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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
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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
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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
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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]
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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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6/09/2021
NBN Co and Jawun Announces 3-Year Collaboration
NBN Co announces its three-year commitment to indigenous organisations. Jawun, an innovative not-for-profit organisation, is the lucky organisation the telco is partnering with. The new venture aims to improve the capacity of indigenous leaders, organisations, and communities to realise their own development goals.   Through this, NBNCo will
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4/09/2021
NBNCo Offers Smaller CVC Rebate for August, 10-Month Extension to WBA4 Proposed
NBNCo is said to offer CVC rebates of almost $4M for August. NBN also proposed extending the Wholesale Broadband Agreement terms for ten months allowing RSPs to focus on Special Access Undertaking negotiations.   NBNCo started offering a partial rebate on overage charges imposed on exceeding CVC usage orders since July. However, the August rebate
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2/09/2021
RSPs warned by ACCC Regarding Inadequate Home Gateways and Modems
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) warned the RSPs to ensure customers purchasing high-speed NBN tiers have the equipment that supports the speed of the plan promised, reaching its full potential.   This follows ACCC’s recently released Measuring Broadband Australia quarterly report, including NBN Co’s Home Ultrafast
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