Broadband News
Tue, 22nd Feb 2022
Tonga's prime minister 'very confident' shattered international cable will be restored today
The Kingdom of Tonga could reconnect with the outside world today, with Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni expecting the nation's international internet and phone cable to be restored this afternoon.
Source: ABC News
Exetel buy sends Superloop revenue soaring to $119.8M
Publicly listed fibre network operator Superloop has seen its half year revenue soar by 125 per cent year-on-year to $119.8 million off the back of its Exetel acquisition.
Source: ARN
Telco expert backs ACCC call to treat NBN costs as sunk
A well-known telecommunications consultant has thrown his support behind a call by ACCC chairman Rod Sims for the government to treat the costs of the NBN as sunk and focus on getting the best use out of the network.
Source: iTWire
Telstra, Optus: don't treat network transactions as personal information
Telstra and Optus have both warned the federal government that proposals to expand the Privacy Act to treat location and other technical data as personal information could break their networks.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 21st Feb 2022
Aussie Broadband fibre network will be complete by end of June
Aussie Broadband expects to complete its 1200km fibre network connecting NBN points of interconnect (POIs) by the end of June.
Source: iTnews Australia
Aussie Broadband continues upward trajectory with 46% first-half revenue increase
Aussie Broadband has reported its revenue for the first half of FY22 continued the company's upward trajectory, rising by almost 50% year-on-year to AU$229 million.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra and TPG sign 10-year network and spectrum sharing deal
TPG Telecom has signed a decade-long network sharing deal with Telstra, giving it access to 3,700 of the latter's mobile network assets.
Source: ARN
TPG, Telstra to share mobile network and spectrum for decades
TPG Telecom has signed an initial 10-year network sharing deal with Telstra, extendable by a further decade, that could come into effect by the end of 2022 subject to regulatory approvals.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra and TPG team up to share spectrum and regional network access for a decade
Telstra and TPG Telecom have signed a billion-dollar deal that will see the pair share portions of their networks with each other.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Fri, 18th Feb 2022
Cheap NBN plans and deals for every budget
Looking to get the NBN on a budget? The good news is there are some cheaper plans on the market that you can pick from.
Source: WhistleOut
Thu, 17th Feb 2022
Corrective services agencies to receive telco data access powers
State and territory corrective services agencies will be offered new powers to access the telecommunications data of inmates in a bid to combat crimes committed using smuggled mobile phones.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra CEO says NBN customer migration nearly complete
Telstra is celebrating the approaching end of its NBN customer migration.
Source: iTnews Australia
Waning NBN payments hit Telstra’s financials
Telstra has reported a year-on-year decline in revenue and income for the half year ending 31 December, and waning NBN payments are largely to blame, according to the company's CEO.
Source: ARN
Swoop snaps up Luminet’s Sydney dark fibre network for $8M
Swoop has acquired Luminet and its Sydney-based dark fibre network for a purchase price of $8 million.
Source: ARN
NBN speeds: Which one do you need?
How fast should your NBN connection be? Are you on the best and fastest NBN speed tier and price for your family? And what's the difference between each NBN speed?
Source: WhistleOut
Wed, 16th Feb 2022
NBN Co wants to test how much extra users will pay for 100Mbps
NBN Co is hoping to use a proposed new pricing model to test how much more it can acceptably charge users for a 100Mbps service.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co reveals just 20 FTTN premises upgraded to full fibre in trial
NBN Co has upgraded just 20 premises from copper connections to full fibre as part of a trial, filling less than five percent of the available places.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 15th Feb 2022
NBN Co thinks a micrometeorite knocked its satellite off-orbit in December
NBN Co believes an outage on December 21 that knocked about 40 percent of Sky Muster users offline for about seven hours was caused by a micrometeorite colliding with one of its two satellites.
Source: iTnews Australia
Regional telecommunications still expensive and unreliable, review finds
A string of natural disasters since 2018 plus the Covid-19 pandemic have exposed the inadequacies in regional telecommunications networks and services, according to a report tabled in federal parliament yesterday.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co faces calls to expand fixed wireless network
NBN Co is being urged to make “holistic upgrades” to its fixed wireless network, including to extend the reach of the network into areas currently mapped for Sky Muster.
Source: iTnews Australia
Netflix still leads Australian subscription TV market
Roy Morgan's research shows that while Foxtel, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video showed strong growth in viewer numbers during 2021, Netflix is still the top dog.
Source: iTWire
Australia's Big Three telcos REALLY want you to try 5G home internet
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
Mon, 14th Feb 2022
Telco bill targets city-standard internet for regional Australia
NBN Co and telcos could be forced to lift their service standards and the performance of internet services if a private member's bill from independent member for Indi Helen Haines succeeds.
Source: iTnews Australia
George Christensen intros bill to police big tech "censors"
Queensland MP George Christensen has introduced a private member’s bill seeking to constrain social media platforms in their ability to moderate content or ban users that breach terms of service.
Source: iTnews Australia
Fri, 11th Feb 2022
Ausconnex flicks switch on dark fibre network
Endeavour Energy’s Ausconnex business unit has unveiled a dark fibre network serving Greater Western Sydney, and expects to connect its first customers in the coming months.
Source: iTnews Australia
Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian to take up new role at Optus
Gladys Berejiklian is taking on a new job after stepping down as NSW premier in October amid an anti-corruption probe.
Source: ABC News
Thu, 10th Feb 2022
First lot of free FTTP upgrades will be ready to go in March
NBN Co today announced that the first slew of suburbs in the free FTTP upgrade scheme will be able to place orders for faster speeds by the end of March.
Source: WhistleOut
Get a free tablet when you pre-order any Galaxy S22 through Telstra
Pre-orders for Samsung's latest flagship phones - the Galaxy S22 family - are go, and Telstra has one of the most tantalising offers. If you pre-order any Galaxy S22 through Telstra, you'll get a free Samsung tablet.
Source: WhistleOut
Get up to $1320 off a new Samsung Galaxy 22 with Vodafone
Vodafone is splashing out with big discounts and bonuses to celebrate the launch of the new Samsung Galaxy S22 series, with savings up to $1320 off the price of a new Galaxy S22 phone.
Source: WhistleOut
The cheapest S22 deals are on the Telstra network (but not with Telstra)
If you want a new shiny, but also only want to commit to the lowest possible monthly price then Woolworths Mobile is the telco to go with.
Source: WhistleOut