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Broadband News

Mon, 17th Feb 2025

ACCAN presses NBN Co to make 50Mbps its basic tier

NBN Co’s “advocacy for faster speeds” should extend to customers on entry-level plans and take the form of a re-baselining of the minimum speed from 25Mbps to 50Mbps, Australia’s peak consumer communications body says.

Source: iTnews Australia

Sat, 15th Feb 2025

NBN Co completes A$750 million Fixed Wireless upgrade program

A $750 million program from Australian Government-owned broadband network provider NBN Co to deliver faster and more reliable broadband to regional and remote Australia has been completed.

Source: iTWire

Wed, 12th Feb 2025

NBN Co's fibre upgrades reach record high

NBN Co upgraded “more than 217,000” premises to full fibre in the back half of last year, a significant increase equivalent to three-quarters of what it achieved in the previous financial year.

Source: iTnews Australia

Telcos face fines of up $10M with new consumer safeguards Bill

The Australian Government has introduced the Telecommunications Amendment (Enhancing Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2025 to strengthen protections for telco consumers.

Source: ARN

Tue, 11th Feb 2025

How my NBN connection was stolen from under my nose

It was a quiet Friday – tasks done, tea in hand. Life was good. Then an email arrived. My heart skipped a beat when I read, “We are sorry to see you go” from Aussie Broadband. Go? I hadn’t gone anywhere! Aussie had been a perfect provider for years, had never let me down. Yet, according to this email, I was leaving. I called them urgently.

Source: SMH

Mon, 10th Feb 2025

TPG Telecom recovers after data centre outage

TPG Telecom has attributed a widespread outage on Monday evening to a failure of mains and backup power at one of its data centres.

Source: iTnews Australia

Sun, 09th Feb 2025

Telstra, Ericsson, Qualcomm claim record 5G uplink speed

Telstra in collaboration with telecoms vendor Ericsson and mobile chipset OEM Qualcomm claims to have set a record uplink speed of 516 Mbps, surpassing the previous record of 447 Mbps set in October 2024.

Source: iTWire

Meta preparing for company-wide layoffs

Meta Platforms plans to carry out its expected company-wide layoffs this week while pushing ahead with the expedited hiring of machine learning engineers, it told staffers in internal memos seen by Reuters.

Source: iTnews Australia

Thu, 06th Feb 2025

Dozens of postcodes across Australia soon won't have access to Kayo and Binge

Foxtel apologises after inadvertently telling subscribers their services will be cut, but others are not so lucky.

Source: ABC News

Most Australian states and territories ban DeepSeek

Queensland, Western Australia, the ACT and the Northern Territory have become the latest state and territory governments to ban the use of DeepSeek on government devices.

Source: iTnews Australia

Tue, 04th Feb 2025

Ex-NBN Co exec Jason Ashton returns to Superloop

Former NBN Co chief technology officer for wireless networks Jason Ashton has returned to Superloop after more than five years since his departure in 2018.

Source: ARN

Mon, 03rd Feb 2025

Optus to roll out 5G under MOCN agreement with TPG

Optus has officially started its network and spectrum sharing arrangement with TPG Telecom under the regional Multi-Operator-Core Network (MOCN) agreement, with the roll out 5G for customers in regional areas.

Source: ARN

Sun, 19th Jan 2025

NBN Co networks impacted by NSW storms

NBN Co is experiencing service outages across NSW following a spate of severe thunderstorms.

Source: iTnews Australia

Fri, 17th Jan 2025

Aussie Broadband’s Phillip Britt retires

Aussie Broadband’s group managing director, Phillip Britt will be retiring from his role on 28 February 2025 to pursue a personal community-focused venture in the Gippsland region.

Source: ARN

Aussie Broadband leadership changes as Phillip Britt retires

Aussie Broadband co-founder and group managing director Phillip Britt has announced his retirement paving the way for CEO and CFO Brian Maher to take the top position.

Source: iTnews Australia

Thu, 16th Jan 2025

ISPT and Telstra deploy 5G DAS in Sydney Tech Central precinct

Property fund manager ISPT and Telstra have announced that they are transforming office connectivity with 5G DAS tech, ensuring reliable, high-speed coverage in lifts, carparks, and more - with the first deployment in Sydney’s new Tech Central precinct, Sydney, with other sites on the radar.

Source: iTWire

Vocus launches 400G coast-to-coast Wavelength Ethernet services in Australia from Sydney to Perth

Australian specialist digital infrastructure provider Vocus has launched 400G terrestrial intercapital services spanning the continent between the east and west coasts.

Source: iTWire

Wed, 15th Jan 2025

Telstra to splash $700m on AI joint venture

The move may lead to further job losses for Telstra, which last year announced plans to cut up to 2800 workers.

Source: SMH