MNF Group ditches residential broadband
MNF Group, whose brands include MyNetFone, Symbio Networks, Telcoinabox and PenntyTel, has announced it will sell its fixed-line residential broadband customer base to Southern Phone Company Ltd.
MNF Group, whose brands include MyNetFone, Symbio Networks, Telcoinabox and PenntyTel, has announced it will sell its fixed-line residential broadband customer base to Southern Phone Company Ltd.
Australian Private Networks will pay a Federal Court-imposed $250,000 fine after admitting to making false or misleading claims in a series of advertisements.
NBN Co executives say they are examining ways to address challenges faced by short-term renters, including potentially introducing an arrangement for broadband services similar to that offered by utilities for electricity.
NBN Co CEO Stephen Rue says the company will conduct a “significant release of optimised HFC premises over the next six months”.
New figures released by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission reveal that efforts by NBN Co to promote the take-up of higher speed broadband plans have had an impact, but a significant proportion of households are still opting for the slowest speed tier.
Calls for largescale wholesale price risk the long-term viability of NBN Co, according to the company’s CEO, Stephen Rue.
New Zealand network operator Chorus says that in mid-March it will launch a trial of a new broadband service offering speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second.
Optus has revealed details of its first 5G product, with the telco planning to offer a home broadband service using the new wireless standard at a price point that represents a serious challenge to the NBN.
Two-thirds of eligible NBN-connected households are yet to avail themselves of refunds that could be worth hundreds of dollars, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
NBN Co has released details of its plan to ditch one of its wireless wholesale speed tiers, replacing it with a new product that is expected to eventually support download speeds of up to 75 megabits per second (Mbps) in some circumstances.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued new rules for Internet service providers (ISPs) that will require them to periodically hand over to the ACCC a range of data relating to services on their networks.
The Queensland government will establish a new entity dubbed FibreCo Qld to help provide cheaper backhaul in regional areas of the state for telcos.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s inquiry into NBN Co’s wholesale service standards has entered its “next phase,” the ACCC said today.
A parliamentary inquiry into the roll out of the National Broadband Network in regional and rural areas has called on the government to update the modelling used to underpin a levy scheme that has been dubbed an ‘NBN tax’.
NBN Co’s chief executive Stephen Rue has rejected calls by telcos to cut the company’s wholesale prices.