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The 2023 Optus outage was an unplanned outage of all Optus internet, cellular and fixed-line services in Australia first detected on 8 November 2023 at 04:05 AEDT. [2] The outage caused disruption across government and corporate sectors including hospitals, banks, train services, EFTPOS payment systems, and calls to emergency services.
Aussie Broadband started providing NBN services as of 2017, ceasing third party reseller agreements. [9] Group Managing Director Phil Britt declared that, to his knowledge, the company was the only internet service provider outside of the “big four” (Telstra, Optus, TPG Telecom, and Vocus Group) to do this.
In June 2006 the Broadband Connect policy was announced by the Howard Government with an aim of providing greater access to broadband services in rural and regional areas. [ 47 ] OPEL Networks —a 50–50 joint venture between Optus and Elders —was announced on 18 June 2007 as the sole successful bidder in tender . [ 48 ]
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Telecommunications in Australia refers to communication in Australia through electronic means, using devices such as telephone, television, radio or computer, and services such as the telephony and broadband networks. Telecommunications have always been important in Australia given the "tyranny of distance" with a dispersed population.
The National Broadband Network (NBN) is Australia’s national wholesale open-access data network. It includes wired and radio communication components rolled out and operated by NBN Co , a government-owned corporation .
NBN Co was established on 9 April 2009 under the name of its company number, "ACN 136 533 741 Limited". [4] After the establishment, the Australian Government started referring to the company as "National Broadband Network Company", [5] which became the de facto company name.
In 2017, satellite broadband operator Ipstar was ordered by an Australian court to pay back $5.2 million to SkyMesh against three separate claims. SkyMesh was Ipstar's second largest ISP at that time, using Ipstar's satellite to provide broadband connections to rural Australia. [6] Ipstar appealed but the damages were upheld. [7]