Broadband News
Thu, 21st Apr 2022
TPG, Optus and Telstra score $28.2m for mobile site upgrades
TPG Telecom, Optus and Telstra will share $28.2 million in federal government grants for 66 projects aimed at addressing mobile phone blackspots in outer-urban fringe areas.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 20th Apr 2022
Here's why people are ditching Netflix and what it means for you
Netflix has hinted it will start cracking down on password sharing after posting an unexpected drop in subscribers. The streaming giant has reported a loss of 200,000 subscribers in the first three months of the year.
Source: ABC News
The Greens pledge free NBN for low-income households
The Australian Greens party has unveiled a plan to offer about 1 million low-income households free NBN internet services, paid out of taxes on “billionaires and big corporations”.
Source: iTnews Australia
Defence to use Optus C1 satellite until 2034
The Department of Defence has extended its long-running C1 satellite contract with Optus until its new “sovereign controlled” military satellite communication constellation comes online.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 19th Apr 2022
Aussie Broadband names its first COO
Aussie Broadband has promoted chief strategy officer Matthew Kusi-Appauh to the newly-created role of chief operating officer.
Source: iTnews Australia
ActivePort acquires Future Broadband for portal deployment
Perth-based SD-WAN software company ActivePort has acquired Future Broadband, allowing it to accelerate the deployment of its Global Edge portal.
Source: ARN
Aussie Broadband promotes 'Kusi' to COO
Aussie Broadband has promoted Matthew Kusi-Appauh to the role of COO.
Source: iTWire
Mon, 18th Apr 2022
NBN Co proposed variation to Special Access Undertaking delayed, as predicted
As predicted the ACCC's consultation and the outcome of the NBN Co SAU variation has been dragged out until after the election.
Source: iTWire
Thu, 14th Apr 2022
NBN Co has to rewrite its own rules to be publishable
NBN Co is having to rewrite parts of a document that outlines planned changes to the rules that govern its existence through to 2040 because too much of it was claimed commercially sensitive and unpublishable.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 12th Apr 2022
APNIC moves to block accidental BGP hijacks
Network routes in the Asia-Pacific region are to be protected against bad route advertisements, with APNIC turning on a feature to pre-validate route information before it can be propagated across the Internet.
Source: iTnews Australia
Aussie Broadband’s Queensland dark fibre expansion hits tail end
Aussie Broadband’s dark fibre network build in Queensland is reaching the tail end of its expansion, with it set to be completed on schedule and within budget.
Source: ARN
Fri, 08th Apr 2022
TPG Telecom's functional separation approved by ACCC
TPG Telecom’s functional separation plan has been given the green light by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 07th Apr 2022
Telstra now blocking scam texts in the network
Telstra is fighting back against the rise of scam texts by blocking them at the network level.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telcos are literally giving away 5G home broadband (for the first month at least)
Right now the Big Three Australian providers want you to give it a go so badly, that they are literally giving it away for free. For the first month that is.
Source: WhistleOut
Tue, 05th Apr 2022
Optus customers unable to make and receive phone calls in 'major outage'
Customers of Australia's second-largest telecommunications company have been hit by a mass outage meaning many cannot make phone calls.
Source: ABC News
Fri, 01st Apr 2022
Belong launches mobile broadband plans with up to 500GB of data
Telstra's budget brand Belong has introduced a range of SIM-only mobile broadband plans, including a massive 500GB option. The telco has three options you can pick from: a 20GB plan for $15 per month, an 80GB plan for $35 per month, or a 500GB plan for $70 per month.
Source: WhistleOut
NBN Co gets 250 orders in first week of FTTN-P upgrades being offered
NBN Co said it had received 250 orders that will trigger upgrades from fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) to fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) in the first week of the ‘N2P’ upgrade program being live.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 31st Mar 2022
ACCC to look at regional mobile tower access
The federal government has directed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to conduct an inquiry into regional mobile tower access.
Source: iTnews Australia
Gov puts low-income broadband issue back on NBN Co
A multi-year lobbying effort for a subsidised NBN service for low-income households hit a fresh hurdle overnight with the government saying the issue is ultimately one for NBN Co to sort out, though it would try to assist.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 29th Mar 2022
Diet Telstra is discounting NBN 100 plans
Telstra's budget brand is discounting its NBN 100 plans for new customers.
Source: WhistleOut
Circles.Life will give you 100GB for $28 per month for a whole year
Optus powered telco, Circles.Life has been slogging 100GB mobile plans at a discount for quite some time, and there is now sign of slowing down.
Source: WhistleOut
Mon, 28th Mar 2022
Fibre upgrades for around 40,000 eligible homes and businesses in Victoria
NBN Co and the Victorian Government announced the second stage of a co-investment agreement, which will see fibre built deeper into more parts of metropolitan and regional Victoria.
Source: iTWire
TPG Telecom refutes Optus complaint over Telstra tie-up
TPG Telecom has responded to a call made by Optus for the ACCC to block a proposed infrastructure-sharing deal with Telstra.
Source: iTnews Australia
Sun, 27th Mar 2022
Aussie Broadband to take-up NBN’s new fibre upgrade scheme
Aussie Broadband has announced that it will participate in NBN’s new Fibre Connect program, which offers upgrades from fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) or fibre-to-the-curb (FTTC) technologies to full fibre for eligible customers.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 25th Mar 2022
Telstra, TPG deal could create regional 5G monopoly: Optus
Optus has gone public with its opposition to the proposed infrastructure deal between Telstra and TPG.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 22nd Mar 2022
NBN opens up first suburbs for FttN to FttP upgrade orders
The company responsible for the National Broadband Network has made good on its previous estimate to have fibre to the node (FttN) upgrades available this month.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co takes 5G leap with $750m fixed wireless network upgrade
NBN Co will spend $750 million on upgrades to and expansion of its fixed wireless network, making it capable of 100Mbps-plus speeds.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 21st Mar 2022
Best NBN 250 plans: Superfast NBN in Australia
NBN 250 plans are here. Here's everything you need to know about these new NBN plans on the NBN 250 speed tier,
Source: WhistleOut
NBN Co quantifies how many HFC dropouts in a day is too many
NBN Co has quietly brought HFC under the same performance standard as fibre-to-the-node (FTTN), such that four or more “unexpected dropouts” in a 24-hour period would qualify a service to be investigated.
Source: iTnews Australia
Sun, 20th Mar 2022
Netflix to crack down on password sharing
Do you share your Netflix password with friends or family, splitting the cost of the subscription across multiple homes? Well, Netflix has you in its sights, with a new charge being trialled in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru that adds an extra fee for subscriptions shared outside the household.
Source: iTWire