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6/07/2021
NBN, Giving Way to Collaboration with ACCC Roundtable to Produce Solutions that Benefit Both Parties
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission held an industry roundtable on June 19, 2021, to discuss the future of the NBN access regime. Because of the Chatham House rule under which the eight-hour event was held, participants were unable to disclose who said what, whether to colleagues or to media outlets. Because of this,
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6/07/2021
Optus improves power on Telecom's hub sites via Eltek’s CPX
Optus, the second largest wireless carrier in Australia, has partnered with Delta Electronics under the Eltek brand to launch a new battery-based “critical power extender” called the Yes! CPX to power their transmission hubs when main power falls during natural disasters. The CPX is expected to provide extra 10 to 20 hours of power to downstream
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22/06/2021
Telco Complaints in Context (April to June 2020) - Is Your Provider Getting the Most Complaints?
Complaints Lodged with the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman Each quarter of the year, the Communications Alliance publishes a Complaints in Context report. This report is composed of details about the number of complaints made by residential and small business customers regarding the telephone and internet services they are subscribed to.
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18/06/2021
TPG Telecom To Introduce 5G Fixed Wireless Very Soon
TPG Telecom happily announces the launching of its 5G fixed wireless service next month. This announcement comes from Chief Executive Officer Inaki Berroeta during their AGM (Annual General Meeting). This signifies that the three major mobile network operators in Australia will now be offering the market a 5G home broadband. The CEO underscores
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18/06/2021
Telstra CEO Tells Telecom Sector Be Ready For Rapid Change
Telstra Chief Executive Andy Penn is telling Australia’s telecommunications sector to be prepared to face aggressive change in what he describes as the age of digital disruption. In his speech at the CommsDay Summit 2021, Penn stresses the importance of addressing a number of issues in the industry for it to deliver on a technology-enabled future.
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18/06/2021
Telstra Obtains mmWave Access, Switches Sites Overnight
Telstra is feeling elated in its triumph over the successful negotiation for early access to the 26GHz spectrum as a result of winning in the recently-concluded mmWave auction. The company switched on their sites in Sydney last night. Nikos Katinakis, Telstra group executive networks & IT, expresses his excitement saying, “We’re thrilled to receive
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15/06/2021
NBN Co Says Yes To New Price Cuts and Timeline Changes
Stephen Rue, NBN Co Chief Executive, says that their company stays positive to major changes to its wholesale pricing model but only to a limited extent. He states that the company’s new wholesale consultation paper includes a proposal that should be able to deal with issues presented by RSPs (retail service providers). Bundling of more CVC and
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15/06/2021
Rowland Urges ACCC to Examine NBN Co’s Latest Pricing Proposals
In her attendance to a summit, Shadow Communications Minister Michelle Rowland tells the audience that there is an urgent need to examine NBN Co’s latest pricing proposals more carefully. To quote her own words, “Not only did the NBN pricing announcement last week make pricing more complex, but it appears to financially disadvantage retail
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10/06/2021
NBN Co Releases Expanded List of Locations for FTTN-to-FTTP Upgrade Program
In October 2020, NBN Co began working on their program to extend fibre deeper into communities currently served by Fibre to the Node or FTTN technology to enable conversion to Fibre to the Premises, or FTTP technology. At that time, the company also announced their goal to convert at least 2 million premises by the end of 2023.  This upgrade
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10/06/2021
Telstra Signs $200M Co-investment Fund to Support Regional Connectivity
Telstra is Australia’s largest telecommunications company by market share. Thus, announcing a $200 million co-investment fund to generate additional investment in improving regional mobile coverage, running over the next four years, will come as no surprise to its subscribers as well as to other operators. According to Telstra CEO Andrew Penn, the
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10/06/2021
Optus Plans on Stopping Dual Band 3G Network Service
To provide a better 4G network experience and support the growth of 5G, Optus announced that it is reallocating its 2100MHz spectrum assets away from 3G. In this case, after April 2022, the telco will no longer offer a dual-band 3G network. Nevertheless, it will still offer 3G services via its 900MHz spectrum band. Because of the proposal of the
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3/06/2021
Optus and Telstra Brings Australia’s 5G Speed Doubly Faster Than the Rest of the World
During the first quarter of this year, Australia was listed as one of the countries with the faster mobile speeds in the world. The country has a median 5G download speed of 283.56Mbps, which is nearly double the global average of 142.05Mbps. The measurements are performed by Ookla’s Speedtest. Worldwide Rankings Australia ranked third after
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