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23/08/2022
Belong Reveals New Range of Mobile Phone Plans
Belong, Telstra's budget brand, is going through a lot of changes recently. Back in 2019, it became the first Australian telco to become entirely carbon neutral. Now, the company has refreshed its SIM-only mobile plans to provide customers more cheap options.  Belong Mobile Plans Particularly, Belong is offering three plans: a $25 plan with 20GB,
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23/08/2022
Carrier Licence Finally Obtained by NSW Telco Authority
The Australian Communications and Media Authority granted a carrier licence to NSW Telco Authority. It was last week when ACMA issued the licence. Under a Federal regulatory instrument, the NSW Telco Authority was previously exempt from holding a carrier licence. This status raised concerns among other telco operators because the NSW Telco
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23/08/2022
Connected Farms Gets Ready for an Edge Data Centre Rollout
Connected Farms, one of the licensed telecommunications carriers in the country, is gearing up to roll out an edge data centre and fixed wireless infrastructure in areas of the regional Queensland town of Roma. This project is known to be part of the Federal Government’s Regional Connectivity Program as the carrier was said to have received $541k
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23/08/2022
Critics Slam NBN Co for Purchasing and Using Copper Wires
Experts recently criticised NBN Co for continuing to use copper wires despite its plans to start using fibre connections for its subscribers. According to them, using obsolete copper wires is costing Australia a large amount of money.  Purchasing of Copper Wires  New reports reveal that NBN Co has purchased 55,911 kilometres worth of copper
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23/08/2022
Critics Suggest NBN Rollout Is Far From Finished - What Are Other Options?
The National Broadband Network (NBN) is one of the biggest government projects. It cost $51 billion, and it took over a decade to be declared built and fully operational.  Though the rollout is complete, many critics say that it's far from finished. Even Paul Fletcher, Federal communications minister, said in a press release that almost 12 million
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23/08/2022
Dense Air Acquires 200MHz of mmWave Spectrum
Dense Air has acquired 200MHz of mmWave spectrum just recently. Following this step, the company is set to launch its Australian neutral host service next year. According to Dense Air chief executive Paul Senior, they are looking into a 2022 launch to complement the 5G coverage of mobile carriers. Even if the company has owned the Australian
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23/08/2022
Effects of Lockdown: CEOs of Top Five RSPs Ask NBN for Updated CVC Relief
Because of lockdowns persisting, the CEOs of NBN Co’s top five largest RSPs have come together to call for NBN to revisit the demand baseline on which it calculates “normal demand”. They are also petitioning the NBN to end a practice where RSPs that effectively manage their CVCs are being penalised in favour of those who don’t.   According to
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23/08/2022
Emerging Tech Focus of NSW pivots Gig State Towards LEOsat
There is a probability of duplication with upgrades planned under Federal government and private sector programs which is why the NSW government will reboot its $100 million Gig State program. The change is set to commence after the transition of the government’s political supervision from departed minister John Barilaro to recently installed
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19/08/2022
Epic Broadband Shocks Customers as NBN Service Goes Down (for Good)
Thousands of internet users are baffled and frustrated by the sudden disappearance of Epic Broadband in what could be one of the most epic fail events in the telecommunications industry this year,  According to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO), Epic Broadband has indeed advised that they are going into liquidation. The TIO advises
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19/08/2022
Establishment of Digital Platform Users’ Lobby Called for by ACCAN
Support for establishing an organisation that best represents the interests of digital platforms users was called for by the Australian Communications Consumers Action Network. The consumer body has called the attention of the government and the industry to foster this cause. The consumer body commissioned a survey conducted by Ipsos, and
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19/08/2022
Fletcher Supports a Diversity of Network Options Other Than the NBN
Paul Fletcher, Communications Minister, has organised a future market landscape as he sees a competition of NBN Co with three vectors: 5G, fixed wireless and LEOsat networks. During his speech, Fletcher confirmed the support he previously expressed for infrastructure-based competition, and he described NBN Co as, “one network amongst many… our
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19/08/2022
Kogan Introduces New Promo for Energy and NBN Plan Bundles
Customers in Australia are about to enjoy additional options for energy and internet plans as Kogan, one of the major internet service providers in the country, introduces new bundle offerings that will include energy with their current home internet plans. Popularly known as the jack-all-of-trades in internet retail service in Australia, Kogan
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