CommsWire - 29 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. 

CommsWire - 3 October 2017

House panel tells NBN Co to use more fibre for rollout A parliamentary panel has recommended that the Coalition Government direct and enable the NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network, to complete as much of the remaining rollout as possible using fibre.

CommsWire - 11 September 2017

Rural telco lobby group welcomes move to pass broadband reforms The telecommunications lobby group, Regional, Rural and Remote Communications Coalition, has welcomed the decision by a Senate committee to recommend passage of the Telecommunications Reform Package.

CommsWire - 1 September 2017

NBN Co corporate plan: no change in fibre-copper mix NBN Co has no plans to increase the number of premises that receive fibre-to-the kerb (or curb as the company calls it) and these will not increase beyond a million as it has already specified.

CommsWire - 29 August 2017

Telstra to hang up on third party billing: 3 December 2017 A senior Telstra official has confirmed that Australia?s largest carrier will cease ?third party billing? on its post-paid accounts by early December this year.

CommsWire - 7 August 2017

Telstra launches Australian Digital Inclusion Index 2017: we?re doing more online The latest Australian Digital Inclusion Index has launched, powered by Roy Morgan, RMIT and Swinburne?s CSI, and our digital inclusion score has improved.

CommsWire - 12 July 2017

Australian mobile users hit with $20 million in ?unexpected? charges Australian mobile phone users are estimated to have collectively been charged as much as $20 million in the last six months for third-party charges on their phones for purchases they didn?t even realise they were being stung for, according to a new report from telecoms consumer advocacy group the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network.

CommsWire - 7 July 2017

Australia stuck with higher cost of deploying FttP: NBN Co NBN Co has attempted to defend the higher costs of deploying fibre-to-the-premises in Australia and ?set the record straight? on recent media claims about the local cost of FttP compared to other operators around the world.

CommsWire - 3 April 2017

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.

CommsWire - 28 April 2016