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NBN Co forced to back down on charging rural users more Under pressure from the Federal Government, the NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network, has backed down on a decision to charge rural and regional users $20 more for their fixed wireless 50/20Mbps plans.
17th August 2018
NBN Co records $4.1b loss for full-year 2018 NBN Co has recorded a loss of $4.1 billion for the full-year 2018, according to results announced on Thursday. This is less than the loss of $4.24 billion for the full-year 2017, but much more than the $2.75 billion loss the company posted for the full-year 2016.
16th August 2018
Australia's decryption delves into the 'Dangers of Backdoor' VPN provider NordVPN is warning Australians about the dangers of Australia's Federal Government releasing "a legislative proposal to give law enforcement agencies new rights to access personal user communications and data".
15th August 2018
Australia's decryption delves into the 'Dangers of Backdoor' VPN provider NordVPN is warning Australians about the dangers of Australia's Federal Government releasing "a legislative proposal to give law enforcement agencies new rights to access personal user communications and data".
15th August 2018
UK, Canada lobbying Australia not to exclude Huawei The UK and Canada are understood to be lobbying Australia not to ban Chinese telecommunications equipment firm Huawei from playing a role in building 5G networks Down Under, CommsWire has learnt.
14th August 2018
ACCC reports third of NBN users now on 'higher speed plans' Residential broadband customers "continue to shift to higher speed NBN plans, with more than one third of all NBN services now on 50Mbps plans, according to the ACCC’s tenth quarterly Wholesale Market Indicators Report released today".
13th August 2018
NZ telecoms sector under scrutiny by competition enforcement agency Billing, contract terms, marketing and switching practices in the New Zealand telecommunications industry head the list of priority areas for the country’s competition regulator The Commerce Commission’s focus over the next 12-months.
9th August 2018
Optus profits decline for quarter ended 30 June Australia's second largest telco Optus suffered a drop in profits for the quarter ending 30 June despite increasing revenue and subscriber numbers. The company's latest financial report for the quarter to the end of June this year revealed net profits for the three months dropped by 3.5% to $154 million from $160 million for the same period in 2017.
8th August 2018
ACCC opens inquiry into mobile voice, SMS MTAS delaration The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has started an inquiry into regulation of wholesale mobile voice and SMS services – and whether to vary or revoke the domestic mobile terminating access service (MTAS) declaration or to make a new declaration.
7th August 2018
ACMA releases spectrum auction info ahead of 5G introduction Critical information for the auction of spectrum in the 3.6GHz band – which will pave the way for 5G telecoms services in Australia - has been released by the broadcasting and telecommunications regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
6th August 2018