Broadband News
Wed, 19th Jun 2019
Telstra outage pulled plug on AusPost, ING, Bendigo, Cuscal payments
Telstra has been identified as the source of an outage that knocked out payments and ATM services for Australia Post, Bendigo Bank, ING Australia, Bank Australia and Cuscal on Tuesday.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 18th Jun 2019
Telstra, Optus want NBN Co's price-setting power reined in
NBN Co’s ability to set prices and withdraw offers with little consultation is set to be tested after the practice drew heavy criticism from Telstra and Optus.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 17th Jun 2019
Reported losses from NBN scams increase by nearly 300% in 2019: ACCC
Consumers lost more than AU$110,000 each month in the January to May period.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Vocus loses another potential suitor as AGL walks away
AGL states it is no longer confident its proposal would create value.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra asks its 30,000 employees what they really think with 'experience pulse'
Telstra has insourced employee engagement data collection and diagnostics activities, setting up a new “experience pulse” that presents the data to 3300 “people leaders” across the telco.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 13th Jun 2019
Auditor sees risks in government management of NBN loan
The Australian National Audit Office has expressed concerns over the handling of a $19.5 billion government loan to NBN Co, with the communications department unable to provide evidence of a suitable governance framework to oversee the company’s compliance with the lending arrangements.
Source: ARN
Wed, 12th Jun 2019
AGL Energy has no plans to break up Vocus
AGL Energy has no plans to break up its takeover target, Vocus Group, but instead will aim to grow the combined businesses, AGL CEO Brett Redman said.
Source: ARN
Netflix and Stan subscription revenue to jump 13.7pc by 2023, says PwC
Popular streaming services will experience a surge in subscribers and revenue, while Foxtel is falling behind, according to PwC's latest report.
Source: ABC News
Tue, 11th Jun 2019
FibreCo Qld given AU$8.6m to establish state-owned fibre backhaul
The Queensland government will be spending the cash over two years to stand-up the state-owned entity.
Source: ZDNet Australia
AGL launches $3b bid for telco company Vocus
AGL has signalled an aggressive move to broaden its business away from legacy coal-burning infrastructure to data infrastructure with its bid for the telecommunications business Vocus.
Source: ABC News
Comms minister says NBN privatisation ‘some way away’
With the roll out of the National Broadband Network due to be completed next year, Australia’s new communications minister says that there will not be an immediate push to privatise NBN Co.
Source: Computerworld
AGL Energy makes $3B proposal to acquire Vocus
AGL Energy has been granted access to conduct a four-week due diligence on Vocus roughly one week after the publicly-listed energy provider withdrew its offer after being "unable to agree to due diligence terms that were acceptable".
Source: ARN
AGL Energy tests $3bn price for Vocus
AGL Energy is back in the hunt for telco Vocus with a non-binding $3 billion proposal on the table, pending the outcome of due diligence.
Source: iTnews Australia
Optus rethinks how telco customer problems get solved
Optus is testing new ways to solve customers’ problems that avoids putting the customer on hold or having to repeatedly explain the problem every time their call is passed between support areas.
Source: iTnews Australia
Fri, 07th Jun 2019
NBN Co's Sky Muster Plus to start at $45 a month wholesale
NBN Co will price its forthcoming Sky Muster Plus satellite service that unmeters some traffic and can burst above 25Mbps at a minimum of $45 a month wholesale.
Source: iTnews Australia
iiNet introduces symmetric gigabit business broadband plan
Strings attached include an almost AU$900 per month price tag and a 36 month commitment.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Thu, 06th Jun 2019
NBN Co fights to keep control of its 5G spectrum
NBN Co is fighting to keep some semblance of control over prime 5G spectrum it has rights to as a multi-year campaign to relieve it of the valuable asset edged closer to success.
Source: iTnews Australia
Optus 'concierge' to take grief out of NBN migration
Optus has created an ‘NBN concierge’ to oversee the connection of customers to the NBN, a move that is clearly intended to help it differentiate from retail providers still competing on price.
Source: iTnews Australia
Vocus' Christmas Island link pricing set for market test
Regulated pricing for a Vocus subsea transmission link connecting Perth to Christmas Island will now be market-tested to judge whether or not it hits the mark.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 05th Jun 2019
NBN Co mulls mmWave for potential boost to fixed wireless capacity
NBN Co wants Australia’s spectrum regulator to leave open the option of the government-owned company acquiring licences for so-called mmWave frequencies to help combat the capacity squeeze of its fixed wireless service.
Source: Computerworld
EQT walks away from Vocus proposal
Due diligence fails to result in an offer for Australian telco.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Tue, 04th Jun 2019
Telstra to cull 10,000 contractors
Telstra is set to cut back its contractor workforce by 10,000 - or a quarter - over the next two years.
Source: iTnews Australia
Qantas warns future 5G could interfere with its plane wi-fi
Qantas has warned it may have to switch off its satellite-powered wi-fi services below 10,000 feet if 5G is allowed to operate in the same spectrum.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 03rd Jun 2019
Telstra offered 272,397 refunds for premium content charges
Telstra made refund offers to 272,397 customers as a result of the third-party content subscription billing scandal of 2018, though only a quarter actually claimed them.
Source: iTnews Australia
TPG reiterates claim of needing Vodafone merger post-Huawei ban
It also argued that it has insufficient spectrum to roll out mobile networks the same way as Optus and Telstra.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra makes big cuts in payphone call rates
Telstra has announced that it would be sharply reducing the rates for calls placed from its 15,500 public payphones across the country.
Source: iTWire
Telstra to allow its payphones to receive calls
Telstra is set to allow publicly-accessible payphones to receive incoming calls under changes to the way the phones operate and are priced.
Source: iTnews Australia
Vodafone Group brings ex-Telstra CEO onto board
Telco conglomerate Vodafone Group has named former Telstra CEO David Thodey as a non-executive director.
Source: iTnews Australia
Fri, 31st May 2019
Amaysim gets more out of Optus wholesale agreement
ASX-listed telco provider Amaysim Australia has updated its wholesale agreement with Optus signed when the company launched in 2010.
Source: ARN
AGL confirms it considered Vocus acquisition
Energy company AGL has confirmed that it considered a foray into the telco sector through the acquisition of Vocus, but said it has withdrawn a non-binding, indicative offer for the company.
Source: Computerworld