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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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3/06/2021
Telstra Needs More ICT Experts from the Skilled Migration Occupation List
Telstra is Australia’s largest telecommunications company by market share. According to the company, the key roles for the telco are now covered by the latest Skilled Migration Occupation Lists. However, the company wants the federal government to expand the Priority Skilled Migration Occupation List to include several additional jobs. In this
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3/06/2021
NBN Co Aims to Conduct Voice Tests in the Low-band
NBN Co is carrying out preparations to use a test low-band fixed wireless product as an alternative voice service for regional areas currently served by copper landlines as well as ageing high capacity radio concentrator infrastructure. Alongside this, NBN Co is also set to use its Sky Muster satellite and fixed wireless services as part of federal
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30/05/2021
NBN Co’s Private Debt Grows to $12 Billion After Acquiring US Bond Markets
NBN Co was able to achieve a successful inaugural raise in US capital markets. From there, the company was able to raise US$2 billion, which is approximately AU$2.6 billion. The overall issue was composed of a five-year bond priced at US$750 million, along with a ten-year bond priced at US$1.25 billion. The former is set to mature in May 2026
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30/05/2021
NBN Co Abandons Plans to Procure Dark Fibre
NBN Co once planned to procure dark fibre from private operators rather than overbuilding them. However, the company abandoned this plan recently. The procurement plan happened after the company was offered fibre that has been priced multiple times higher compared to its own build costs in early 2020. This was the company’s response to the
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14/05/2021
Telstra Goes Into Detail About King Island Investment
There will be a significant network upgrade for King Island aiming to improve mobile coverage, boost capacity and data speeds, as well as strengthen network resilience. Telstra is set to co-fund this major project through a new microwave link to Victoria. Allocated Budget Telstra is said to allocate part of the $55 million dollars for this
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11/05/2021
Telstra Fends Off as Tutela Survey Names Vodafone as the Best Network
In a Tutela survey based on a claimed 15 billion measurements and 1.6m speed tests conducted in the first three months of 2021, Vodafone has ranked ahead of Telstra when it comes to consistent quality, latency time, and upload speeds. Telstra trumped on download speeds. Telstra Criticises Tutela Survey Telstra then slammed the survey methodology
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10/05/2021
State Government Backs Fixed Wireless Rollout in WA Regions
According to an Internet Association of Australia event, rollouts of fixed wireless services to support Western Australia’s regional industries were backed by the state government. These projects have offered a compelling ratio of cost to performance. However, there remains an urgent need for carrier-neutral backhaul in the state. Digital economy
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10/05/2021
Government Explores the Possibility of an Undersea Fibre Cable to Antarctica
An undersea fibre cable from Tasmania to the Australian Antarctic Territory is set to be built as the Australian Antarctic Division and the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) joined forces for this venture. The goal of this is to establish Australia as a “key leader and international partner in the Antarctic”.  High Bandwidth and Low Latency
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4/05/2021
Vodafone Beats Telstra on Core Consistent Quality and Upload Speeds
Canadian measurement specialist Tutela conducted a three-month survey of Australian mobile operators.  Based on this survey, Vodafone and Telstra were statistically tied for first place when it comes to consistent quality thresholds, both rated as excellent by the responders. However, Vodafone had the highest core consistent quality according to
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4/05/2021
Optus Bundles Assets to Own 2,000 ATN Sites Across Australia
Optus has already begun to bundle its tower assets into a special purpose company. This happened as Bank of America started with the process of finding a buyer who wants to acquire a likely majority stake. Australia Tower Network To own what is estimated to be some 2000 sites all over Australia, Optus created an ASIC-registered company. This is
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30/04/2021
Regional Connectivity Program Reveals More Fund Recipients
More and more information is being divulged about the recipients of the Regional Connectivity Program funds. Around $90M of the funds is said to be allocated to various eligible winners as announced by the Federal Government in the previous week.   Individual regional government representatives are now releasing more information regarding the
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