Tag: NBN

NBN may miss June roll-out target

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
The devastating bushfires along the south east coastline have destroyed telecommunications infrastructure across a wide area and it may take several months before basic telecommunication services are functioning. NBN...

NBN maps trouble in corporate plan

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
The NBN is in trouble and the problems are highlighted in the NBN Co Corporate Plan 2020-23. Rollout delays, cost blowouts and an admission that it will not become...

Qld FibreCo picks up NBN slack

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Queensland government, together with Powerlink Queensland and Energy Queensland, have jointly launched FibreCo Queensland to provide internet connectivity to regional Queensland at significantly lower prices. FibreCo Queensland will...

Huawei calls out $51b NBN failure

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
Huawei Australia chief technology officer David Soldani has delivered a blistering assessment of Australia’s national broadband roll-out, hammering both the federal government and NBN Co as architects of the...

Telco reform will benefit the economy

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
If there is anything to be learned from the last election campaign it is that politicians still do not understand technology and the impact it has on the nation’s...

Competition wished into existence?

Posted on   |  by David Havyatt
Anyone who attends the ACCC and Australian Energy Regulator (AER) annual regulatory conference is struck by the existential dilemma that afflicts competition regulators. Their economic world view is that...

NBN performance problems rise

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Two announcements this week have painted a grim picture of the National Broadband Network (NBN) in the lead-up to the federal election, and for many Australian consumers there is...

NBN future is a numbers game

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
The Shadow Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland has released Labor’s election policy for the National Broadband Network (NBN). The plan focuses on the future and tackles key issues including...

Labor outlines NBN future plans

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Federal Labor has earmarked $125 million toward an NBN quick-fix for up to 750,000 customers with poor in-home cabling, and a further $60 million to conduct fibre-upgrade trials that...