Telecoms & NBN
The Australian Labor Party is keeping open the option of writing down the value of the national broadband network if it were to win the… NBN gigabit connections will remain mostly a pipe dream
Written by Sam Varghese
The CVC costs set by the NBN Co make it very difficult for ISPs to offer gigabit connections to more than a select band of… 
Five finalists have been selected from among 85 applications for the Optus inaugural innovation challenge, with the telco praising the high volume of quality start-ups… Virgin Mobile wins second monthly award in 2018 as it prepares for eventual closure
Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Optus subsidiary Virgin Mobile has won its second Roy Morgan Mobile Phone Service Provider Monthly Customer Satisfaction Award in 2018 with a customer satisfaction rating… High-speed broadband helping small businesses thrive: claim
Written by Sam Varghese
A comparison of small businesses in mature NBN regions and non-NBN regions who use the accounting software Xero shows that employment in the former grew… Brisbane outages: Telstra cable users hit, not NBN customers
Written by Sam Varghese
Telstra Internet subscribers, who are connected by the company's HFC cable network, suffered outages in western parts of Brisbane last month, and not NBN users,… Lycamobile cops $12,600 penalty for telco code breach
Written by Peter Dinham
Mobile service provider Lycamobile has paid a $12,600 penalty after failing to follow an ACMA direction to comply with the Telecommunications Consumer Protections Code. 
Singtel Optus has switched on a new mobile tower in Tathra, on the Sapphire Coast in NSW, giving residents 4G mobile coverage. Basslink refers Hydro Tasmania dispute to arbitration
Written by Sam Varghese
Basslink, the company that manages the undersea data and power cable that links Tasmania to the Australian mainland, has referred the dispute between it and… Plan change mysteriously solves South Australian's NBN HFC issues
Written by Sam Varghese
The Internet problems plaguing a resident of South Australia who has an NBN connection via HFC have suddenly disappeared, though neither the NBN Co nor… 
