NBN Competition Heats Up, 25Mbps Still Most Popular
The ACCC has released its quarterly NBN Wholesale Market Report, noting rising competition, and 25 megabits per second as the nation’s most... Read More
Telstra Nobbled By ACCC Over Poor NBN Speeds
Telstra has been nobbled by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission with the Telco agreeing to compensate 42,000 NBN customers who complained... Read More
ACCC Launches Official Inquiry Into NBN Service Standards
The ACCC has launched an official public inquiry, focused on determining whether NBN wholesale service standards are “appropriate”, and if regulation is needed to improve... Read More
NBN Seals Defence Deal
MELBOURNE – NBN Co has inked a deal with the Australian Defence Force which will hopefully see around 400 Army, Navy and... Read More
Optus Offers NBN Over 4G – At Download Speeds Of 5-12Mbps
SYDNEY – Optus has launched a service delivering NBN access by mobile phone technology – but before grabbing your mobile to sign... Read More
ACCC Set To Tackle Major Comms Problem Areas – Especially NBN
CANBERRA – The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has published a draft report on a lengthy market study of the communications sector.... Read More
Macquarie: NBN Pricing Revision Won’t Benefit Telcos
Macquarie analysts have advised that changes to the NBN pricing model could enable Australian telcos to lift their margins, however, the promise of any serious... Read More
Bad Rabbit Burrows In
Security systems market leader Symantec has warned that a what appears to be a new strain of ransomware is on the prowl.... Read More
New Vulnerability Found In Wi-Fi
Security researchers have discovered a Wi-Fi network vulnerability said to allow attackers to steal sensitive information or spread malicious software while someone... Read More
NBN Co’s First Fibre-To-The-Curb Trial Under Way In Coburg
NBN Co says it has activated its first fibre-to-the-curb (FttC) connection in the Melbourne suburb of Coburg as part of its trials... Read More
Turnbull States NBN Was A “Big Mistake” & May Never Make Profit
UPDATE – Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, states setting up the NBN Co was “big mistake“, affirming there was always a “reasonable question... Read More
Telco Complaints Skyrocket, NBN Tops List
Complaints lodged to the Australian Telecom Industry Ombudsman have skyrocketed in the last financial year – concerns about the NBN tops the list,... Read More
Vodafone Launches First IoT Specific Network In Oz
Vodafone has become the first Australian telco to launch a low power wide area network, specifically designed to connect to millions of IoT devices... Read More
Linksys To Launch Killer Router At PAX
Linksys has signed a three-year deal as the official networking partner for PAX Australia where they will launch their new Killer-branded gaming router... Read More
Forget ‘.com.au’ – You Might Soon Have ‘yourdomain.au’
AuDA, the body which administers the .au top level Internet domain is canvassing the possibility of allowing the registration of domain names... Read More
ACCC To Hold Off Decision On NBN Co’s SAU Variation
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced it will hold off making a decision on the NBN Co’s proposed variation... Read More
NBN Boosts Rural Aus Data Limits With 100GB+ Plans
After several years of complaints from rural Australian residents, NBN Sky Muster satellite providers have agreed to double their data limits to individuals... Read More
House Committee Requests NBN Rollout Revisions
The parliamentary committee on the National Broadband Network has issued a number of revisions for the NBN Co, including a recommendation to complete as... Read More
Hobart Claims Oz Speed Record With Gigabit NBN
Don’t worry about slow NBN speeds if you’re planning a move to Tasmania. From its Launceston base, retail service outfit Launtel has... Read More
D-Link Combines Fixed Line & 4G Connectivity In New Wireless Router
D-Link has launched a new wireless router that can connect to multiple internet connection types and share them wirelessly. The DWR-118 Mobile Broadband AC... Read More
NSW Central Coast To Get $16 Million Railway Wi-Fi Link
Much to the relief of NSW Central Coast dwellers, including CDN ‘s Kate Castellari and David Frith, the NSW Government has decided... Read More
Microsoft Left Behind by AWS, What’s New?
