problems with slow uplink speeds on the network.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra's 5G speed self-test opens itself up to ridicule
Telstra is opening itself up to ridicule by touting figures collected by its own staff to "prove" that its 5G service is faster than a competitor – which, in this case, is Optus.
Source: iTWire
Wed, 07th Oct 2020
Telstra Velocity fibre rebuild or exit 'not practicable' before August 2021
Telstra is still no closer to an “exact date” to either upgrade or offload its residential fibre networks, but says it won’t be before the end of July 2021.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 06th Oct 2020
Optus opens ‘most sophisticated’ flagship store in Brisbane
Optus has opened a new store in Brisbane which it says is its “most sophisticated” national flagship store, giving customers and visitors a taste of its “vision for the future” of its retail stores.
Source: iTWire
Australian telco security coordinator concerned at network virtualisation plans
Australia's Communications Access Coordinator (CAC) is concerned by the level of understanding within the nation's telcos about the risk that network virtualisation can introduce.
Source: ZDNet Australia
TPG calls for NBN protectionism to end
TPG Telecom wants to see the era of NBN protectionism end, allowing it - and others - to provide a greater degree of infrastructure-based competition in NBN fixed-line areas once more.
Source: iTnews Australia
Optus supports 5G phone sales with price guarantee
Optus has introduced a price guarantee on sales of its 5G phones, guaranteeing to match retail prices offered by competitors.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 02nd Oct 2020
Optus Game Path courts PC gamers with low lag promise
Optus today announced a new add-on for NBN plans that it claims can reduce in-game lag by 30% on average.
Source: WhistleOut
Optus offering NBN users the chance to pay AU$10 for fewer hops
Optus announced on Friday a new routing product named Game Path where NBN users will be able to pay AU$10 a month for fewer hops of their traffic.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Thu, 01st Oct 2020
Optus introduces eSIM through the My Optus App
You can now sign up to the Optus mobile network and be connected within minutes using eSIM.
Source: WhistleOut
Wed, 30th Sep 2020
Telstra's Belong backs its 'micro' business decisions with data
Telstra’s challenger brand Belong rebuilt its data infrastructure and culture over the past two years to make it clearer how “micro decisions” made by staff impact customers and therefore the telco’s profitability.
Source: iTnews Australia
Complaints from customers who can't reach their telco up 1,500 per cent, report finds
Frustrated consumers are flooding the ombudsman with complaints about internet and phone providers who are unable to solve their problems, with one telco blaming the shutdowns in India for their inaction, a customer says.
Source: ABC News
Telstra is all but promising congestion free NBN for speeds as fast as NBN 100
Telstra is all but promising congestion free NBN, having upped its typical evening speed guidance for plans as fast as NBN 100. Big T is now saying customers can expect typical evening speeds of 100Mbps on NBN 100 plans, 50Mbps on NBN 50 plans, and 25Mbps on NBN 25 plans.
Source: WhistleOut
Tue, 29th Sep 2020
The fastest NBN providers according to the ACCC (September 2020)
Don't want slow NBN? Since 2018, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has been speed testing Australian NBN connections. The resulting quarterly report, Measuring Broadband Australia, details the average speed of connections offered by major providers during peak hours.
Source: WhistleOut
Telstra expands optical network capacity by 400%
Telstra has gone live with a network capacity upgrade quadrupling the speed in its optical transmission network between data centres over a year.
Source: ARN
Telco problems cost Australians millions of dollars in lost time
Resolving phone and Internet issues costs Australians over $150 million per year in lost time, according to new research from Australia's communications consumers peak body, the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN).
Source: iTWire
Telstra takes wraps off 5G fixed wireless service
Telstra has announced that it will launch its 5G fixed wireless service from Wednesday, with the initial glut of customers to be invited to take part.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra sets conservative speed expectations for 'up to gigabit' NBN add-on
Telstra is set to offer NBN Co’s "ultrafast" broadband product with up to gigabit speeds, but has set a conservative expectation of 250Mbps speeds for the evening peak.
Source: iTnews Australia
ACCC says fixed-line NBN connections held up well in May and June
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says fixed-line NBN broadband services have held up well in May and June despite the increased demand.
Source: iTWire