A technology upgrade to make hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) services on the National Broadband Network (NBN) capable of gigabit speeds has finally been launched, with DOCSIS 3.1 going live across the ...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued a draft determination, approving the $800 million deal between NBN Co and Optus, to migrate Optus' Hybrid-Fibre Coaxial (HFC) ...

NBN Co finally enables DOCSIS 3.1 on HFC network DOCSIS 3.1 is billed as "cutting edge cable broadband technology" that will "double downstream capacity on NBN Co Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (HFC) network" ...

GUEST OPINION: A major speed boost is coming to Australian internet this year, with the launch of the new NBN 2000 speed tier, also known as ‘Hyperfast’. Scheduled to go live on 14 September 2025, NBN ...

The just-completed strategic review of the NBN will not be made public straight away, despite its imminent delivery to the Coalition government. Speaking to ZDNet, a spokesperson for Communications ...

NBN Co says it hit speeds of up to 994 megabits per second over a hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) connection during an in-field trial of DOCSIS 3.1 technology. The trial, staged in the Melbourne suburb of ...

Australian National University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. But it’s four years too late. The ACCC dropped the ball when it allowed Telstra, Optus and its competitors to launch ...

The internet has become an integral part of our daily lives - even moreso since the pandemic made remote work more widespread, but let's be honest: this change was coming one way or another.

NBN is preparing to launch field trials using the DOCSIS 3.1 cable broadband standard, which is capable of delivering gigabit speeds over hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) connections. HFC is one of the ...

Vodafone CEO Bill Morrow has been appointed as head of NBN Co and will lead the government-owned corporation through its upcoming transformation. Morrow, who will leave his role as CEO of Vodafone to ...