Broadband News
Wed, 05th Nov 2025
Which social media apps will ban Australian users under-16?
Nine platform are included in Australia's world-first social media ban for under 16s next month, however the regulator warns that list could grow.
Source: ABC News
Australia includes Reddit, Kick in teen social media ban
Australia's internet watchdog has widened its world-first teen social media ban to include Reddit and video live streaming platform Kick, and said more sites could be added if their main role was to enable online social interaction.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 04th Nov 2025
Samsung triple zero handset firmware mystery deepens
The mystery over how 71 Samsung mobile phones were delivered to Australian consumers with firmware problems that might leave users high and dry when trying to make distress calls has deepened.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 03rd Nov 2025
Optus takes on 450 staff to address triple zero crisis
Optus chief Stephen Rue has introduced drastic changes across the telco’s call centre and network management divisions in a bid to address the carrier’s triple zero service failures and stave off calls for his resignation.
Source: iTnews Australia
Savaged Optus boss faces claims of misleading Senate
The telco will add 300 people to its Australian call centres and will on-shore its network operations in response to the fatal network failure.
Source: SMH
Sun, 02nd Nov 2025
Optus fast-tracks network operations insourcing from Nokia
Optus has revealed that it will accelerate plans bring network functions currently outsourced to Nokia back in-house in response to September's triple zero outage on its network.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 30th Oct 2025
Aussie Broadband launches Fortinet-powered SASE offering
Aussie Broadband has released a fully managed secure access service edge (SASE) solution which was created in partnership with Fortinet.
Source: ARN
Tue, 28th Oct 2025
Amazon to cut about 14,000 corporate jobs in AI push
Amazon will reduce its global corporate workforce by about 14,000 people, with more cuts expected next year, in a major shakeup driven in part by adoption of artificial intelligence at the tech giant.
Source: iTnews Australia
The $4.1 million question: How did the BOM get its new website so wrong?
The Bureau of Meteorology claims it spent the amount on a website and app redesign as part of a broader $866 million transformation dubbed “Robust”. Users are not pleased.
Source: SMH
Google's Tabua cable to be covered by extended Sydney protection zone
Google’s Tabua submarine cable will now land in a designated protection zone in Sydney’s south after the communications regulator agreed to expand the zone boundaries.
Source: iTnews Australia
Panic as breached details of 183m accounts, including Gmail, emerge
The news isn’t nearly as bad as some online would have you believe, but it’s always a good idea to check your security.
Source: SMH
Fri, 24th Oct 2025
AWS outage caused by "unlikely interaction" between automated systems
The Amazon Web Services outage in North Virginia was caused by a software bug in an automated DNS management system that caused one automated component to delete another’s work.
Source: iTnews Australia
ACMA rejects draft consumer code as calls to end self-regulation grow louder
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has accused carriers of taking a weak stance when it comes to safeguarding the interests of Australian telecommunications consumers.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra finds firmware locked Samsung handsets to Vodafone for Triple-0 calls
Australian users of about 70 dated Samsung handsets face being cut off from mobile service due to problems with their devices’ firmware, which exclusively attempts to route Triple Zero calls to the shuttered Vodafone 3G network.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 23rd Oct 2025
Vocus scores three new federal government contracts
The federal government has awarded Vocus three telecommunications contracts valued at around $6 million over the next three years.
Source: iTnews Australia
Optus brings in ex-NBN Co CIO to run technology
Optus’ chief information officer of four years Mark Potter will leave the telco in March of next year to make way for NBN Co’s veteran IT chief, John McInerney.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 22nd Oct 2025
ACMA cracks down on mobile 000 'camp-on' failures
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has tightened mobile phone testing standards and imposed new network equipment monitoring rules on carriers as the fallout over recent emergency call failures continues.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 21st Oct 2025
This ChatGPT browser is genuinely impressive. Will anyone actually use it?
OpenAI’s AI-powered browser can book holidays and build shopping lists while you browse. But it’s competing against the most stubborn force in tech: user habits.
Source: SMH