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  • NBN Co CEO rejects calls for price cuts

    NBN Co’s chief executive Stephen Rue has rejected calls by telcos to cut the company’s wholesale prices.

    Written by Rohan Pearce19 Nov. 18 11:33
  • ACCC figures reveal telcos buying more NBN capacity

    Figures released today by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission reveal that the average NBN bandwidth per household increased in the three months to 30 September — from 1.66 megabits per second at the end of June, to 1.71Mbps.

    Written by Rohan Pearce13 Nov. 18 12:03
  • Telstra eyes 5G ‘smart cities’ play

    Telstra’s network engineering chief says that the company is preparing to test the potential of 5G to enable smart cities, as the telco continues its program of rolling out support for the new standard across its existing mobile base stations.

    Written by Rohan Pearce19 Sept. 18 23:54
  • Huawei, ZTE banned from Australian 5G rollouts

    Huawei says the government has informed the company that it, along with fellow Chinese telecommunications equipment provider ZTE, has been banned from providing 5G technology to Australia's telcos.

    Written by Rohan Pearce23 Aug. 18 10:35
  • Hammer blow for Huawei as 5G ban looms in Australia

    ​Australia is preparing to ban Huawei Technologies from supplying equipment for its planned 5G broadband network after its intelligence agencies raised concerns that Beijing could force the Chinese telco to hand over sensitive data, two sources said.

    Written by Reuters12 July 18 08:31
  • Optus hit with $1.5M fine for misleading NBN customers

    The Federal Court has ordered Optus to pay $1.5 million for making misleading representations to customers about their transition from the telco’s HFC network to the NBN.

    Written by Byron Connolly23 May 18 09:49
  • Service Stream CIO departs

    The chief information officer of ASX-listed network infrastructure firm Service Stream has departed the company.

    Written by George Nott01 March 18 16:12
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