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Google wins cloud deal from SpaceX for Starlink satellite internet service
Ground stations to be located within Google's data centres.
May 14 2021 6:34AM
Telstra formally fined $50m over mobile plans sold to Indigenous customers
Who could not afford them, nor understand what they were being signed up to.
May 13 2021 11:23AM
Optus structures Enterprise business into digital practices
Podcast: How an ex-Salesforce VP is gamifying cloud training.
May 10 2021 11:50AM
NBN Co sees large jump in 250Mbps, gigabit users
As six-month discount comes into play.
May 7 2021 10:51AM
TPG Telecom positions 5G fixed wireless as 'mass market' NBN alternative
Once underpinned by newly-purchased millimetre-wave spectrum.
May 6 2021 11:07AM
Telstra pushes its personalisation engine faster
After a year spent achieving scale.
May 5 2021 12:31PM
Starlink satellite internet service gets 500,000 preorders
Anticipates no technical problems meeting the demand.
May 5 2021 12:22PM
Optus to unleash in-call translator on some postpaid customers
After first demonstrating a prototype two years ago.
May 4 2021 11:15AM
Vocus to deploy 2000km 'Project Horizon' terrestrial cable
Connecting Geraldton and Port Hedland.
May 4 2021 11:05AM
NBN Co already wants to upgrade some FTTC users to full fibre
In surprise extension of copper overbuild program.
May 4 2021 9:47AM
Telstra fined $1.5m over Covid-related landline porting freeze
ACMA unwilling to let it slide.
May 4 2021 6:17AM
NBN subcontractors join nationwide protest
Over pay and work dispatch system issues.
May 3 2021 11:49AM
Optus to end dual-band 3G network support in April 2022
Will reallocate 2100 MHz spectrum to 4G, 5G.
Apr 30 2021 5:46PM
Optus blasts NBN price consultations as 'a waste of time'
Other internet providers also left unimpressed.
Apr 28 2021 5:22PM
ACCC moves quickly to retake control of NBN pricing
Could ultimately end the era of "sugar hit" discounts.
Apr 28 2021 2:58PM
NBN Co may cap excess bandwidth charges paid by internet providers
Commits to fast-track long-term pricing discussions via ACCC.
Apr 28 2021 10:11AM
NBN Co sources $2.6bn from US bond markets
Will put towards govt loan and ongoing capex.
Apr 27 2021 2:15PM
Monash Uni, BoM sense bushfire haze with microwave backhaul signals
May prove a useful input into air quality monitoring systems.
Apr 26 2021 9:27AM
Telstra, Optus, TPG drop $650m on ultra-fast 5G spectrum at auction
Telstra emerges with the lion’s share.
Apr 23 2021 10:45AM
RSPs fork out to keep high-speed NBN customers on the books
Half-year of discounted broadband puts retailers in a tight spot.
Apr 22 2021 11:59AM
