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Trans-Pacific subsea cable gets green light
Amazon, Facebook, SoftBank among backers.
Oct 31 2017 11:49AM
Internet cable between Perth and Singapore back online
Inter-Asia traffic routes revert to normal.
Oct 18 2017 11:35AM
Vandals damage Telstra exchange near Perth
Technicians work to repair services.
Oct 3 2017 11:06AM
Fresh fault found on SEA-ME-WE3 subsea cable
Internet link from Perth into Asia remains 'down'.
Sep 28 2017 11:45AM
NT govt spends 'millions' moving telco cables
State agencies decry sloppy rollouts.
Sep 20 2017 12:01PM
Optus fibre cable cut in Melbourne
Affecting voice and data services.
Sep 18 2017 3:43PM
Aussie internet pain after Asian subsea cables cut
SEA-ME-WE3 facing problems to mid-October.
Aug 30 2017 8:30AM
Samsung, Foxconn are backing cable-free phone tech
Could 'kiss' become standard?
Aug 17 2017 6:48AM
NBN Co left holding $1m damage bill
For accidental and not-so-accidental action against its assets.
May 31 2017 12:02PM
Vocus says it can keep ASC cable project afloat
Ships due to start laying cable at the end of the year.
May 3 2017 3:54PM
Bogged 4WD behind 19-hour NT internet outage
Engineers working to restore services.
May 2 2017 12:48PM
Garbage truck takes down copper cable in FTTN area
But only NBN users are reconnected quickly.
Apr 21 2017 12:00PM
Transmission fibre cut hits iiNet and Internode
Updated: Services restored.
Mar 20 2017 6:42AM
Cut Telstra cable downs Perth mobile, fixed services
Grappling with third-party fault at same time as exchange fire.
Feb 3 2017 11:20AM
Telstra warns container ships off its subsea patch
Up to 50 vessels a month come too close to cables.
Jan 13 2017 10:41AM
Six-month Basslink investigation comes up empty-handed
Unable to identify cause of fault.
Dec 5 2016 10:07AM
Service opened on new Asia Pacific cable
Boost for regional transit capacity.
Nov 18 2016 6:35AM
Hawaiki adds new Pacific island spurs to cable route
Will have connections for New Caledonia and Tonga.
Oct 17 2016 10:00AM
Basslink repairs damaged subsea cable
Services expected to be restored before end of month.
Jun 8 2016 9:37AM
Basslink defers cable service date again
Bad weather hampers repair efforts.
May 24 2016 10:05AM
