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Arrcus looks to 400G future, Tonga stuck on satellite connection, and Linux Foundation's new edge computing effort

Roundup Plus more of the week's networking nuggets

OSes28 Jan 2019 | 2

Remember Woolworths? Well there's a different* one that still exists in Oz. Telstra wants NBN Co to help shove fibre in it

3,000 sites on list

Networks23 Jan 2019 | 18

Telstra told by regulator to keep copper for an extra five years

Competition needs come first

Networks27 Nov 2018 | 1

Telstra reveals radical restructure plan

Tel-colossus to shed 8,000 jobs, create new infrastructure company

On-Prem20 Jun 2018 | 9

Telstra's mobile networks go TOESUP* in national outage

Updated That's 'Total Outage Ends Support for Usual Performance', natch

Networks21 May 2018 | 13

NBN dragging Telstra down, carrier wants 5G to haul it up again

CEO blames 'nationalisation' for limp financials, like The Simpsons can't defend ARPU

On-Prem15 May 2018 | 4

Telstra warns cloud customers they’re at risk of malware or worse

UPDATE Won't say why, will say it's not sure it can fix the problem without your help

Security11 May 2018 |

Collateral carnage as ZTE sanctions see Australia’s top telco dump mobe-maker

Telstra bins own-brand phones, seeks alternative supplier

Legal10 May 2018 | 19

Court sends Telstra a truly premium bill, for AU$10 MEEELLION

Rest of industry warned to check its PBD practices

On-Prem27 Apr 2018 | 3

ACCC clamping down on Premium Billing Direct payments

Telstra slapped in this week's instalment of 'telco sector brought to heel by regulator'

Legal26 Mar 2018 | 4

Telstra: Don't expect HFC NBN sales to resume before July

Incumbent rolling in slightly fewer billions this half year

On-Prem15 Feb 2018 | 2

If you're big enough, Cisco will cook you a private software SKU

Custom big data bundles for Australia's Telstra pop up on product death list

Software19 Nov 2017 | 8

nbn™ to ISPs: share your speeds or we'll share 'em for you

NBN Week nbn™ financials, the speed scandal, and 'what millennials like part 1,096'

Networks19 Nov 2017 | 13

Telstra drops nbn™ in it as it wears compo for broadband speed ads

Carrier says 'it is not possible to accurately determine what speed the NBN can deliver to a customer prior to connection'

Legal08 Nov 2017 | 31

Telstra said its 7-incher was really an 11-incher, left customers frustrated, unsatisfied

Punters refunded for smaller-than-advertised football streams

On-Prem22 Oct 2017 | 18

Audit office finds Telstra's universal services were good politics, bad deals

AU$297 million a year bought co-operation as much as services, says ANAO

Legal03 Oct 2017 | 2

Australian telcos promise to be better NBN helpers

Just like they always promise to stop having rubbish customer service

Legal22 Aug 2017 | 8

Following flat financials, Telstra pins hopes on NBN renegotiation

Fat dividends that investors love to be diluted, fibre backbone upgrade imminent

On-Prem17 Aug 2017 | 8

Who botched Oz cancer registry rollout? Pretty much everybody

Another day, another botched government contract

Legal29 Jun 2017 | 10

Telstra to hang up on 1,400 more workers

As big T sells its copper to nbn™, it needs fewer copper techs to fix it

On-Prem14 Jun 2017 | 3

Kiwi cable goes live, and it's nowhere near a volcano

Tasman Global Access sees the light

On-Prem29 Mar 2017 | 5

Court smacks Telstra over wholesale pricing

No NBN revenue top up for you, says regulator

Legal28 Mar 2017 | 2

Telstra wants civil litigants to pay up front for access to metadata

Submission on extending metadata access proposes making lawyers aware of costs before they subpoena

Legal12 Mar 2017 | 10

Telstra is filthy about being barred from spectrum auction

Big T wants to know why the government is going to let airspace sell cheap and competition cherry-pick

Legal14 Dec 2016 | 2

Telstra effectively barred from 700 MHz spectrum auction to boost rivals

Comms Minister puts a price on your head: a lousy AU$1.25

Legal14 Dec 2016 | 2

Australia's universal telco service obligation's day is done

Productivity Commission wonders just what Telstra is doing with the AU$3bn it's being paid to put phones everywhere