Amazon Web Services is totally dominating the global infrastructure-as-a-service market, with 44.2 percent of the action, according to a new Gartner survey.... Read More
NBN Release New Wholesale Business Prices, Retailers Set To Save
Today, the NBN has announced changes to its wholesale pricing model, aimed at making ‘business-grade’ services more flexible and competitive. The NBN... Read More
New Undersea Cables Support Rapid Data Speeds, Oz Install Ready
Microsoft, Facebook and Telxuis have finished their massive undersea data cable “Marea”, heralded the highest capacity subsea cable to cross the Atlantic Ocean... Read More
D-Link Receives Court Support Against FTC Complaints
The American FTC (Federal Trade Commission) claims D-Link does not adequately protect its routers and IP cameras, however, this week a judge... Read More
NBN Will Use Machine Learning To Improve Customer Experience
NBN said it has developed a new ‘Tech Lab’ to help improve the experience of end users. The Tech Lab will take advantage... Read More
D-Link Introduces Two New MU-MIMO Routers
Two new routers featuring MU-MIMO technology have been launched by D-Link in Australia. Both the new DIR-882 AC2600 ‘EXO’ MU-MIMO Wi-Fi Gigabit Router and... Read More
Kaspersky To Testify In Congress
Eugene Kaspersky the Russian founder and CEO of security software vendor Kaspersky Labs – has accepted an invitation to to testify before... Read More
Best Buy Drops Kaspersky Over Russian Intelligence Concerns
Best Buy has stopped selling security software from Kaspersky Lab due to concerns that the Russian company may have ties with the Russian government.... Read More
Internet Australia Boss Fights Back
It appears that executives at Internet Australia are seriously at loggerheads with each other. Following a Computer Daily News story that appeared... Read More
DJI Makes Security A Priority After Flaw Discovered
DJI said it is working to improve the security of its drone apps after a flaw put the privacy of its users... Read More
ALP Supporter Quits As Head Of Internet Australia
A long-running barney over the performance of industry body Internet Australia appears to have ended with the decision of controversial executive director... Read More
OVO Offers 100GB Mobile Broadband For $100/Month
OVO is promoting its new 100GB prepaid mobile broadband plan as a viable alternative to the NBN. Running on the Optus 4G... Read More
Some Oz Internet Services To Slow After HK Cables Cut
Internet service providers iiNet and Internode have warned their users to expect a serious slowdown in Internet speeds, following damage to a... Read More
Qantas To Expand In-Flight Wi-Fi
Qantas says that from late September it will accelerate the rollout of Wi-Fi services on its domestic Airbus 330 and Boeing 737... Read More
ACCAN Cans NBN Speed Tests, Despite No Evidence Of Manipulation
Have you used Internet delivery speed test software to gain an insight into how fast your NBN connection is? Alas, the figure... Read More
NBN Rollout Reaches 6M Premises & 2.7M Activations
Six million homes and businesses are now able to sign up for NBN services after 1.1 million premises were made serviceable in the... Read More
Vodafone Details NBN Plan Pricing
Vodafone has released pricing and additional information about its first fixed line offering to be delivered through the NBN. The telco is... Read More
Optus To Refund Customers For Slow NBN
Optus said it plans to reimburse customers who are not able to receive the NBN speeds they signed up for. Following Telstra’s admission in... Read More
ACCC Issues Warning On NBN Scammers
The ACCC has warned the public to be aware of scammers that steal money and personal information by posing as NBN representatives. Almost $28,000 has... Read More
NBN Co Plans HFC Cable Delivery At Up To 10Gbps
NBN Co has revealed plans to launch DOCSIS 3.1 technology across its hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) cable network by the end of 2018.... Read More
ACCC Cracks Down On Misleading NBN Speed Advertising
The ACCC has cracked down on “poor advertising” and released a “detailed guidance” requiring retailers to indicate typical minimum NBN speeds during... Read More
Aust. To Get Japan GPS System
Australia has been named as one of a number of nations targeted for deployment of a new GPS pinpoint location system being... Read More
NBN Chief Says No To Push To Drop 12Mbps Connections
NBN Co CEO Bill Morrow has said the network will definitely not drop the low-price 12Mbps service which has been criticised by... Read More
Aussie Biz Routers Under Attack, Top Security Team Warns
Teams of cyber crooks or spies have been breaking into the routers and switches of a number of Australian organisations and extracting... Read More
Southern Cross Plans Faster Cable Link To US, Pacific Islands
A survey of around 15,000km of Pacific Ocean seabed has reportedly found a faster route for the Southern Cross “Next” cable project,... Read More
Receiver In At NBN Subcontractor
The seemingly constantly beleaguered National Broadband Network has been hit by another controversy, with Victoria-based subcontractor Trilogie Resourcing filing for bankruptcy. Trilogie... Read More
ACCC Release Latest NBN Quarterly Indicators Report
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released its sixth quarterly National Broadband Network Wholesale Market Indicators Report, revealing there are now at... Read More
Optus: Revenue Up, Profit Down
Optus has reported an increase in operating revenue for its first quarter ending June 30, partially offsetting a drop in underlying net profit during... Read More
Complaints For Telstra & Optus Continue To Increase
Telstra and Optus have seen an increase in complaints for the second quarter of 2017 to the highest levels in at least four... Read More