News
Data use in Australia explodes by 43% in past year: ACMA The amount of data Australians are consuming has gone through the roof, rising by 43% in the past year, according to a new report tabled in Parliament last week. We?re also using a more diverse range of devices, although the mobile phone is still the most popular and frequently used way to go online.
11th December 2017
ACCC says it won?t oppose Fox Sports, Foxtel merger The competition regulator, the ACCC, says a proposed merger of Fox Sports and Foxtel won?t substantially lessen competition in the market and has now given it the final green light.
8th December 2017
TPG, City of Adelaide to partner on 10Gbps network rollout While the NBN providers struggle to deliver 100Mbps to premium users, the City of Adelaide is partnering with TPG Telecom in a project to deliver a 10 Gigabit fibre-optic data network.
7th December 2017
HFC network will need work to be fit for NBN: experts Technical experts who have closely followed the rollout of the NBN say Telstra's HFC network will need considerable work done on it to meet the needs of NBN customers.
6th December 2017
Labor questions timing of NBN HFC delay announcement Labor shadow communications minister Michelle Rowland has questioned the timing of the NBN Co's announcement about delaying HFC connections to the national broadband network, revealing a timeline that shows problems were first identified two years ago.
5th December 2017
ACCC chief fires broadside at telcos over Internet speed ads The ACCC, has lambasted the telecommunications industry for continuing to advertise Internet plans using what it calls ?unhelpful speed ranges?, and referencing off-peak speeds, or failing to provide consumers with any information about the speed of their services during busy hours.
4th December 2017
Telstra lures high data using SMBs with new broadband offer Telstra has launched an unlimited broadband data offer in a move which it says is designed to help alleviate the problems of data intensive activities by small businesses.
1st December 2017
Telecoms ?most advanced? in digital transformation: report Less than 10 percent of enterprises have achieved their digital transformation goals, although the telecoms and banking sectors are the most mature in the drive for digital transformation, according to a new global report.
30th November 2017
Turnbull's magic-mushroom NBN is slowly unravelling For months now, we've been told that fast broadband would be arriving sooner because of the change in technology that the Coalition Government decided upon, with HFC cable and fibre-to-the-node being the saviours of the project. Now that dream is unravelling.
29th November 2017
NBN Co 'pauses' new HFC orders to fix network issues Households and businesses slated to receive the NBN over HFC will have to wait between six and nine months longer for connections while the NBN Co fixes technical issues that are affecting the speed that the network can deliver.
28th November 2017