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IN THE NEWS: ACCAN Board nominations open, weather event causes nbn Sky Muster outage, and more.
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Want to make a difference to communications consumers? ACCAN is seeking nominations for Directors to fill three vacancies on its Board. Nominations close 5pm AEST 26/08/2020.
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The NBN boosted capacity by 40 per cent during the early days of the crisis to deal with the unprecedented demand, but CEO Stephen Rue says that's set to end midway through next month and consumers will have to pay for the higher speeds. [ABC]
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Tens of thousands of Australians in remote, rural and regional areas lost access to the national broadband network due to an “unusual” weather event in space last week. [news.com.au]
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Telstra will build Tasmania’s long-awaited single government network to modernise the way emergency services, land management and electricity industry agencies communicate. [itnews]
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Regulators globally must keep pace with the growing economic power and influence of digital platforms, according to Rod Sims, the chief of Australia’s competition and consumer commission, the ACCC. [iTWire]
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Aussie Broadband has increased customer numbers on NBN Co’s newly-affordable ‘up to gigabit’ speed plans to 4247, a greater than 90 percent share of all signups. [itnews]
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Optus will make its Optus Sport broadcast available free of cost to all Victorians to watch the UEFA Champions Trophy football championship. [iTWire]
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NBN Co has launched its Partner Finder service to help connect its business customers to its channel partners. [CRN]
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Superloop will appoint NBN Co’s chief customer officer for business Paul Tyler as its new CEO from October. [itnews]
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The federal government is calling on telecommunications carriage service providers to get involved in its Alternative Voice Services Trials program, aimed at testing new ways of delivering voice services in rural and remote Australia.
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