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New Delay For Basslink Repairs

Repairs to the broken Basslink electrical and telecommunications cables that link Tasmania to the mainland have been delayed yet again, leading Basslink to push back the date for a return to service to “late June”.

ACCAN Highlights Communications Priorities Ahead Of Election

The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) has highlighted a number of communications priorities amid the federal election campaign, which it states it has raised with the major Australian political parties.

Telstra NBN, ADSL Disruption: “Complexity” Of Issue Took Time To Identify

Telstra has today provided further information on its NBN and ADSL service disruption, with Telstra chief operations officer Kate McKenzie advising that “complexity of the issue meant it took some time to identify”.

NBN To Defend AFP Raids

The National Broadband Network hierarchy is expected to come out firing today, as it seeks to mount a defence of its actions in encouraging the Federal Police to raid ALP offices and the office of former communications spokesman Senator Stephen Conroy.

Bye-Bye, BigPond, Hello T-Mail

Telstra is winding down its long-running BigPond e-mail service, replacing it with an all-new service for home broadband customers, dubbed simply Telstra Mail.

St George Gets Tap-And-Pay

St George Bank customers with the right smartphones will soon be able to use parent company Westpac’s tap-and-pay smartphone system, Westpac has announced.

3000 Get Aboard Sky Muster

NBN Co has so far received 3000 orders for its new satellite service, delivered via the first Sky Muster satellite just over two weeks after launching the services, regional communications minister Fiona Nash has announced.

Shorten To Announce New NBN Plan But Won’t Say Where The Money Is Coming From

Labor leader Bill Shorten says he will deliver a revamped broadband policy in coming weeks – spurring debate over whether he might be about to ditch Labor’s existing plan to return the National Broadband Network rollout to a full fibre-to-the-premises (FttP) network, as originally envisaged by the former Labor Government.

Shorten To Detail High Risk Fibre Plan

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said yesterday that he would provide a revamped broadband policy ahead of warnings of a potential $8.5 billion cost blowout if Labor were to press ahead with plans for a full-fibre National Broadband Network.

TIO Internet Complaints Rise

Consumer complaints were down year-on-year, however up on the previous quarter, with internet complaints rising in the January-March 2016 quarter, the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) has advised.