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THERE WAS NO EDITION OF COMMSWIRE THURSDAY NBN Co plans to use G.fast technology for rollout in 2018 NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network, says it will be adding G.fast technology to its technology mix next year, to enable faster speeds over copper wires.
27th October 2017
Vocus readying New Zealand business for sale The Vocus Group has decided to get its New Zealand operations ready for sale and is finalising the appointment of advisers, the company said on Monday.
25th October 2017
ACCC won't declare mobile roaming, still wants to improve regional mobile coverage The ACCC has decided not to declare domestic mobile roaming, but has detailed ?a range of regulatory and policy measures that could improve inadequate mobile phone coverage and poor quality of service in regional Australia". The decision has prompted a flurry of responses from telecoms stakeholders.
24th October 2017
Victoria trials first NBN connection using FTTC technology The National Broadband Network rollout now has its first activation of premises with Fibre-to-the-Curb (FTTC) technology, heralded by NBN Co as a much cheaper technology delivering substantial cost savings.
23rd October 2017
Morrow says NBN cannot be compared with NZ rollout Under pressure with each passing day as the number of complaints about the NBN mount, the head of NBN Co, Bill Morrow has attempted to deflect some of the criticism levelled at the rollout by those who compare it to the New Zealand network which is progressing without any major hitch.
20th October 2017
Telco complaints from consumers, SMBs still rife, NBN complaints soar Residential consumer and small business complaints against telcos continue to plague the telecommunications industry and there?s no sign of the connection problems being reduced despite industry and regulator efforts to overcome the problems.
19th October 2017
Telstra on the defensive as increased competition heats up Telstra has defended its recent poor financial performance as it faces the strong headwinds of stiff market competition and a big hit to its revenues from the National Broadband Network.
18th October 2017
NBN under pressure to maintain pace as connections hit 3 million mark The pace of the national broadband network rollout has picked up as connections hit the three million mark, but with the operator, NBN Co, cautioning that the increase in connections and activations presents new customer connection and experience issues.
17th October 2017
Vocus North-West Cable System is up and running The Vocus Group, Australia's fourth largest telecommunications outfit, has successfully connected its high-speed fibre-optic North-West Cable System to the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project and Shell?s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas facility located off the north-west coast of Australia.
16th October 2017
Fifield outlines how Govt will support 5G rollout The Federal Government has released a 5G directions paper and says it will bring together a working group in order to push deployment of the mobile technology in Australia.
13th October 2017