CommsWire - 25 January 2019

Indigo completes installation of new subsea cable system A consortium comprising Telstra, AARNet, Google, Indosat Ooredoo, Singtel and SubPartners has announced a significant milestone in the construction of the INDIGO subsea cable system with the installations of the INDIGO West and INDIGO Central cables completed as scheduled.

CommsWire - 17 January 2019

Telstra promises to have subsea cable clients restored in minutes Telstra, together with Ericsson and Ciena, has announced a rapid restoration service which it claims will enable clients using its subsea cable network in Asia to be and running again within minutes instead of hours.

CommsWire - 15 January 2019

Optus makes 5G data call on 60 MHz in C-Band Australia’s second largest telco, the Singtel-owned Optus, says it has taken another significant step towards its commercial launch of 5G by making a 5G data call on 60 MHz using 3.5 GHz spectrum.

CommsWire - 23 July 2018

Telstra, Optus get low ranking on consumer customer service scorecard Australia’s two biggest telcos — Telstra and Optus — fared poorly in a survey of Australian telecommunications consumers who say they are unimpressed by the amount of time they spend getting a resolution to a telco issue.

CommsWire - 5 April 2018

NBN Co chief Morrow to quit by end of 2018 NBN Co chief executive Bill Morrow is leaving the company by the end of the year, according to a statement from the company.

CommsWire - 29 March 2018

Australia-Singapore cable laying gets underway Laying of the Australia-Singapore subsea cable has commenced, with two ships laying two distinct sections from near Christmas Island to Fremantle, and the other in shallow water between Singapore and Christmas Island.

CommsWire - 4 September 2017

Subsea cable outage hits iiNet, Internode The SMW3 subsea cable between Perth and Singapore that services South East Asia, among other regions, has suffered a break with a repair date at least six weeks away. As a result, TPG owned ISPs iiNet and Internode have been forced to re-route their services.through their higher latency US connections.