Broadband News
Mon, 02nd Dec 2019
Aussie Broadband pauses IPv6 trial due to Cisco bug
Aussie Broadband has temporarily paused an IPv6 beta trial “due to an ongoing bug” affecting the firmware of Cisco aggregation services routers (ASRs) it uses in its network.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN broadband tax referred to Senate committee
After being introduced in the House of Representatives, the government's Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Bill 2019 and Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Bill 2019 were last week referred to the Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Optus cops $6.4m fine for dodgy NBN disconnection claims
The Federal Court has ordered Optus pay $6.4 million in penalties after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission pursued it over making misleading claims to customers that their home broadband would be imminently disconnected.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co shows its top user now hits 26TB a month
NBN Co’s biggest user is based in Queensland and is consuming 26TB of data a month.
Source: iTnews Australia
Optus to pay AU$6.4 million for misleading NBN disconnection claims
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has collected another victory, with Optus to pay a AU$6.4 million penalty for misleading its customers over NBN disconnections.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Amaysim closes $7.8M Jeenee buy
Amaysim has wrapped up its $7.8 million acquisition of mobile virtual network operator Jeenee Communications, a move aimed at further building its presence in the local market.
Source: ARN
Fri, 29th Nov 2019
The best Black Friday phone plan and NBN deals
Black Friday is back and bigger than ever, with more and more Aussie retailers offering great deals. Here's a look at some of the best phone, mobile, and NBN deals around.
Source: WhistleOut
NBN Co connection complaint management only 'partially effective'
NBN Co is not reaching its own timeliness targets for managing connection-related complaints, the Australian National Audit Office has found.
Source: ARN
Labor claims govt going against stated policy with NBN tax
Labor shadow communications minister Michelle Rowland claims the government's move to put in place a cost-recovery tax on networks that compete with the NBN directly contradicts the communications minister's statement that he favours competition in this field.
Source: iTWire
Thu, 28th Nov 2019
JGA South cable lands at Sydney
The Japan-Guam-Australia South subsea cable system (JGA South) has been landed at Sydney's Narrabeen Beach in Sydney.
Source: iTWire
Broadband tax now planned to kick in July 2020
The federal government has reintroduced long-delayed legislation for a broadband tax on non-NBN operated fixed line services, which it hopes will be in place from 1 July 2020.
Source: iTnews Australia
New rules for telcos to meet emergency call services obligations
Telcos are required to do a welfare check on people who have tried to call during a large network outage of telecommunications systems, under newly legislated rules for emergency call services in Australia.
Source: iTWire
Wed, 27th Nov 2019
Telstra brings 5G to 15 more towns and cities
Australia's 5G networks are still very much a work in progress, but as of today, Telstra customers will find 5G in more towns and cities around the country. Telstra 5G is now available in 25 towns and cities, up from 10 when the next generation network first launched in May.
Source: WhistleOut
Telstra seeing one in four Android handsets sold being 5G capable
Telstra is seeing a quarter of its Android phones sold since July be 5G capable, the telco said at its investor day on Wednesday.
Source: ZDNet Australia
ACMA proposes three-point action plan to crack down on phone scams
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has put forward a three-point action plan in its newly released Combating Scams: Actions Plan report in a move to fight phone scams.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra sees no upside in latest NBN price changes
Telstra CEO Andy Penn expects to see “no pickup” - or improvement - in the economics of selling NBN services from the outcomes of a five-month wholesale price review by NBN Co.
Source: iTnews Australia
Turnbull again accused of spreading wrong information about 5G
Former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has been accused of continuing to spread misinformation about the security architecture of 5G networks, with a Huawei Australia official claiming Turnbull was still relying on incorrect technical advice he had been given while he was prime minister.
Source: iTWire
ACMA formally warns Telstra about excess data usage notices
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has issued Telstra a formal warning for the telco's failure to email more than 150,000 mobile broadband customers about excess data usage, resulting in these people having to fork out for the data.
Source: iTWire
Telstra pushes for ‘seat at the table’ if NBN Co goes private
Telstra is still keeping its cards on the table for a potential NBN Co privatisation, its chief executive officer Andy Penn has revealed.
Source: ARN
Telstra to refund excess charges to 150k mobile broadband users
Telstra is offering to refund excess charges incurred by mobile broadband customers over almost six years due to a system error that prevented them receiving usage notifications.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telcos get new obligations to cooperatively target scam calls
Australian telcos will be subject to new enforced obligations mandating cooperation and the use of several techniques to thwart scam calls.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 26th Nov 2019
NBN Co opens up CVC pooling nationally to RSPs
NBN Co has agreed to let internet retail service providers pool their connectivity virtual circuit (CVC) bandwidth across Australia.
Source: ARN
NBN Co to temporarily cut 100Mbps prices starting 2020
NBN Co is hoping to drum up interest in its forthcoming 100/20Mbps product by temporarily lowering the price of 100Mbps services in the New Year.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co to allow internet providers to pool CVC nationally
NBN Co will allow retail service providers to pool all their connectivity virtual circuit (CVC) bandwidth nationally from May 2020, a move that could ease pressure on rising costs.
Source: iTnews Australia
iiNet lost a copper line, an NBN customer, and must now undergo a systems audit
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has issued a direction to iiNet to undergo an independent audit after it left a customer's legacy ADSL service service switched off for the better part of November last year, following a bungled NBN migration.
Source: ZDNet Australia
iiNet rapped for bungled NBN migration
Australia’s media watchdog has handed iiNet a dressing down after a customer’s NBN migration left them without internet for more than three weeks.
Source: ARN
Mon, 25th Nov 2019
Optus follows Telstra and Vodafone in killing off contract phone plans
Optus has followed Telstra and Vodafone's lead in restructuring all of its postpaid plans as contract-free offerings that allow customers to leave at any time.
Source: WhistleOut
Australia's NBN a hell of an achievement: Malcolm Turnbull
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull's effort to entrench his own narrative of Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN) into Australia's political history is truly fascinating.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Optus goes ‘build your own’ with release of new mobile plans
Optus has released a range of “build your own” mobile phone plans giving customers the ability to “mix and match a range of features” of their plan by choosing a monthly data amount, international calls and roaming data.
Source: iTWire
Roadshow, Netflix seek to block open source Popcorn Time app
Village Roadshow is spearheading a new effort to obtain Federal Court orders directing major Australian ISPs to block their customers from accessing eighty-seven online services accused of facilitating piracy.
Source: Computerworld