By law, Australians have the right to reasonable and equal access to broadband internet and landline phones — but not mobile phone connectivity.
Telstra is to acquire mobile virtual network operator Boost Mobile, expanding its existing operational management of the company.
In a big shake-up to Australia’s mobile telco market, Telstra has acquired youth-focused prepaid SIM brand Boost Mobile.
In a major win for connectivity and economic growth, Sunshine Coast Council will partner with Google, NEXTDC and others on Australia Connect, an initiative to further the reach, reliability and resilience of digital connectivity in Australia and the Indo-Pacific.
The Sunshine Coast is set to be a new landing point for a high-tech subsea cable system that will pipe the highest possible volume of data from the United States, Australia and Asia. The Australia Connect project, unveiled by Google Cloud and its partners on Tuesday, is designed to plug the Pacific more securely into the internet.
A consortium of Google Cloud, NEXTDC, SUBCO, Vocus, state and local governments are coming together under the banner of ‘Australia Connect’ to build two new subsea cables between mainland capital cities and Christmas Island. The first cable, called ‘Bosun’, will run between Darwin and Christmas Island, from where traffic can move to Singapore and beyond.
The Western Australian Police Force has spent $3.5 million on Starlink data services as part of a move to “unify” its multiple connectivity networks. Named the ‘anywhere communications project’, the program will see Starlink reseller Vocus supply data services to 122 remote police stations and 550 vehicles across the state.
NBN Co wants to consolidate the number of devices needed by customers to connect to broadband service, to reduce energy consumption and help achieve a “net zero” emissions goal. The company has started that process through its consultations with industry on a “next-generation fibre-to-the-premises network termination device” or NTD.
NBN Co is anticipating over half a million premises per year to upgrade to full fibre connections from FY27, a 66 percent increase on the present run rate. The expectations are part of a draft set of expectations for the first part of the “next regulatory period” under its special access undertaking, released yesterday.