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28/01/2022
Concerns over TPG Wholesale Separation Raised by NBN Co
According to NBN Co, the functional separation undertaking of TPG Telecom has requested the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to clarify some areas of concern. This is because last November, the telco lodged a functional separation bid with the ACCC. However, NBN Co said that the regulator must consider the differences in competition
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3/01/2022
More Transparency on Competitive Business Services Offered by NBN Co
NBN Co, in its response to the recent round of Special Access Undertaking working group, said it understood “concerns about having core regulated services and competitive services treated in the same manner in the building block model and whether this gives rise to cross-subsidy concerns between core regulated services and competitive
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3/01/2022
NBN Proposed CVC Relief, Certainty in SAU Proposal Paper Included
The most radical revamp of pricing, and NBN Co has recently proposed product construct in an attempt to meet concerns of retailers, regulators, and consumer advocates ahead of the proposed lodgement of a new Special Access Undertaking in February. Specifically, NBN Co proposes the potential development and availability of AVC-only pricing. NBN
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22/12/2021
Streamlining and Reduction of CVC Component in Future Pricing Proposed by NBN Co
An Australian Competition and Consumer Commission-convened working group required NBN Co to do more homework on a new pricing construct. This is set to charge CVC by utilisation and increase AVC-only pricing over time. NBN Co has also presented a detailed analysis providing direction to discussions and opinions of the eventual Special Access
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22/12/2021
NBN Co Commits to Support Global Renewable Energy Initiative
NBN Co recently announced its Towards-Zero Carbon Ambition and membership of the global RE100 renewable energy initiative. The company is reducing its annual energy use by 25GWh by December 2025. To foster this initiative, the company will purchase 100 percent renewable electricity from December 2025. NBN Co plans to purchase its power from
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22/12/2021
Backhaul Telcos Fear Overbuild From NBN’s proposed Datacentre Product
TPG and Vocus are said to be pushing back on plans by NBN Co to create an Ethernet Enterprise product geared towards datacentre backhaul requirements. In parallel to this, most dark fibre companies, including FibreconX have been left out of the loop. An NBN spokesperson explained that “We have received multiple requests from data centre operators
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8/12/2021
NBN Held Up Well During the Latest Lockdowns According to ACCC
According to the latest data from the Measuring Broadband Australia report released by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the COVID lockdowns across certain areas of Australia during the last quarter did not reflect reduced performance on the NBN. The basis of the report was the measurements taken from 1270 NBN fixed-line and
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23/11/2021
Higher Speed Bundle Numbers Decline With NBN Focus on Fast Promo Dwindles
There was a 30 percent decline in higher than 100Mbps subscriptions following the end of Focus on Fast promotion. This was revealed in the latest NBN wholesale market indicators report released by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. NBN subscribers who signed up to greater than 100Mbps services, including the Super Fast and
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23/11/2021
Federal Labor Expands NBN Fibre Upgrade to Cover 1.5M Extra Premises
Federal Labor is keen on expanding the fibre overlay of the FTTN network of NBN Co for $2.4 Billion. The NBN policy is also yet to be announced in Sydney by opposition leader Anthony Albanese and shadow communications minister Michelle Rowland. With this promise, the job started by NBN Co last year would be effectively finished. Last year, NBN Co
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12/11/2021
Pressure on Feds for Additional Regional Telecom Spend Sets Up Flashpoint with Industry
Since stakeholders have sensed an opportunity to exploit a perceived need for ‘announceables’ in front of a tight election, the Federal Government is now under pressure to spend billions of dollars on new regional communications investments.  A diversion of existing funds may partially fund this. It can also be funded by expanding the $7 per month
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10/11/2021
NBN Co Earnings Soar, Adds More Locations to Its Fibre Upgrade List
NBN Co released its quarterly financial data, which revealed a surge in its earnings. In line with this, it also released a list of additional homes and businesses in FTTN areas to be passed by its GPON overlay. The number of addresses reached approximately 200,000. Between this year and 2023, it is expected that three million premises will get to
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1/11/2021
Labor Probes into Whether NBN Co Misled Minister Fletcher Regarding G.Fast Plans
Federal Labor quizzed NBN Co over whether the company misled the communications minister Paul Fletcher regarding the upgrade path of its 1.5m premises fibre-to-the-curb network. In the recent Senate Estimates hearing, Labor Senator Louis Pratt questioned NBN Co CEO Stephen Rue on why the company ceased their original plans to use a simple G.fast
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