Broadband News
Thu, 10th Sep 2020
Huawei Australia official urges Turnbull to stop embarrassing himself over 5G
Huawei Australia's chief corporate affairs officer Jeremy Mitchell has taken another swing at former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, after the latter claimed during an interview on ABC's Radio National that the operational core and radio access parts of the network in 5G could not be split.
Source: iTWire
Watchdog sets March 2021 cut-off for NBN Co, telco cooperation
The competition watchdog has issued a final determination granting authorisation for NBN Co and a group of telco providers to work together until 31 March next year to bolster capacity amid COVID-19 disruptions.
Source: ARN
Optus will now offer 100Mbps and uncapped 5G home internet products
Optus is changing the way it prices its ‘5G’ home internet services, including the creation of a $75 a month product with roughly the same speed profile as a fixed-line 100Mbps NBN service.
Source: iTnews Australia
Optus unveils uncapped speed 5G Home internet plan for AU$90 a month
For those approximately 420,000 households lucky enough to be in the Optus 5G footprint, the telco has unveiled a pair of unlimited data plans on Thursday.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Aussie Broadband’s Phillip Britt wins ACOMM top award
Aussie Broadband managing director Phillip Britt has taken out the Australian communications industry’s most prestigious accolade, with the award of the title of Communications Ambassador 2020 at this year’s ACOMM awards.
Source: iTWire
Optus appeals to customer ‘usage habits’ with launch of new 5G Internet plans
Optus is launching two new 5G Internet plans targeting its customers with the options of selecting a 5G high speed and streamed entertainment package it claims will best meet their usage habits.
Source: iTWire
Tue, 08th Sep 2020
Good Deal: Get 100GB mobile plan for $45 per month on Vodafone
Vodafone is currently offering a $15 per month discount on its 100GB mobile plan.
Source: WhistleOut
ACCC to examine competition between Apple and Google app stores
Australia's competition watchdog on Tuesday said it would look into the use of and sharing of data by apps and the extent of competition between Apple's and Google's app stores.
Source: iTnews Australia
Fri, 04th Sep 2020
NBN Co extends additional capacity offer for third time
NBN Co has announced the third extension to its offer to provide internet retailers with additional data capacity at no extra cost until the new end date of 30 November.
Source: ARN
NBN reverses course to extend CVC boost until end of November
The National Broadband Network (NBN) has gone back on its claims that its extension until the end of September to its 40% capacity boost at no charge for retailers would be the last.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Internet giants to face hefty fines under Austrian hate speech law
Austria plans to oblige large internet platforms like Facebook and Google to delete illegal content within days and impose fines of up to 10 million euros (A$16.3 million) in case of non-compliance, the government said on Thursday.
Source: iTnews Australia
Apple to delay privacy change threatening Facebook, mobile ads
Apple said on Thursday that it will delay until early next year changes to its privacy policy that could reduce ad sales by Facebook and other companies targeting users on iPhones and iPads.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co extends additional CVC capacity offer to Internet retailers
NBN Co has further extended its National Broadband Network 40% additional wholesale Connectivity Virtual Circuit (CVC) capacity offer at no extra cost to Internet retailers until the end of November.
Source: iTWire
Thu, 03rd Sep 2020
ACCC partners with five overseas counterparts to tackle global competition concerns
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will partner with five international counterparts to tackle cross-border issues, such as those related to its investigations into digital platforms.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Internet companies urge rejection of new social media regulations
A group representing major internet companies including Facebook, Amazon and Google has urged the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reject a Trump administration bid to narrow the ability of social media companies to remove objectionable content.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 02nd Sep 2020
Telstra updates mobile app to handle eSIM changes
Telstra has updated its mobile app, giving customers who have eSIMs the ability to manage them from the app without having to visit a store or requiring an eSIM activation card.
Source: iTWire
Tue, 01st Sep 2020
NBN Co says low FttN speeds due to co-existence of legacy services
The NBN Co has responded to the Australian Labor Party's query as to why many FttN services cannot attain the promised minimum 25Mbps download speeds, by pointing out that the main reason is because of the co-existence of legacy services.
Source: iTWire
ACCC describes Facebook threat on media code as ill-timed
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has described Facebook's threat to prevent Australians from sharing local and international news on the site if the ACCC's draft code on news sharing become law as "ill-timed and misconceived".
Source: iTWire
Mon, 31st Aug 2020
Optus is the latest provider to offer gigabit NBN plans
Optus has joined the likes of Superloop and Aussie Broadband in offering customers NBN plans with speeds faster than 100Mbps. Optus customers can now pick from NBN 250 and NBN 1000 plans, in addition to NBN 50 and NBN 100 plans.
Source: WhistleOut
Huawei cuts ties with Canberra Raiders, citing 5G ban and 'negative' attitude to Chinese companies
The controversial telco deals a huge financial blow to the NRL team by pulling out of its agreement a year early, and a representative says it is a direct result of the Federal Government's 5G ban.
Source: ABC News
NBN Co says 126,000 FTTN users still can't get 25Mbps speeds
NBN Co has revealed there are still 126,000 fibre-to-the-node premises that can’t hit the mandated minimum peak speed of 25Mbps.
Source: iTnews Australia
Amaysim goes to market as Optus network deal approaches expiry
Amaysim is testing the market for its next network services agreement as its current wholesale arrangement with Optus comes up for expiry in mid-2022.
Source: iTnews Australia
ALP asks why FttN users still cannot get promised minimum download speed
The Australian Labor Party has questioned why 139,963 household and business users of fibre-to-the-node connections on the NBN still cannot get the mandated speeds of 25Mbps.
Source: iTWire
Sun, 30th Aug 2020
Telstra passes new ‘milestones’ with 5G rollouts in Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania
Telstra has passed new milestones with 400 Queensland 5G sites now on-air and both the 450th Telstra 5G site on-air in Victoria and the 30th Tasmanian 5G site also on air, as the telco’s 5G rollouts continues apace.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 28th Aug 2020
Commander takes its turn as Australia's most complained about telco
The Communications Alliance Complaints in Context report for April to June has a new king to crown in the form of Vocus-owned Commander.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Wed, 26th Aug 2020
Get 40GB for $35 per month on Optus and a whole heap of Flybuys points
Optus has teamed up with Flybuys for a new range of SIM-only plans.
Source: WhistleOut
Optus claims first 2300MHz + 3500MHz 5G carrier aggregation call
Australia's second biggest telco Singtel Optus has teamed up with Swedish telecommunications equipment provider Ericsson to make what it claims is the world's first 2300 + 3500MHz 5G non-standalone carrier aggregation call.
Source: iTWire
Tue, 25th Aug 2020
Telstra completes $5.2 million network upgrade on Tasmania’s west coast
Telstra has completed a $5.2 million upgrade of its network on Tasmania’s west coast, with the project completed more than a year ahead of schedule.
Source: iTWire
Mon, 24th Aug 2020
Optus launches new network status map
Optus has announced the release of a new network status map, called Network Experience Maps (NE-Maps), which it claims transforms customers mobile and website experience by enabling them to raise an issue with the mobile network “when and where” a problem is occurring and opt-in to SMS/email updates about a known or reported issue.
Source: iTWire
Uniti urges broadband tax extension to cellular
Uniti Group has urged the government to expand the application of the broadband tax to high-speed cellular broadband networks, partially in the hope of offsetting the size of its own contribution to the scheme.
Source: iTnews Australia