Telstra and Ericsson are arguing that the telecommunications industry needs a new "knowledge plane" to safely deploy AI agents capable of making autonomous decisions across carrier networks.

Aussie Broadband has said that proposed changes to a ‘last resort’ power of the Home Affairs minister increases the likelihood of directions affecting telcos’ network architecture, offshore operations, vendor arrangements and access controls. Those directions could potentially be at short notice, it noted in response to the proposal, with the telco urging additional guardrails for using the power.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has said it now does not expect to make a final decision on key regulatory settings for NBN Co until the second half of August. The current deadline for the ACCC to issue a replacement module determination is 2 September unless the regulator extends it further.

NBN Co is aiming to boost take-up in around 200,000 MDU premises across 14,500 buildings that have higher-than-average disconnection rates through a rebate scheme for RSPs.