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23/08/2022
Australia’s Digital Divide: Improvements Seen But Gaps Remain
Digital inclusion is widely improving in Australia. However, there are still noticeable divides in specific areas according to the latest Australian Digital Inclusion Index. According to the annual research produced by Telstra, RMIT, and Swinburne University, the overall index score of the country is now 71.1. This has improved by 3.6 points. The
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23/08/2022
Axiata and Google Partnership Brings Google Products Across Asia
One of Asia’s leading telecommunications groups, Axiata, forges what is described as a strategic joint venture with Google Cloud in order to sell Google business applications and lots more other valuable products across the Asian region. The business-to-business unit of the telco group called Axiata Enterprise states that the partnership will aim
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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
Both Parties Back Amendments to Online Safety Bill
Recently, the Senate made several amendments to the Online Safety Bill - a government bill focused on online safety for Australians - using amendments from the government and the opposition. The House of Representatives passed the amended bill late on June 23.  Communications minister Paul Fletcher applauded the changes that were made, since the
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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
Cloud Gaming Wave Leveraged by WA Firm Radian Arc
According to Radian Arc, a West Australian cloud infrastructure provider that targets gaming services, it has already signed deals with various telcos and is currently deploying 36 POPs across the world. The cloud infrastructure provider which is based in Perth is listed on the ASX. It is helmed by David Cook, who has an extensive background in OTT
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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
Customer Authentication Industry Code Approved by Comms Alliance
Communications Alliance has finalised a new industry code, which aims to protect better customers against fraudulent transactions by strengthening customer authentication. While the new code covers existing customer authentication, it shall work parallel with other industry codes to minimise the number porting fraud. The other codes it aims to
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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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