Superloop and Aussie Broadband were the standout performers when it came to adding NBN services in the March quarter, new figures released by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission confirm. The latest ACCC Wholesale Market Indicators report also reveals strong momentum for NBN Co’s FTTP rollout and an accompanying jump in high-speed services.

Optus has completed what it described as a world-first trial involving using network automation technology to restore lost coverage in near-real time during outages.

A regional telecommunications advocacy group has called for Telstra to hold off on migration of vulnerable remote customers from its Customer Access Network Radio service, and questioned the use of LEOsat-based solutions to deliver universal voice services.

A senior Home Affairs official has said there has been a pattern of telcos either under- or over-reporting the security impact of changes to systems or services. Efforts to address that situation, as well as capture any changing security profile as a project progresses, form one of the elements of proposed Security of Critical Infrastructure reforms, assistant secretary Sophie Bazzana told a briefing earlier this week.