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28/01/2022
Quality Assurance Mark to Support Rural Network Extensions Planned by NBN Co
NBN Co is planning on developing a Quality Assurance Mark. This is for network extension devices to support agricultural IoT and in-paddock connectivity. It is also for the sort of assessment criteria that would underpin it. NBN Co said that it believes the quality mark will help workers in the agriculture sector, including farmers, to understand
NBN
28/01/2022
Concerns over TPG Wholesale Separation Raised by NBN Co
According to NBN Co, the functional separation undertaking of TPG Telecom has requested the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to clarify some areas of concern. This is because last November, the telco lodged a functional separation bid with the ACCC. However, NBN Co said that the regulator must consider the differences in competition
NBN
3/01/2022
More Transparency on Competitive Business Services Offered by NBN Co
NBN Co, in its response to the recent round of Special Access Undertaking working group, said it understood “concerns about having core regulated services and competitive services treated in the same manner in the building block model and whether this gives rise to cross-subsidy concerns between core regulated services and competitive
NBN
3/01/2022
NBN Proposed CVC Relief, Certainty in SAU Proposal Paper Included
The most radical revamp of pricing, and NBN Co has recently proposed product construct in an attempt to meet concerns of retailers, regulators, and consumer advocates ahead of the proposed lodgement of a new Special Access Undertaking in February. Specifically, NBN Co proposes the potential development and availability of AVC-only pricing. NBN
NBN
22/12/2021
Streamlining and Reduction of CVC Component in Future Pricing Proposed by NBN Co
An Australian Competition and Consumer Commission-convened working group required NBN Co to do more homework on a new pricing construct. This is set to charge CVC by utilisation and increase AVC-only pricing over time. NBN Co has also presented a detailed analysis providing direction to discussions and opinions of the eventual Special Access
NBN
22/12/2021
NBN Co Commits to Support Global Renewable Energy Initiative
NBN Co recently announced its Towards-Zero Carbon Ambition and membership of the global RE100 renewable energy initiative. The company is reducing its annual energy use by 25GWh by December 2025. To foster this initiative, the company will purchase 100 percent renewable electricity from December 2025. NBN Co plans to purchase its power from
NBN
22/12/2021
Mobile Sector: 8GHz of Spectrum Should Be Reserved for 5G and Beyond
The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association has called for the federal government to set a target of 8GHz of new spectrum assignments for mobile services by 2030. The spectrum assignments should be spread across the low-band, mid-band, and mmWave bands. AMTA released a strong policy position paper wherein the association accused
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22/12/2021
Backhaul Telcos Fear Overbuild From NBN’s proposed Datacentre Product
TPG and Vocus are said to be pushing back on plans by NBN Co to create an Ethernet Enterprise product geared towards datacentre backhaul requirements. In parallel to this, most dark fibre companies, including FibreconX have been left out of the loop. An NBN spokesperson explained that “We have received multiple requests from data centre operators
NBN
8/12/2021
NBN Held Up Well During the Latest Lockdowns According to ACCC
According to the latest data from the Measuring Broadband Australia report released by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the COVID lockdowns across certain areas of Australia during the last quarter did not reflect reduced performance on the NBN. The basis of the report was the measurements taken from 1270 NBN fixed-line and
NBN
2/12/2021
Your ultimate guide to Track Router History & Monitor Internet Activity
There are several reasons why you may want to track your router history and monitor your internet activity. For instance, you may want to avoid visiting harmful websites, or you intend to control the bandwidth usage even if you subscribed to one of the best home WiFi plans offering unlimited data. It can also be that you want to increase your
Hardware/Modems
2/12/2021
Aussie Broadband Teams up with YourDC To Build a Dark Fibre Network in Adelaide
Aussie Broadband is set to build a 112km 360-core dark fibre network supplied by Prysmian in Adelaide. This network aims to connect two YourDC data centres with six points of interconnect located at St Marys, Edwardstown, Prospect, Greenfields, Elizabeth, and Modbury. The dark fibre build will connect the Edinburgh Parks facility of YourDC in the
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2/12/2021
Telcos Lashed by Parliamentarians From Both Sides Because of Regional Performance
Several mobile network operators in Australia and NBN Co were caught in the middle of a firing line of a broad cross-party collection of federal MPs. This was succeeded with the release of the 2021 Regional Telecommunications Review. In parallel to this, a government MP also seeks to pass legislation that could see telcos and individual execs
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