ACCC to continue to regulate Telstra's copper network, small NBN providers struggle to compete on price
Weekly webnews
In the news this week, the ACCC will continue to regulate Telstra’s copper network,Internet dropouts and slow speeds continue to frustrate consumer, and small NBN providers are struggling to compete on price.
University of Technology Sydney (UTS) presents a panel discussion on the merits and limitations of industry self-regulation involving Arie Freiberg, Karen Lee and Darren Sinclair followed by Delia Rickard of the ACCC launching The Legitimacy and Responsiveness of Industry Rule-making. [UTS]
NBN Co has reached an agreement with networking giant Cisco to provide support for business customers migrating to the network, following an earlier agreement with Dell EMC. [CRN]
Small NBN retail service providers will have to compete on quality of service, not price, if they want to stay in business, given the way the industry is structured, the head of a small ISP claims. [iTWire]
The new range of plans is available month-to-month, or on 12 or 24 month contracts on the Optus 4G Plus network. The new range of plans offer several benefits including data pooling allowing you to share data between eligible plans on the same account and up to 100GB bonus data on selected plans. [Ausdroid]
Telstra and Vocus have yet to make the cheaper bundles fully available to all their retail clients more than six months after NBN Co first made them available. [Australian Financial Review]
A group of eight associations have called on the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) to not make a rushed decision on the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018. [ARN]
New research has found that one in 20 students in NSW government schools want but don't have a computer or mobile device at home, almost seven per cent don't have internet access. [The Newcastle Herald]
WA's Digital Farm initiative will provide broadband to 41,000 square kilometres across the Kimberley, Mid-West, Wheatbelt, Peel, Great Southern, and South-West regions with a total funding envelope of AU$5 million. [ZDNet]
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