9 Dec 2024

Monday round-up

Optus sells Uecomm to Superloop for $17.5m iTNews

Optus is to sell its subsidiary Uecomm to Superloop for $17.5 million following a “strategic review”.

4 Dec 2024

Wednesday round-up

Poor mobile service coverage is leaving regional Australia behind. Labor wants to change that Crikey

By law, Australians have the right to reasonable and equal access to broadband internet and landline phones — but not mobile phone connectivity.

2 Dec 2024

Monday round-up

Telstra swallows prepaid mobile provider Boost for $100m iTNews

Telstra is to acquire mobile virtual network operator Boost Mobile, expanding its existing operational management of the company.

Big telco shake-up as Telstra acquires Boost Mobile youth brand gadgetguy.com.au

In a big shake-up to Australia’s mobile telco market, Telstra has acquired youth-focused prepaid SIM brand Boost Mobile.

27 Nov 2024

Wednesday round-up

Sunshine Coast secures digital connection noosatoday.com.au

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.

Better connected: Coast to play key role in subsea cable initiative sunshinecoastnews.com.au

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.

26 Nov 2024

Tuesday round-up

Australia Connect to deliver new subsea cables iTNews

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.