By Ry Crozier on May 17, 2021 3:22PM
Customers left waiting for connections.
NBN Co has delayed the restart of new hybrid-fibre coaxial (HFC) orders, this time due to problems with a backend system used to assign new connection and assurance jobs to contractors.
The company initiated a pause on new HFC orders at the start of February due to the global chip shortage, which left the company without an adequate supply of network termination devices (NTDs) that are installed at customers’ homes.
The further delay is due to well-publicised problems with a new workforce scheduling system and mobile app introduced by NBN Co uses to assign connection and assurance - repair - jobs to its contractor workforce.
NBN retail service provider Epic Broadband has revealed it has gone into liquidation, according to an advisory from the Telecommunications Industry Ombu.
iTWire Thursday, 13 May 2021 17:52 NBN Co successfully trials Infinera XR optics
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NBN Co has completed a successful proof of concept of Infinera s XR optics point-to-multipoint coherent optical technology.
According to Infinera, the trial demonstrated XR optics compatibility within the NBN transit network, and showed it could simplify transport network architecture while reducing capital and operating expenses.
XR optics is said to provide multiple 100Gbps of capacity divided into discrete subcarriers, allowing dynamic capacity management and optical capacity optimisation. The NBN transit network is our national backbone, supporting the growing data needs of Australians as they rely more on broadband for their work, education, social and entertainment needs, said NBN Co CTO Ray Owen.
More than 600 technicians employed by the NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network, will walk off the job on Wednesd.
By Ry Crozier on May 6, 2021 11:07AM
Once underpinned by newly-purchased millimetre-wave spectrum.
TPG Telecom expects 5G fixed wireless delivered over millimetre-wave spectrum to act as a “mass market … NBN alternative”, underscoring the competitive pressure wireless will exert on NBN Co in coming years.
CEO Iñaki Berroeta told TPG’s first post-merger annual general meeting that the $108.2 million investment in millimetre-wave 26GHz spectrum “in all available licence areas” via a recent auction was a “strong result” and “excellent outcome for our shareholders”.
“The millimetre wave spectrum we acquired will complement our current spectrum holdings and allow us to deliver an excellent 5G experience for customers,” Berroeta said.