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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
NBN
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
NBN
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
NBN
26/10/2021
NBN Co Business-grade Services Aimed to Drive SMB Digital Acceleration
NBN Co CEO Stephen Rue emphasised how the country’s small to medium businesses fostered the acceleration of the digitisation of the economy at the Australian Chamber of Commerce webinar on NBN’s central role in lifting digital capability. But there’s more to be done. “Businesses with fewer than 20 employees employ 46 percent of the Australian
NBN
22/10/2021
NBN FTTN and FTTP Connections: Highest Share of Complaints Recorded According to ACMA
The Australian Communications and Media Authority recently released its analysis on the latest telco complaints it gathered. The figures show that Fibre to the Node (FTTN) outperformed most of the other NBN technologies in complaint shares. However, this data is relative to uptake. The new data released by ACMA revealed that there were 263,228
NBN
20/10/2021
Hybrid Power Cubes Being Deployed by NBN Co Ahead of Natural Disaster Season
NBN Co is deploying new NBN Hybrid Power Cubes in preparation for this year’s natural disaster season. Along with this, the company is also rolling out $6M worth of new temporary infrastructure assets. The Hybrid Power Cubes being deployed combine solar, battery, and diesel generator technologies. These are designed to provide sustained backup
NBN
12/10/2021
NBN Co Fosters More Business Fibre Zones Through Collaboration with Governments and Telcos
NBN Co. executive general manager for SMB Brendan Donohoe confirms NBN’s collaboration with various local and state governments to expand more business fibre zones across the entire country.    During the Telstra Vantage event, the executive general manager said: “We are in lots of conversations with local government, state government [and]
NBN
30/09/2021
NBN Co: Price and Product Innovation will be Hampered by ACCC Discrimination Guidelines
NBN Co revealed objections to the proposed updated non-discrimination guidelines for superfast fixed-line networks.   The new and updated guidelines are set to replace those that have been issued in 2021. The updates encompass two tests to assess potential discrimination between access seekers. The first one intends to determine explicit
NBN
20/09/2021
Research Confirms NBN Affordability Rates Well
NBNCo. commissioned the new Accenture research, making favourable comparisons between Australian broadband prices and other OECD countries. Accenture analysed the affordability of Australian broadband compared to peer countries with similar products. Terms of average incomes per capita were also compared.   The date range in comparison was
NBN
15/09/2021
NBN RSPs: True Cost of TC-4 Residential Broadband Service Only $30-35 Monthly
According to the output of a ‘building block model’ prepared by NBN Co’s five leading retailers, the NBN Co’s true cost per location is $40 per month. On the other hand, the cost per TC-4 residential broadband service is just $30-35 monthly.   The new ‘building block model’ is outlined in a short position paper prepared by Telstra, Optus, TPG,
NBN
8/09/2021
Digital Inclusion Action Plan to be Pushed by NBN, Targeting Verticals
NBN CEO Stephen Rue will be providing a preview of NBNCo’s new project promoting digital accessibility and ability in the community at the annual Australian Communications Consumer Action Network conference.   In the conference, Rue reveals the NBN's developing plans to target six segments that would benefit most from the digital inclusion. The
NBN
6/09/2021
Report Says Chip Shortage to Affect Device Sales and Service Revenues for Telcos
New research from analysts STL Partners says that a shortage of semiconductors could impact device sales and service roll-outs across the telecoms industry. In addition, the accelerated digital adoption due to Covid-19 made a significant impact on supply chain and logistics due to the pandemic and increasing geopolitical tension.   According to
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