CommsWire - 22 February 2018

Speed issues? It ain't us that's to blame, says NBN Co  COMMENT: The NBN Co is well known for doing what Pontius Pilate did ? washing its hands of any responsibility for the performance of the network that it has built so far. Yesterday it unveiled another instalment in this exercise.

CommsWire - 19 February 2018

Spirit offers back-up Internet service over wireless NBN alternative Internet service provider Spirit Telecom has launched a back-up Internet service that will remain redundant until it is needed, under the name Redundancy-as-a-Service.

CommsWire - 5 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.

CommsWire - 10 October 2017

Are NBN prices out of control? ECONOMUSE: There is no effective regulatory constraint on soaring ARPU - be afraid of ARPU very afraid. ACCC wants to avoid regulatory imposition on NBN SAU variation The competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, wants an industry-led outcome on the variations to the Special Access Undertaking for the national broadband network rather than regulatory imposition.

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 - 21 August 2017

NetComm and Openreach demonstrate ?world-first? reverse powered Gfast DPU Gigabit speeds over FttDP (AKA FttC) based on Gfast using a reversed power fed Gfast DPU? NetComm and Openreach say they?ve achieve it in a world first.

CommsWire - 23 June 2017

Federal Government introduces Telecom Reform Package legislation The Australian Government has finally tabled legislation in Parliament with promises to reform the telecommunications market ?to promote competition and to improve access to broadband services for all Australians, especially those in regional, rural and remote areas.?

CommsWire - 2 March 2017

Optus, Huawei partner on the way to 5G introduction Optus and Huawei have teamed up to complete a successful infield test of Massive MIMO (128T128R) technology which they say helps pave the way for the introduction of 5G services in Australia.

CommsWire - 27 February 2017

Telstra, Ericsson testing IoT network across Australia Telstra and Ericsson have used the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona to announce several key programs supporting Telstra?s ?Network of the Future? transformation program.

CommsWire - 13 February 2017

Confusion over broadband speeds rife among consumers Australian consumers believe they are getting a raw deal from their Internet service providers over the speed of their broadband services, with most of them believing they aren?t getting what they signed up to, and paid for.