News
Four big ISPs achieving good NBN speeds, says ACCC The first report from the ACCC's broadband monitoring programme shows that NBN services from iiNet, Optus, Telstra and TPG are achieving between 80% and a little over 90% of the maximum plan speeds during the busy evening period.
3rd April 2018
Australia-Singapore cable laying gets underway Laying of the Australia-Singapore subsea cable has commenced, with two ships laying two distinct sections from near Christmas Island to Fremantle, and the other in shallow water between Singapore and Christmas Island.
29th March 2018
Gold Coast gets Telstra ?world first? 5G Wi-Fi precinct Telstra is claiming a world-first with the switching on of a precinct of 5G-enabled WiFi hotspots on Australia?s Gold Coast, allowing locals free broadband during evaluation of the technology.
28th March 2018
ACCAN calls for telcos to ?step up? on consumer complaints The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) says telcos do well out of the telecommunications industry, and need to step up and resolve complaints about third party charges themselves, not send their customers off to third party providers for resolution.
27th March 2018
NBN Co opens lab to train workers for network field tasks NBN Co will provide training and assessments for more than 2000 in-field workers on how to deploy, activate and maintain the network, using simulation as a teaching tool.
26th March 2018
Best Buy to stop selling Huawei phones: report Chinese telecommunications provider Huawei is facing another setback in the US, with the multinational electronics corporation Best Buy deciding to take its phones off their shelves in the next few weeks.
23rd March 2018
ACCC Report Competition drives greater value, price drops for mobile users: ACCC Mobile voice minutes rose by 7 billion in the 12 months to the end of the 2016-2017 financial year. And, competition has benefited consumers with price drops and better value for money, according to the ACCC.
22nd March 2018
iiNet, Internode compensate customers for misleading NBN speed claims Internet service providers iiNeT and Internode are compensating thousands of their customers for engaging in misleading or deceptive conduct by promoting and offering NBN plans with maximum speeds that could not be delivered.
21st March 2018
Missing: 200,000 dwellings from NBN Co ready-to-connect category About 200,000 homes and businesses which were classed as "ready to connect" in November 2017 by the NBN Co have gone missing from this category of dwellings according to the company's own figures.
20th March 2018
Foxtel reported to be ditching HFC network The Australian Labor Party has raised doubts about the reliability of the Telstra HFC cable network after it was reported that Foxtel would not be using HFC for transmission any more, but moving to satellite.
19th March 2018