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• NBN Co hits gigabit HFC downloads with in-field DOCSIS 3.1 trial

  NBN Co says it hit speeds of up to 994 megabits per second over a hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) connection during an in-field trial of DOCSIS 3.1 technology.

• Huawei exec attacks NBN, Ericsson

  Huawei Australia’s chief technology officer has claimed the National Broadband Network project has “failed” and that “Australians needs to stop expecting NBN Co to deliver high-speed broadband to all Australians – it is just not going to happen”.

• NBN Co eyes business market for revenue growth

  NBN Co has unveiled a new tool designed to help businesses find NBN services that address their needs, as the company pushes its bundled products for the business market.

• NBN Co prepares to roll out more changes to wholesale pricing

  NBN Co has launched an industry consultation on wholesale pricing, with the network operator indicating it wants to encourage the uptake of higher speed plans as well as make NBN services more attractive to lower-income households.

• Warning issued over NBN scam surge

  Australian consumers lost an average of $110,000 a month to NBN scams in the first five months of 2019, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

• Auditor sees risks in government management of NBN loan

  The Australian National Audit Office has expressed concerns over the handling of a $19.5 billion government loan to NBN Co, with the communications department unable to provide evidence of a suitable governance framework to oversee the company’s compliance with the lending arrangements.

• Comms minister says NBN privatisation ‘some way away’

  With the roll out of the National Broadband Network due to be completed next year, Australia’s new communications minister says that there will not be an immediate push to privatise NBN Co.

• NBN Co mulls mmWave for potential boost to fixed wireless capacity

  NBN Co wants Australia’s spectrum regulator to leave open the option of the government-owned company acquiring licences for so-called mmWave frequencies to help combat the capacity squeeze of its fixed wireless service.

• NBN Co registers drop in entry-level services

  The proportion of households with services at the slowest NBN speed tier decreased during the first quarter of the year, with the number of 12 megabits per second (Mbps) services also dropping in absolute terms, according to figures released today by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

• NBN speeds up but many FTTN services underperforming, ACCC says

  The latest broadband performance data released by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) reveals that NBN speeds have generally improved. However, the ACCC said that a significant proportion of fibre to the node (FTTN) services continue to deliver substandard performance.

• NBN Co revenue growth slows as rollout nears completion

  NBN Co has reported revenue of $2.04 billion for the first three quarters of its financial year, compared to $1.41 billion for the same nine-month period last year.

• Telco group launches broadside against NBN Co board

  Commpete, a group that describes itself as representing Australia’s “challenger” telcos, has called on NBN Co’s board to resign.

• NBN complaints to telco ombudsman drop

  Complaints to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) about NBN service quality dropped from 4.1 per thousand premises to 2.1 per thousand premises in the space of 12 months.

• Wireless network congestion could be underreported, NBN Co confirms

  NBN Co’s chief executive Stephen Rue has confirmed that the network operator’s publicly released fixed wireless performance data may not reflect the congestion encountered by end users on the NBN.

• Labor’s Rowland pledges digital inclusion drive, action on FTTN performance

  Shadow communications minister Michelle Rowland has committed a Labor government to waging war on Australia’s digital divide, addressing factors that can degrade fibre to the node performance, and examining the feasibility of co-investment to boost the proportion of fibre in the NBN network.