Broadband News
Thu, 11th Apr 2019
China slams Australia over 'double standards' in cyber security
China has taken a swipe at Australia over the country's encryption law, saying it was "baffling" how Canberra could on the one hand claim that other countries posed security threats, while on the other hand engage in acts that endangered the cyber security of other nations.
Source: iTWire
Complaints to TIO over NBN service halved for six months to December 2018
Overall complaints to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman are back to 2016 numbers, sitting at 61,000 made between July 1 and December 31, 2018.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Wed, 10th Apr 2019
First Australia - Hong Kong data cable to be built
Australia's connectivity with Asia looks set to receive a multi-terabit per second shot in the arm as the Singapore-based H2 Cable company signed up Subcom to supply and install a data circuit spanning Sydney to Hong Kong, and onwards to the United States.
Source: iTnews Australia
Up to 6,000 Telstra employees on strike in Australia
In another action against Telstra's plan to let go 9,500 staff by 2022, up to 6,000 Telstra workers are expected to go on strike today.
Source: ARN
How Labor will fix NBN technical woes
Cabling issues, internet access, affordability and an economic review were some of the top line points for Shadow communications minister, Michelle Rowland.
Source: ARN
'I have to reset my password': How the Lincoln Lewis catfish duped Optus
Optus apologises after a stalker in Melbourne's northern suburbs repeatedly tricked the telecommunications giant into giving her the phone numbers and account login details for one of her victims.
Source: ABC News
Telstra workers set to stage second strike today
Telstra workers across Australia will walk off the job on Wednesday (today) following what they claim is the company's continued refusal to provide them with fair pay and conditions.
Source: iTWire
Tue, 09th Apr 2019
NBN Co's wireless congestion likely worse than reported
NBN Co may have under-reported levels of congestion on its fixed wireless network after revealing one in ten - or 250 - microwave and fibre transmission links suffer unacceptable levels of packet loss, and that this isn't captured in publicly-reported numbers.
Source: iTnews Australia
Labor faces reality on NBN but the dream died long ago
Liberal party may crow that its version of the NBN won out, but that's because it oversaw the network for most of its life.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Vodafone CEO warns of Huawei ban’s ‘long-term’ impact
There are likely to be “significant long-term implications” from effectively only allowing Australian telcos to choose between two vendors to provide equipment for their 5G rollouts, the CEO of Vodafone Hutchison Australia has warned.
Source: Computerworld
Telstra CEO defends call to block sites showing terrorist attack videos
Andy Penn says he would make the same decision again, and welcomes abhorrent streaming laws.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Fifield claims Labor has adopted Coalition's NBN policy
Communications Minister Mitch Fifield claims the NBN policy announced by the Australian Labor Party on Tuesday is an admission that "the NBN technology debate of the last six years was just about politics".
Source: iTWire
Southern Cross inks deal with Alcatel Submarine Networks for Next project
Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) has signed a contract to supply the Southern Cross Next submarine cable, based on an open cable architecture, leading to the manufacturing and construction phase of the project.
Source: ARN
NBN Co may fix in-home cabling free for 750,000 homes
NBN Co will foot the bill to upgrade in-home wiring at 750,000 premises in the fibre-to-the-node footprint under a plan floated by the federal opposition today.
Source: iTnews Australia
Another NBN review floated as Labor plan to 'make best of what we have'
A Shorten Labor government would direct NBN to fix in-home cabling for copper connections for free.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Labor’s Rowland pledges digital inclusion drive, action on FTTN performance
Shadow communications minister Michell Rowland has committed a Labor government to waging war on Australia’s digital divide, addressing factors that can degrade fibre to the node performance, and examining the feasibility of co-investment to boost the proportion of fibre in the NBN network.
Source: Computerworld
Labor pledges economic review of NBN if voted in
The Australian Labor Party has said it would review the economics of the NBN, including the implications of the multi-technology mix, on the cash-flow of the NBN Co, the company which is rolling out the network, if it were voted back into office in the forthcoming Federal Election.
Source: iTWire
Mon, 08th Apr 2019
Optus offers to install and repair NBN services itself
NBN Co should train and certify retail service providers to perform installations and repairs to cut down a backlog of work causing delays of up to three months, says Optus CEO Allen Lew.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co's enterprise play catches ACCC's gaze
NBN Co’s shift into the enterprise space is being watched “closely” by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which remains unconvinced the move is not simply “mission creep”.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co 'should' set entry-level broadband prices at ADSL levels
NBN Co “should” be anchoring the price of entry-level broadband services to existing ADSL fees instead of trying to drive up retail costs for consumers, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has said.
Source: iTnews Australia
Competition regulator wants entry-level NBN plans at ADSL prices
The chair of the ACCC has expressed alarm about the affordability of the NBN for lower income households, citing the erosion of RSPs willing to offer base-level broadband products.
Source: ARN
How Netflix and bingeing has changed TV production
New technology and a binge-focus makes on-demand streaming a different beast for the writers and producers behind the scenes, as well as for viewers.
Source: SMH
Optus wants new mobile tower rules to steam roll obstinate councils and owners
Current rules are unfit for the deployment of small cells expected with standalone 5G.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Optus switches on mobile tower in Wharparilla
Singtel Optus has switched on a new mobile tower in Wharparilla as part of the Victorian Government's Mobile Black Spot Project.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 05th Apr 2019
Telstra puts $13M into Central Coast mobile network
Telstra has revealed a $13 million investment to improve mobile network coverage for commuters travelling from Hornsby to Wyong.
Source: ARN
Optus roasts 5G small cell property placement rules
Telecommunications carrier Optus has hit out at a lack of coordination between federal, state and local regulations that govern how mobile phone cells and towers are deployed, branding current arrangements as unfit for the 5G era.
Source: iTnews Australia
VHA-TPG Merger Would Provide Competition Boost: Analyst
The proposed merger between telecommunications company TPG Telecom and Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) will add mobile capabilities and greater scale to allow TPG to compete with Telstra and Optus more effectively, according to one analyst firm.
Source: iTWire
Amazon plans to launch over 3,000 satellites to offer broadband internet
Amazon.com has confirmed its plan to build a network of over 3,000 satellites through "Project Kuiper" to provide high speed internet
Source: ARN
Thu, 04th Apr 2019
Full fibre the least faulty NBN technology
Fibre-to-the-node and HFC lead the way in complaints for year to July 2018.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co opens hundreds of new complex remediation cases
NBN Co has seen a massive jump in the number of users in need of complex “custom remediation” of their services, up from 52 in April last year to 723 today.
Source: iTnews Australia