Telstra, Google join consortium to build Asia Pacific subsea cable system A consortium of major tech players, including Telstra and Google, has joined forces to build a new international subsea cable system under an agreement with Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN).

7th April 2017

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NBN Co hiding poor technology from users, says expert The NBN Co has not undertaken any demonstrations to show Australians what kind of speeds are needed to get good response times when streaming videos, because to do so would show the inadequacy of the technology being used, a network expert says.

6th April 2017

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Exclusive: Quigley blames Turnbull for NBN mess The man who led NBN Co from day one until he quit in July 2013 following a change of government lays the blame for the present mess largely at the feet of one man: the current Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

5th April 2017

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NBN attracts new fixed broadband users, leads to ISP churn The rollout of the national broadband network is convincing Australians to take up fixed broadband Internet connections for the first time and persuading others, who are already users, to switch providers.

4th April 2017

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Optus Satellite wins inflight wi-fi deal with Virgin Australia Virgin Australia has announced that inflight connectivity provider Gogo and Optus Satellite have got the nod to provide inflight wi-fi on the airline?s domestic and international services.

3rd April 2017

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NBN Co to boost regional broadband download speeds to 100 Mbps NBN Co is boosting fixed wireless broadband speeds on the national broadband network to 100 Mbps. Announced by NBN Co on Thursday, the new regional 100/40 Mbps wholesale speed tier plans will be released to retailers in early 2018.

31st March 2017

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NBN Co to boost regional broadband download speeds to 100 Mbps NBN Co is boosting fixed wireless broadband speeds on the national broadband network to 100 Mbps. Announced by NBN Co on Thursday, the new regional 100/40 Mbps wholesale speed tier plans will be released to retailers in early 2018.

31st March 2017

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Greater protections from unwanted telemarketing calls More than 10 million members and 10 years after it was launched, the telecommunications Do Not Call Register has been strengthened with a new batch of improvements giving enhanced protections to consumers from unwanted telemarketing.

30th March 2017

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ACCC rejects NBN special access undertaking variations The competition watchdog has rejected proposals by the builders of the National broadband Network, NBN Co, to vary the Special Access Undertaking (SAU) which governs the prices and other terms on which it supplies wholesale broadband services to Internet Service Providers.

29th March 2017

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Optus ups the ante with new data-heavy mobile plans Optus is keeping up the pressure in the data-hungry mobile phone environment with its latest release of a new premium mobile plan giving customers 100GB of data. NBN: AVC, CVC charges ?put gigabit plans out of reach? New Zealand can offer its residents 1Gbps broadband plans for NZ$130 (A$120) a month because the access virtual circuit (AVC) charges are low, the ISP MyRepublic says.

28th March 2017

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