Broadband News
Tue, 16th Feb 2021
Telstra stands up automated platform to block scam calls
Telstra said it is blocking up to half a million scam calls on its busiest days using a new automated platform, part of a “double down” of a broader crackdown effort against scams that transit across its network infrastructure.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra blocking 1.5m scam calls a week, up from 1m a month previously
Telstra has announced the third element of its "Cleaner Pipes" initiative, ensuring that its smart pipes aren't dumb, and are as clean as possible from scam callers, safeguarding "millions of Australians in the process"
Source: iTWire
Mon, 15th Feb 2021
NBN offers telcos two paths to extending CVC bundle discounts until April 2023
The company responsible for deploying the NBN on Monday said it wants to extend the duration of its wholesale discounts and data inclusions by an additional year.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co hunts more residential revenue in 2022
NBN Co is pitching a $2 a month increase to the 'fixed' cost of its 50Mbps-plus services from May next year, with substantive changes to its price strategy deferred until 2023.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co begins consultation ‘with industry in two-part wholesale pricing consultation paper’
NBN Co has released its “Pricing Review 2021 Consultation Paper 1”, which the company says “seeks to deliver value, certainty and simplicity to the telecommunication industry and customers.”
Source: iTWire
Sat, 13th Feb 2021
MyRepublic is now selling Australia's cheapest NBN 1000 plan
MyRepublic has joined the growing number of telcos offering gigabit NBN plans with the launch of its own 1000Mbps offering.
Source: WhistleOut
Fri, 12th Feb 2021
NBN pauses weekly numbers due to new HFC connection stop
The company responsible for the National Broadband Network has said it will be reviewing its generally reliable weekly release of rollout statistics, as it pinned the blame on the
Source: ZDNet Australia
Wed, 10th Feb 2021
NBN Co pays $3 billion of its $19.5 billion government loan
NBN Co has started to pay down the $19.5 billion it was loaned by the government back in 2016 to complete the rollout, using a mix of privately-sourced debt funding.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co names next locations for fresh fibre extensions
NBN RSPs servicing the likes of Maitland, NSW; Deer Park, Victoria; Albany Creek in Queensland or Gepps Cross in South Australia could soon have more fibre to play with.
Source: ARN
NBN Co’s earnings surge despite CVC capacity freebies
Do NBN Co’s latest financials suggest that the company got its CVC pricing wrong from the outset?
Source: ARN
NBN Co names more FTTN cities and towns in path for fibre upgrade
NBN Co has unveiled the second group of suburbs and towns that are currently served with fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) but will now be partially overbuilt with fibre.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra and Southern Phone saw complaints rise over 2020
Over the course of 2020, two Australian telcos saw their complaints per 10,000 services in operation (SIO) increase while the others fell, according to the latest Communications Alliance Complaints in Context report covering October to December 2020.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Almost one Australian every minute is asking NBN Co for a fibre internet upgrade, but soon some will get it for free
Eight thousand Australians in the past week alone have sought quotes from NBN Co for a fibre upgrade. But waiting longer could mean getting a fibre upgrade for free.
Source: ABC News
Southern Phone takes top billing in latest telco complaints tally
Southern Phone has held onto the top spot for the most new complaints to the Telecommunication Industry Ombudsman per 10,000 services in operation, new data shows.
Source: ARN
Tue, 09th Feb 2021
Another 100,000 premises to get fibre as NBN Co rollout progresses
National broadband network operator NBN Co has announced the extension of its fibre network rollout, with the second tranche to pass 100,000 premises on the way to the goal of 2 million premises with fibre by the end of 2023.
Source: iTWire
Australians can now pre-order Elon Musk's space internet
Astrology girl's stock market boyfriend is doing something with the internet.
Source: WhistleOut
Telstra is replacing its postpaid SIM-only plans next week with prepaid-like Upfront options
Telstra will discontinue its current range of postpaid SIM-only plans next week, replacing them with a family of "Upfront" plans where customers now pay ahead of each billing month.
Source: WhistleOut
Australian police, regulators continue unlawfully accessing metadata
Ten agencies, including Commonwealth and state law enforcement, accessed telecommunications metadata “without proper authority” in the 2018-19 financial year, the Commonwealth Ombudsman has found.
Source: iTnews Australia
Cheap nbn™ plans under $50
Looking to get a cheap NBN plan? There are plenty of top quality budget plans on the market to choose from.
Source: WhistleOut
Fri, 05th Feb 2021
Telstra's Group CTO makes quiet exit
Telstra’s group CTO of almost four years Håkan Eriksson quietly left the telco at the end of last year.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 04th Feb 2021
Optus has new discounts for regional Australians
Optus is hoping to woo regional Australians onto its network with a whole stack on new discounts. Anyone with an eligible postcode is able to pick from a discounted SIM-only plan or pick up an iPhone SE or Samsung Galaxy A51 for at least 50% off.
Source: WhistleOut
NBN reconnects Mallacoota following Black Summer fire damage
13 months after the residents of the East Gippsland town of Mallacoota were evacuated by the Royal Australian Navy to flee devastating bushfires, the town is able to use the NBN again.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Govt details round one of $20M 5G commercial trial grant program
The federal government is to open round one of its $20 million grant program for commercial trials of 5G technology from 19 February, offering individual grants up to $2 million.
Source: ARN
Telstra proposes 'net reduction of up to 1425 roles'
Telstra has lifted a year-long pause on job reductions under its T22 transformation program, briefing teams yesterday on plans for a “net reduction” of up to 1425 roles.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 03rd Feb 2021
Comms Alliance says telco industry welcomes 11.2% drop in customer complaints
Australia's Communications Alliance has "welcomed the announcement by the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) that complaints dropped by 11.2% in the most recent quarter."
Source: iTWire
All but one Telstra prepaid plan to lose 5G access
As of today, Telstra has rescinded 5G network access on all but one of its prepaid recharges.
Source: WhistleOut
Nokia, Vodafone show off 100Gbps fibre broadband in laboratory
Finnish telecommunications equipment vendor Nokia has teamed up with Vodafone to demonstrate a new passive optical network technology that can deliver speeds of up to 100Gbps on a single wavelength.
Source: iTWire
Tue, 02nd Feb 2021
Telstra to power its sports streaming with Kayo
Telstra is set to change the way it streams sports to its customers, striking a long-term partnership with Foxtel and Kayo rather than continue with its own 'Live Pass' services.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 01st Feb 2021
NBN Co to stop taking new HFC orders for 'several months'
NBN Co will stop taking new orders for hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) services from tomorrow due to a global shortage of chips used in the network termination devices that are installed at customers’ premises.
Source: iTnews Australia
Optus completes $250m amaysim acquisition
Optus has completed its purchase of amaysim’s mobile business with its 1.2 million subscribers for $250 million.
Source: iTWire