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24/02/2021
Apple Leads the 6G Wireless Technology Race
Apple Inc. just began selling the first iPhones with 5G wireless speeds a few months ago. Now, they are already planning to work on sixth-generation cellular connectivity or 6G.  Bloomberg recently reported that Apple posted job listings. They are looking for "Wireless Research Systems Engineer - 5G/6G" and "RAN1/RAN4 Standards Engineer." Working
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24/02/2021
Bandwidth Plunges in Some Areas After NBN Co Ends Its Capacity Freebies
Bandwidth purchased from NBN drops as pandemic capacity boost ends according to numbers from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).  All retail service providers need to start buying up more National Broadband Network (NBN) Connectivity Virtual Circuit (CVC) capacity after the end of NBN Co's COVID-19 capacity freebies. NBN is
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24/02/2021
NBN Co’s CEO Earns Five Times More Than the Prime Minister
New documents show that the government-owned company, NBN Co, paid $77m in bonuses between July and December 2020.   The document regarding NBN Co's finances shows that NBN Co paid $4.3m in bonuses to executives including the CEO, and paid employees $73.2m between July and December 2020. The overall amount covers an unspecified amount of delayed
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23/02/2021
TPG Proclaims Itself as the Top Seller of NBN Broadband Services
A recent statement by TPG Telecom says that they are currently the highest seller of NBN enterprise Ethernet services.  Elizabeth Aris, the group executive for enterprise and government, says that the strong market performance of TPG is a result of its unique approach to customers. Also, they are prioritising customers while making use of the
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23/02/2021
ACCC: More Aussies Prefer NBN 50 or Faster Plans
According to ACCC or Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, more Aussies are choosing faster internet plans.  ACCC's recent report on the wholesale NBN market contains consumer information from Q4 2020. Data from broadband providers such as Telstra, Optus, TPG, and iiNet suggests that people prefer to use faster internet
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20/02/2021
NBN Co Starts Repaying Its $19.5 Billion Government Loan
The company National Broadband Network or NBN is starting to repay its $19.5 billion government loan. They recently paid $3 billion using privately-sourced debt funding.  There's a lot of things going on in the NBN Co lately. A couple of weeks ago, they talked about the increase in their revenue for the last six months. Now, they are discussing
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19/02/2021
NBN Co Hunts More Funding After Increase in Revenue
NBN Co recently reported that they had a big increase in revenue last year, thanks to the growing demand for fast and reliable internet connection. But aside from that, the lower disconnection payments to Telstra and Optus also helped the company to have a $1.1 billion profits turnaround for the first half of fiscal 2021.  Positive
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19/02/2021
Telstra Offers NBN 250 for Only $100 a Month
Aussie Broadband isn't the only internet service provider that's giving discounted fast NBN plans. Telstra is also offering a discount for its NBN plans.  But out of all the Telstra promos, its $40 deduction for their premium NBN 250 stands out. Enjoy super-fast internet connection for only $100 a month! Its price is almost the same as their NBN
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18/02/2021
Google Strikes Deals With Media Companies while Facebook Unfriends Australia
As Australia draws closer to passing its new media law, Google and Facebook, both vocal critics of the code, seem to be walking in different directions now. Google Walks Back From Its Threat Last month, Google threatened to shut down its search engine in Australia after it is mandated to pay for the news that appears on its search results. The
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18/02/2021
Optus Releases New WiFi Plans Perfect for Family Use
Finding home WiFi plans that can cover the household is quite a challenge. But finally, an internet service provider offers a solution to this problem.  Optus is now offering new Family Home Internet plans bundled with a WiFi extender. This new internet deal will help in getting rid of the WiFi black spots in anyone's household.  Optus Managing
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18/02/2021
Australians Demand Fibre Internet Upgrade but Not Everyone is Happy with the Free Upgrade
Australian telecommunication is currently a complex landscape.  A lot of Australians are getting free or subsidised full-fibre internet upgrades in the following years. However, there are still people who want to get the fibre upgrade immediately, even if it will cost them money. NBN Co is receiving 8,000 upgrade quotes every week. That means
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17/02/2021
NBN Co Goes on Track to Enjoy Positive Full-year Earnings for the First Time
NBN Co CEO Stephen Rue said that the company is in great shape--it will have its first positive full-year earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) after a 25% revenue increase.  The company responsible for the National Broadband Network (NBN) is generating higher revenue since March 2020, thanks to the growing demand
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