The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has asked Australian mobile telcos to devise a standard way to determine the ‘predicted coverage’ of their networks in order to make comparisons easier and “improve safety outcomes” for regional and remote residents.
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Optus has begun limited trials of its standalone 5G broadband network, ahead of a planned commercial launch in 2022.
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Nearly one in five workers may continue working from home after COVID restrictions ease, according to new research from CSIRO and NBN Co. This would be a large increase from the one in twenty home-based workers across Australia prior to the pandemic.
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A new release from the ACCC has shown that more than 8.5 million Aussie customers are connected to NBN broadband services, with over three-quarters of those customers on fast speed tiers providing download speeds of 50mbps or above.
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Millions of regional and suburban Australians will be in line for an NBN upgrade if the Labor government wins the next federal election, leader Anthony Albanese has pitched. The $2.4 billion investment from Labor would see fibre-to-the-premises connections installed in more than 1.5 million regional and suburban premises.
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TPG Telecom has expanded the reach of its 5G broadband network, tripling its coverage and allowing the expansion of its 5G core services that do not rely on existing 4G infrastructure.
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Telstra will open its 5G fixed wireless broadband service to more customers as it finishes trials, though the company announced it will set a limit on the number of services it offers per postcode to avoid congestion on the network.
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In good news for those interested in Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite broadband, the service has completed its beta testing stage and is now fully operational.
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Telstra and Optus have seen 5G broadband speeds reaching upwards of 5Gbps in testing of millimitre-wave (mmWave) portions of their networks. The mmWave 5G, which relies on a different spectrum of frequency bands than traditional 5G, has begun to roll out in certain areas around Australia.
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NBN Co are urging Aussies to prepare for disaster season in the country, with $6 million worth of temporary infrastructure added to communities to help them communicate following an emergency.
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