The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has accepted a court-enforceable undertaking from NBN Co to improve its wholesale arrangements with telecommunications retail service providers). The undertaking was offered by NBN Co after the ACCC gave READ FULL STORY
Most Australians don’t understand how to select the appropriate broadband speed for their households’ needs, according to new data released NBN Co, the company deploying the Australian national broadband network. The NBN Co commissioned research READ FULL STORY
Between July 2017 and July 2018, Telstra customers’ data usage on fixed broadband connections has increased by about 40 per cent, with the telco’s NBN users now numbering some 2 million. “As more ADSL customers READ FULL STORY
NBN Co released its Corporate Plan for the period FY19 to FY22 on 31 August 2018 with headlines that implied that everything is still on target to be completed in 2020. The network is forecast READ FULL STORY
Adelaide-based firm Uniti Wireless, which bills itself as a high speed broadband alternative to the NBN, has been awarded a A$5 million grant from South Australia’s Future Jobs Fund. It will us the funds to READ FULL STORY
Internet service provider Aussie Broadband is pushing for retrofit funding as part of the fix for fixed wireless congestion. Aussie Broadband MD Phillip Britt said that in its submission to the Federal Government’s regional telecommunications READ FULL STORY
NBN Co, the company building and operating Australia’s broadband network, has introduced what it bills as the “cutting edge cable technology DOCSIS 3.1 on its HFC network” – ahead of the planned ramping up ofe READ FULL STORY
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has released a final set of new rules requiring telcos to help their customers move smoothly to the National Broadband Network. “These new rules will give consumers greater confidence READ FULL STORY
Purpose-built National Broadband Network (NBN) internet service provider MyRepublic has launched its first plans specifically designed for small businesses in Australia. The move sees the firm expanding beyond the Australian consumer broadband market since its READ FULL STORY
If elected, a Shorten Labor Government will establish an NBN Service Guarantee to deliver more uptime, and greater oversight of the national broadband network, according to Michelle Rowland, Shadow Minister for Communications and Member for READ FULL STORY
*This article republished thanks to Gary McLaren who kindly gave permission. It first appeared on Gary’s blog here I have added a new chart this week as an estimate of the revenue impact of NBN Co’s activation rate continuing READ FULL STORY
The Australian Federal Court has ordered Optus Internet to pay penalties of A$1.5 million for making misleading representations to customers about their transition from the Singtel-owned company’s HFC network to the National Broadband Network. According READ FULL STORY
NBN is set to launch a new wholesale business-grade satellite service for remote and rural Australia, focusing on areas where to date there may have been limited or no coverage with no fixed line service. The READ FULL STORY
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