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13/02/2024
Superloop Gives Away FREE Speed Upgrade and Discounts on NBN Plans
Superloop is now giving speed upgrades for new customers. Its latest offers will fit those who are looking for a fast internet plan without a long lock-in contract.   The Superloop NBN 100 plan won't only give a six-month discount on the standard plan price. New subscribers will also get a free NBN 250 speed boost for their first three months.
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13/02/2024
Small Business Services to be Scrutinised by ACMA
Nerida O’Loughlin, Australian Communications, and Media Authority chair, said that the regulator expects to cast a closer eye over telco services sold to small businesses. During the CommsDay Summit 2021, the chair announced the ACMA’s compliance priorities for 2021-22. This included a focus on small businesses’ concerns about telcos being
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13/02/2024
Report calling for 2GHz of mid-band 5G spectrum for operators backed by AMTA
The key findings in a report by the GSM Association that calls for globally harmonised mid-band 5G spectrum were backed by the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association. The findings also included a plan to make a minimum of 2GHz of mid-band spectrum available for 5G in the 2025-2030 time frame.   The report entitled “GSMA Vision 2030:
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13/02/2024
Regulatory Intervention on Local Number Porting Necessary According to Symbio
Rene Sugo, Symbio’s CEO, has recently called for regulatory intervention to address an “operational crisis” in the telecom sector concerning number porting. He pointed out that although the fixed voice market is characterised by competition at the infrastructure, service, and brand layers, it has an Achilles’ heel that needs to be addressed to
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13/02/2024
Public Consultation for 3.4-4GHz Spectrum Allocation Limits Launched by ACCC
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has recently launched a public consultation to confirm allocation limits for 3.4-4GHz spectrum distribution in remote areas.   The Australian Communications and Media Authority sought advice on the allocation limits for area-wide apparatus licenses in the band. The ACCC wants to assess
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13/02/2024
Pentanet Wins mmWave Auction Spectrum: Secrets to its Success Revealed
Over the previous week, West Australian ISP Pentanet secured a 15-year licence for 200MHz of 5G mmWave spectrum in the 26GHz auction covering the Greater Perth area in Western Australia. The area of coverage also includes Perth, Mandurah, Bunbury, and Margaret River. The provider then revealed how its internal gaming smarts helped it win mmWave
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13/02/2024
Over 50% of Australian Enterprises Are Ready to Invest in 5G
According to new research from Deloitte, almost 54% of major Australian enterprises are now preparing to use or pilot 5G within the next 12 months.  The research study was based on 50 Australian enterprises that were sampled as part of the survey of nearly 500 major enterprises worldwide. 65% of these enterprises have annual revenues of US$1
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13/02/2024
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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13/02/2024
OpenSignal: Australia and NZ Make it to the Top 10 for 5G Download Speeds
OpenSignal released a new global 5G experience benchmark report. Australia scraped into the top 10 nations for download speeds in this report. The report also revealed that the average performance of the country is 231Mbps. New Zealand fared better, ranking ninth with an average performance of 240.7Mbps. However, it should be noted that the
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13/02/2024
New 5G power saving breakthrough claimed by Ericsson and Telia
A new standalone 5G technology feature that reduces latency and battery consumption is said to be developed by Ericsson and Telia. This new feature is said to dub an inactive state of radio resource control or RRC Inactive. According to the companies, this reduces the amount of signalling required during state transitions.    Based on the results
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13/02/2024
NBN Co resumes HFC orders by end of May or early June
Weeks ago, NBN Co announced that they would stop taking new hybrid fibre coaxial or HFC orders for several months. However, that break won't last long because recent reports said that they would restart taking orders on new hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) services by at least June.  Global Shortage of Chips The company responsible for the National
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13/02/2024
NBN Co Offers CVC Incentives for Higher-speed Plans
To keep RSPs focused on marketing 250Mbps+ services, NBN Co is offering a range of CVC incentives. This happened after chief customer officer Brad Whitcomb revealed the stunning success of its current Focus on Fast promotion. Apart from a range of CVC incentives, NBN Co also proposed to effectively cap overall cost increases to RSPs at 7% in
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