Legal06 Dec 2016 | 4

Telecoms Ombudsman praises nbn™ for growing connections faster than complaints

But nbn™ is now the most complained-about-telco, as a percentage of connections

Legal17 Nov 2016 | 10

Telstra's answers El Reg's Smart Home security questions

It's not quite an Internet of S**t, but nor does it come up smelling of roses

Edge + IoT16 Nov 2016 | 17

Telstra launches Australian homes onto the Internet of S**t

Today's hot gadget, tomorrow's botnet, next year's brick

Edge + IoT16 Nov 2016 | 10

Government rushes 000 tender out, two years ahead of schedule

Two year consultation ditched

Legal06 Oct 2016 | 2

Union: Telstra seeking 120 redundancies in network ops team

NBN contract miss puts pressure on field staff

On-Prem07 Sep 2016 |

ACCC mulls regulating roaming charges

Don't even think about it, thunder Telstra, Optus

Legal05 Sep 2016 | 3

Australian telecoms regulator watching over Telstra HFC/NBN deal

ACCC tells Telstra's right hand to pay no attention to left hand

Legal04 Sep 2016 | 1

Telstra CEO Andy Penn promises $3bn to end The Big TITSUP

Wow, that escalated quickly

On-Prem11 Aug 2016 | 2

Telstra CIO Erez Yarkoni quits to return home to family

Is this the moment Stephen Elop makes his move?

Networks03 Aug 2016 | 4

Telstra's head of ops drops after network flops

Kate McKenzie 'retires' from Telstra

Networks25 Jul 2016 | 3

Consumer advocates call on Telstra to set customers free after outages

Fly, my pretties, fly, says CHOICE

Networks10 Jul 2016 | 3

Telstra's business network in six-hour collapse

The Big TITSUP strikes again

On-Prem30 Jun 2016 | 4

Telstra restarting long-stalled ADSL investment

Wait, what?

Networks29 Jun 2016 | 5

Vish Nandlall exits Telstra CTO role

No replacement in mind yet

On-Prem30 May 2016 | 2

Telstra's confession to DNS-messin' explains broadband borkage

Outage extends beyond a week so carrier ships free modems to the afflicted

Networks27 May 2016 | 7

Telstra gets AU$180 million to run national cancer register

The Big Titsup will manage healthcare records. What could possibly go wrong?

Legal25 May 2016 | 3

Telstra's horror run continues with TITSUPs on three networks

Let's just declare 'free data year' and be done with it

Networks23 May 2016 | 4

Government tips last dollars into NBN

Shortfall: at least $16.5 billion. Cancellation price: $9.4 billion. Place your bets

Legal03 May 2016 | 16

Telstra wants to become the Uber of Telstra

First step in Uberfication is $50m to head off future network SNAFUs

Networks01 May 2016 | 6

Telstra's CRM system breached competition undertaking: ACCC

Overall, SSU compliance is improving

Legal17 Apr 2016 | 1

Telstra being paid to fix Telstra's network for NBN – AGAIN

Another AU$1.6b heading back to the Big T to work on a network it sold to nbn

Legal10 Apr 2016 | 11

Telstra hauls in Cisco, Ericsson, Juniper to explain TITSUPs

Australia's dominant carrier wants suppliers to explain why its network keeps going down

Networks05 Apr 2016 | 11

New submarine cable to connect Australia to Singapore

APX-West finally green-lit as Telstra, Singtel sign on for consortium build by 2018

Networks31 Mar 2016 | 6

Basslink says cable repairs won't be done until June

Tasmania to remain backward and isolated as 'leccy and data link needs three joints

Networks28 Mar 2016 |

Telstra in mobile-to-SIP brownout

Another day, another outage, for Australia's biggest telco

Networks22 Mar 2016 | 3

A third of Australians lose mobile services after Telstra outage

Eight million people affected by reconnection flood

Networks17 Mar 2016 | 8

Former Nokia boss Stephen Elop scores gig as chief innovator for Australia's top telco

Apparently posesses 'innate sense of customer expectations'

On-Prem15 Mar 2016 | 34

Telstra strides into enterprise SDN with VPNs, dynamic WANs

It's the Big T's usual play: own the network, build services, insist integration delivers a better experience

SaaS08 Mar 2016 |

Linode: Major cuts to several submarine cables to Singapore

Updated Ugly ping times after quake, Telstra confirms comms are knackered

Networks03 Mar 2016 | 10

Another week, another leak: is morale that low in Australia's NBN?

Even cost-saving good ideas are now being leaked

Legal02 Mar 2016 | 10