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Ericsson has announced an extension of its managed services agreement with NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia’ national broadband network, through to 2020. Under the renewed agreement, Ericsson will continue to be responsible for providing network…
Australia’s NBN Co, the state-owned company building the national broadband network, has revealed it will deploy the G.fast copper acceleration technology on its network from 2018. The company will adopt G.fast for the fibre-to-the-building and…
Optus satellite, a subsidiary of major Australian operator Optus, has announced its first foray into providing satellite services over the National Broadband Network (NBN), via a partnership with Southern Phone. The partners are now providing Sky Muster…
Shares in Australia’s Telstra slumped 10.6% to a five-year low of A$3.87 yesterday after the company warned it expects to take an A$3 billion ($2.36 billion) hit to its ebtida as a result of the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN). Telstra cut its…
Australia’s nbn, the state-owned company building the National Broadband Network, has achieved speeds of over 1Gbps during a trial of fixed wireless technology. The company used carrier aggregation to combine seven 3.4-GHz carriers with four in the 2.3-GHz…
Australia’s nbn, the company in charge of rolling out the National Broadband Network, has achieved 102Gbps aggregate speeds during a lab trial of Nokia’s universal NG-PON fiber technology. Universal NG-PON (next-generation passive optical network) combines…
The Australian government is planning to impose a monthly levy on rival networks to the state-funded National Broadband Network (NBN) to help fund the roll out of the NBN to rural areas. Communications minister Mitch Fifield said the government will seek to…
Australia’s nbn – the company building the National Broadband Network – has selected NetComm Wireless to supply equipment for the fiber to the curb (FTTC) proportion of the rollout. NetComm Wireless will supply the distribution point units for the deployment,…
Last week’s successful launch into orbit of the second broadband satellite of Australia’s national broadband network, Sky Muster II, is expected to provide fast broadband services for rural and remote areas in the country. An estimated 400,000 Australian…
Australia’s nbn has announced the launch of the National Broadband Network’s first HFC services under the multi-technology mix model. The company in charge of overseeing the rollout and wholesale operation of the national network revealed that around 18,800…
