Broadband News
Mon, 25th May 2026
NBN Co asks ACMA for spectrum licence discount
NBN Co has appealed to the Australian Communications and Media Authority to give it a discount on expiring spectrum licences for its fixed wireless services.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 21st May 2026
Singtel open to selling "meaningful minority stake" in Optus
Singtel is open to adding a local partner to its Optus operation in exchange for equity in the carrier.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 19th May 2026
Telcos unable to overturn $7.3bn bill to renew mobile spectrum
Telstra, Optus, TPG and NBN Co will pay just over $7.3 billion to keep expiring mobile and wireless spectrum licenses after the sector’s efforts to lobby for lower costs were rejected.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 18th May 2026
Telstra and Ericsson to jointly research and test 6G
Telstra will join its long-term equipment partner Ericsson in a program of reciprocal development and testing of 6G technology.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 14th May 2026
NBN Co AI could give RSPs more network intelligence
NBN Co’s AI strategy is moving toward an agentic phase that could see the network wholesaler open its data to retailers and give them greater visibility into its network.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 13th May 2026
Labor to consult with telcos on key telco legislation reforms
The Labor government will consult with the telco industry on reforms to two key pieces of telecommunications legislation in a bid to accelerate investment within the sector.
Source: iTnews Australia
ACMA to establish dedicated triple zero division
Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will establish a dedicated team for managing issues related triple zero calling issues.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 11th May 2026
Vocus revives CTO role, brings in ex-Telstra networks exec
Vocus has revived its chief technology officer role after nine years and brought in a former Telstra networks and technology group executive to fill it from July.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 07th May 2026
Telstra's warning on LEO mobile-to-satellite triple zero calls
Telstra has warned the federal government that incoming satellite-to-mobile voice services won’t adequately support triple zero calls until low earth orbit constellations reach a “critical mass”.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 06th May 2026
Chrome’s AI features can take up to 4GB of space on your computer
Google Chrome can automatically download a local AI model that takes up to 4 gigabytes of hard drive space on a computer when certain AI features are enabled, according to The Verge.
Source: Computerworld
Tue, 05th May 2026
Ask Jeeves bites the dust
Ask Jeeves, the popular search engine where users could enter questions using natural language, launched on June 1, 1997. Nine years later, it was rebranded as Ask.com — and ever since, the number of users has declined with each passing year.
Source: Computerworld
Thu, 23rd Apr 2026
NBN will start forcing fibre upgrades next year
Those who don't take up a free fibre upgrade could find themselves disconnected entirely.
Source: WhistleOut
Mon, 20th Apr 2026
Telstra, Optus, TPG say UOMO devised with unrealistic expectations
Telstra, Optus and TPG have told parliament that the federal government’s new universal mobile service obligation (UOMO) bill is built on unrealistic expectations about the maturity and commercial availability of satellite-to-mobile (STM) technology needed to meet its requirements.
Source: iTnews Australia
Fri, 17th Apr 2026
IPv6 may briefly have accounted for more than half of internet traffic
It’s fair to say that IPv6 has not had the level of take-up expected when the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) ratified it back in 1998. Take-up has been agonizingly slow, not reaching 5 percent of traffic until 2014. However, the use of IPv6 has been slowly climbing since, and according to Google statistics, briefly accounted for 50.1% of the internet traffic Google sees on March 28.
Source: Computerworld
Fibre break hits Vocus customers across two states
Vocus customers across Victoria and NSW experienced a major service outage after one of the carrier's fibre links broke at Broadford, north of Melbourne.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 15th Apr 2026
Superloop puts functional separation bid to ACCC
Superloop is seeking regulatory approval for a joint structural separation plan extending from its $165 million acquisition of fibre-to-the-premises operator Lynham Networks.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co overestimates costs of providing better service
NBN Co is vastly overestimating the costs associated with improving service standards on its network, according to economic analysis prepared for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wireless Broadband Alliance claims wi-fi security on a par with cellular
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) industry alliance organisation claims wi-fi networking now achieves parity with cellular technologies when it comes to security capability and confidence.
Source: iTnews Australia
TPG Telecom's quiet AI play is already cutting fault times from hours to minutes
For all the talk about AI transforming business it can often feel still theoretical. However, at TPG Telecom, the benefits of AI are already showing up in the numbers.
Source: iTWire
Mon, 06th Apr 2026
NBN Co pays up as FTTP service levels wobble
NBN Co’s bill for rebates to its retailers related to fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) service problems jumped sharply in the last quarter of 2025, just as its copper replacement program started to enter high gear.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 02nd Apr 2026
Optus & Dodo Top Performers: NBN delivers steady performance, but some consumers missing out on full plan speeds
Most households are receiving internet speeds close to those promised in their NBN plans, however some problematic high-speed and fibre to the node services (FTTN) continue to fall short, the ACCC’s latest Measuring Broadband Australia report has found.
Source: iTWire
Wed, 01st Apr 2026
ACCC drafts stricter standards and faster speeds for NBN Co
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is planning to bring in better service standards and ensure NBN Co’s costs are efficient while still allowing the company to invest and operate sustainably.
Source: ARN
Anthropic signs deal with federal government
Anthropic has sign a memorandum of understanding to share its economic index data with the Australian government to help track artificial intelligence adoption across the economy, and its impact on workers and jobs.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 31st Mar 2026
Australia readies social media court action
Australia threatened to sue social media giants for allegedly flouting a ban on under-16s, as its internet regulator disclosed it is investigating some of the biggest platforms for suspected non-compliance with the world-first measure.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co challenged on size of ARPU increases from fibre customers
NBN Co’s predicted increases to average revenue per user through to FY33 “may be materially overstated”, according to an expenditure consultancy engaged by the ACCC, undermining some of the company’s spending on upgrades.
Source: iTnews Australia
New rules force Telstra to shrink coverage maps by 1 million square km
The telco giant must delete about a third of its claimed coverage under new standards backed by rivals, the ACCC and emergency groups.
Source: SMH
Telstra overruled in mobile coverage claims stoush
Telstra has taken aim at the federal government’s new mobile coverage mapping standard, saying that it could cause confusion and won’t reflect real-world experiences.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 30th Mar 2026
New ACMA rules to make telcos more accountable for outages
Australian telcos will be more accountable to consumers and government under new network outage transparency rules to come into effect later this year.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra Business launches managed IT service for SMB market
Telstra’s Business division is now offering managed IT services, focusing on helping small- to medium-sized businesses (SMB) with productivity and security.
Source: ARN
Fri, 27th Mar 2026
ACMA to set safeguards for telco consumers directly
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has moved to clamp down on consumer telco service providers by ending co-regulatory arrangements with the industry.
Source: iTnews Australia