Broadband News
Thu, 17th Jan 2019
Telstra's new service to skirt trouble on intra-Asia subsea routes
Telstra is set to offer a new service on intra-Asia subsea routes that it says can redirect customer traffic around trouble in less than half an hour.
Source: iTnews Australia
New Telstra service can rapidly reroute around subsea cable outages
Telstra says that a new ‘continuous connection’ service it is offering on its subsea cable network means that it can swiftly reroute traffic and mitigate the impact of outages in minutes.
Source: Computerworld
Wed, 16th Jan 2019
Busy hour speeds for NBN fixed wireless 'likely to mislead'
Speeds on NBN Co’s fixed wireless network are “extremely variable” and therefore not conducive to being measured and reported on in the same manner as fixed-line services, an internet industry body says.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 15th Jan 2019
Telstra grows Asia-US capacity with subsea cable investments
Telstra has made two new significant investments into subsea cable infrastructure in order to boost connectivity between Asia and the United States.
Source: ARN
Telstra boosts capacity to subsea cable network
Australia’s largest telco Telstra has added substantial capacity to its subsea cable infrastructure with its first large capacity purchase on the new-generation New Cross Pacific (NCP) cable, and a further investment in the Faster cable.
Source: iTWire
NBN Co eyes faster time to market with programmable network push
NBN Co announced today that it had become the first Australian commercial network operator to join the Open Networking Foundation.
Source: ARN
NBN Co joins Open Networking Foundation
NBN Co has announced it will join the Open Networking Foundation (ONF), a decision that should be both welcomed and feared by the organisation’s detractors – and worry the networking industry.
Source: iTnews Australia
Everything Coming To Australian Netflix This Week
Here is your Netflix binge-list for the week, fresh from the Australian servers! This week's noteworthy additions include season 2 of Marvel's The Punisher, the action thriller Close, a new episode of Star Trek: Discovery, kids' animated series Carmen Sandiego and heaps more! Read on for everything coming to the service for the week of January 14 through to January 21. More »
Source: Gizmodo
Mon, 14th Jan 2019
Optus prepares to launch 5G-based fixed wireless
Optus today said that it had successfully made a 5G data call on 60MHz of its 3.5GHz spectrum.
Source: Computerworld
Fri, 11th Jan 2019
Telstra says it has cut deals to be first to offer 5G phones
Telstra has announced that it has signed exclusive deals with unspecified companies to offer 5G smartphones to its customers in the first half of the year.
Source: iTWire
Indigo subsea cables' installation completed
The installations of Indigo Central and West subsea fibre optic cables have been completed, resulting in a optical path between landing stations.
Source: ARN
Thu, 10th Jan 2019
Music labels seek to block unauthorised downloads of YouTube audio
Major music labels are seeking to have Australian telecommunications providers block four online services that allow users to download copies in MP3 format of the audio of YouTube-hosted videos.
Source: Computerworld
Telstra signs 'exclusive' 5G deal with smartphone vendors
Telstra has struck exclusive 5G deals with some of the "world's biggest brands", the telecommunications provider announced at CES.
Source: ARN
Telstra claims it will have 5G handsets before other telcos
Telstra has struck agreements with handset makers for what it says will be “exclusive” access to 5G commercial smartphones in the first half of this year.
Source: iTnews Australia
ANU successfully measures light for quantum internet data transfer
The quantum internet will require fast-moving data and the Australian National University believes it has found a way to measure information stored in light particles which will pave the way for a safe "data superhighway".
Source: ZDNet Australia
Wed, 09th Jan 2019
Are Huawei 4G boxes dangerous, or are we worrying ourselves sick?
Residents are raising concerns as Huawei 4G small cell boxes are installed in suburban Sydney. Studies have shown no evidence that mobile phones make us sick, but the debate rages on. Welcome to the nocebo effect, writes Adam Verrender.
Source: ABC News
Mon, 07th Jan 2019
5G versus 4G: How speed, latency and application support differ
5G wireless network technology is set to boost the bandwidth, capacity and reliability of cellular broadband. Are you ready to leave your 4G world behind?
Source: ARN
Thu, 03rd Jan 2019
NBN Co finds FTTB/C users are its biggest advocates
NBN Co’s fibre-to-the-basement (FTTB) and fibre-to-the-curb FTTC) users are the strongest advocates for the network, with around 7 in 10 recommending others join.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co gives itself until September to cut congested cell numbers
NBN Co has given itself until September this year to bring the proportion of congested cells on its fixed wireless network down to less than one percent.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN gives itself until September to get fixed wireless congestion sorted
By late September 2019, NBN wants less than 1 percent of its fixed wireless towers under its 6Mbps in busy hours threshold.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Wed, 02nd Jan 2019
How Labor and Telstra's NBN ambitions might merge
Labor wants a better national broadband network which needs to be more affordable if Labor's original vision is to be realised. Telstra could help.
Source: SMH
Mon, 31st Dec 2018
New Year's Eve 2018: Telstra predicts 91 million messages and 39 million calls
Telstra has predicted a new New Year's Even record for data usage on its mobile network, with 2300TB to be used.
Source: iTWire
Mon, 24th Dec 2018
Vocus eyes 5G to offset low-margin NBN business
Vocus has renegotiated its existing group-wide mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) agreement with Optus to cover 5G services when they are brought to market.
Source: iTnews Australia
Sat, 22nd Dec 2018
Home Affairs cannot be bothered listing all agencies with access to metadata
With a disclosure notice or court order, government agencies otherwise exempted are able to tap Australia's metadata stores.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Fri, 21st Dec 2018
SpaceX wants to take Starlink broadband Australia-wide
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has urged Australian authorities not to constrain where the company might be able to offer its ambitious Starlink broadband service.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co reveals daily duration of slow fixed wireless speeds
NBN Co has published its first fixed wireless congestion report, breaking down the number of hours a day that users see slow speeds.
Source: iTnews Australia
Payne, Dutton express concern over 'global hacking campaign'
Australia has expressed "serious concern" about what it calls "a global campaign of cyber-enabled commercial intellectual property theft by a group known as APT10, acting on behalf of the Chinese Ministry of State Security".
Source: iTWire
Thu, 20th Dec 2018
Australian court orders blocking of subtitle piracy sites
Roadshow has successfully argued that subtitle files infringe copyright law.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co makes play for mm-wave 5G spectrum
NBN Co is starting to lay the groundwork for a future foray into millimetre-wave 5G, which it revealed in June as a likely future upgrade path for its fixed wireless network.
Source: iTnews Australia
Optus ramps up network for festive season
Optus says it has been busy ramping up its network in time for the festive season, implementing special event parameters across the country to ensure major shopping centres, holiday hotspots and New Year’s destinations are ready to handle the significant increase in traffic over the period.
Source: iTWire