Broadband News
Mon, 01st Mar 2021
Telco association denies planned device obsolescence is a trade tactic
The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) has jumped to the defence of its members to point out that they do not engage in planned obsolescence as a strategy.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN to stop new HFC connections pause mid-year
The company responsible for rolling out the National Broadband Network will start taking new hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) connection orders again in either May or early June.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Optus now supports its customers with 100 'dedicated' communities
Optus has divided its Australian customer base among 100 dedicated “communities” that now handle all customer support requests, each trained in the local lexicon of the areas they are assigned.
Source: iTnews Australia
Fri, 26th Feb 2021
NBN Co to resume new HFC orders from May
NBN Co is expected to resume taking orders for new hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) services from late May at the earliest after securing a fresh supply of network termination devices.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN HFC orders to restart by June
NBN Co is to restart taking orders on new hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) services by at least June following negotiations with its chipset supplier.
Source: ARN
Facebook signs letter of intent with three Australian media firms
Facebook on Friday said it had signed letters of intent with three Australian media firms, a day after the country's Parliament passed a law forcing it to pay media companies for using content on its platform.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 25th Feb 2021
TPG estimates $90M hit from COVID, NBN and regulatory headwinds
TPG Telecom has estimated the financial impact from COVID-19 at $90 million to its reported earnings before tax, in addition to NBN and regulatory headwinds, in its full financial year results ending 31 December.
Source: ARN
TPG Telecom to start enticing NBN customers to move
TPG Telecom has estimated it could save around $50 million a year for every 100,000 customers it can entice off the NBN and onto its own network infrastructure.
Source: iTnews Australia
Australia's radiation safety agency debunks 5G concerns in new safety standard
The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) has used the launch of Australia's new radio wave safety standard to continue to quash concerns that 5G technology, mobile towers, and base stations can cause harmful health effects.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Wed, 24th Feb 2021
Telstra InfraCo opens up dark fibre network
Telstra InfraCo's dark fibre optic network is now available for use across six Australian state capitals.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Mon, 22nd Feb 2021
Amaysim reports half-year results ahead of preparation to delist by the end of March
Amaysim has reported its 2021 half-year financial results, which comes following the sale of its energy and mobile businesses, as well as currently being subject to an unconditional off-market takeover offer from investment firm WAM Capital.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Superloop inks landmark wholesale NBN aggregation deal with Symbio
Superloop has struck a deal to exclusively supply wholesale NBN aggregation services to MNF Group’s IP voice services subsidiary Symbio Networks.
Source: ARN
NBN Co wants a public test of how well it matches up with 5G
NBN Co wants a public, independent metric for how well its services match up to the 5G ‘fixed wireless’ services that are "suggested" to be direct substitutes for an NBN fixed-line connection.
Source: iTnews Australia
Fri, 19th Feb 2021
Bandwidth purchased from NBN drops as pandemic capacity boost ends
The amount of bandwidth purchased from the company running the National Broadband Network dropped form 20.2Tbps down to 19.8Tbps over the quarter to December 31, according to numbers from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN resellers warned to boost CVC after COVID freebies
Australia’s consumer watchdog has warned NBN retail service providers to start buying up more CVC capacity following the end of NBN Co’s COVID-19 giveaways.
Source: ARN
5G mobile broadband: Everything you need to know
5G mobile broadband is likely to be one of the first ways Australians will be able to experience 5G. Here's what we know so far.
Source: WhistleOut=
ACCC: 8.1m broadband connections now on the NBN, more than 5.5m are 50Mbps or better
There are now more than 8.1 million household and business services connected to the NBN, according to a new ACCC report.
Source: iTWire
Thu, 18th Feb 2021
TPG claims top sales for NBN enterprise broadband services
TPG Telecom has declared itself the “highest seller” of NBN enterprise ethernet services, based on market position data supplied by NBN Co to retail service providers each month.
Source: iTnews Australia
Optus hit by cellular network outage
Optus is suffering an outage of its cellular network along Australia’s east coast, with widespread problems being reported.
Source: iTnews Australia
Vocus and Amcom founders steer Swoop Telecommunications in $61M listing deal
Swoop Telecommunications and NodeOne have been bought by publicly listed Stemify in a deal worth $61.3 million.
Source: ARN
Aussie Broadband brings in NBN users chasing a better experience
Aussie Broadband’s growth in residential broadband is coming largely from NBN users “disenfranchised” with their existing provider and looking to make a switch.
Source: iTnews Australia
Facebook restricts Australians' access to news
Australians are being blocked from accessing news in their Facebook feeds, in a dramatic escalation of the social media giant's stand-off with the federal government.
Source: ABC News
NBN Co executives and employees got $77 million in bonuses in back half of 2020
There were more bonuses paid out to NBN Co employees in five months of 2020 than in the entirety of the 2018-19 financial year.
Source: ABC News
Wed, 17th Feb 2021
Telstra recommends amending existing telco Acts instead of creating duplication
Telstra has asked Australia's pending national critical infrastructure laws to avoid creating duplicate or conflicting requirements for the telecommunications sector, highlighting that existing regimes it is bound by already "work well".
Source: ZDNet Australia
Aussie Broadband switches mobile allegiance from Telstra to Optus
Aussie Broadband is set to revamp its mobile services and expand into offering cellular fixed wireless after switching its mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) allegiance from Telstra to Optus.
Source: iTnews Australia
Aussie Broadband sees market share increase as losses deepen
Aussie Broadband has revealed revenue and earnings increases, and a net pre-tax profit tumble, for the half year ending 31 December 2020.
Source: ARN
Aussie Broadband announces 'bloody good' half year results to 31 Dec 2020
Aussie Broadband is the company that offers "bloody good broadband", so when we looked at its half year results, we thought they were bloody good, too!
Source: iTWire
Tue, 16th Feb 2021
Optus' new family NBN plans come with a WiFi extender
Optus' new NBN plans make it easier to blanket your home with WiFi.
Source: WhistleOut
You can now bundle Optus Flybuys plans with your phone
The plans themselves are almost identical to last year's offering but this time have a new name, and allow you to bundle available devices alongside them.
Source: WhistleOut
Google, Facebook win media code concessions over algorithmic changes
The federal government is poised to water down the requirement that digital platforms give media companies 14 days’ notice of major algorithm changes under its proposed media code.
Source: iTnews Australia