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.au namespace moves to new manager Afilias The transfer of the .au namespace to a new registry and national domain name infrastructure run by Afilias Australia has been completed on the first day of the new financial year.
2nd July 2018
*** This is Friday's edition, which just arrived *** Vodafone revamps tablet and mobile broadband plans in win for customers Vodafone has "revamped" its approach to tablets, no longer following the well worn plans of telcos that lock devices to mobile services plans for two years.
29th June 2018
Macquarie Telecom, NBN Co sign telecommunications, data services deal Macquarie Telecom has inked a six-year agreement with NBN Co to provide telecommunications and data services to businesses over the National Broadband Network.
28th June 2018
Australians may have lost interest in the NBN: study A newly published study has questioned whether Australians have now lost interest in their national broadband network, the NBN, given the time it is taking to roll out the network nationally and the negative stories about disappointing speeds and connection issues.
27th June 2018
ABC singles out Huawei from report on pollies' trips A report by lobby group the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, on sponsored overseas trips made by Australian federal politicians to a number of countries, says that Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei sponsored 12 trips for politicians to visit its headquarters in Shenzhen, making it the biggest corporate sponsor of such trips.
26th June 2018
TIO ready to apply new standards in considering telecoms disputes The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman has been quick to put the telecoms industry on notice it will take into account the new industry standards mandated by the Australian Communications and Media Authority for consumers transitioning to the NBN, when considering disputes.
25th June 2018
ACMA releases industry standards for moving to NBN The Australian Communications and Media Authority has released two industry standards that it says will help consumers make a smooth transition to the country's national broadband network, the NBN.
22nd June 2018
Mobile video consumption on the rise: Ooyala Global mobile video consumption continues to rise but growth stabilised in the first quarter this year, with total video plays increasing during the quarter just 1.8% from the prior year, according to a new report from Telstra’s US-based OTT software management company Ooyala.
21st June 2018
Telstra to cut 8000 employees, contractors by 2022 Australia's biggest telco Telstra has announced that it will effect a net reduction of 8000 employees and contractors by 2022 and reduce two to four layers of management, leading to the cutting of one in four executive and middle management roles.
20th June 2018
Optus apologises over 2018 FIFA snafu, will simulcast next two nights on SBS Optus chief executive Allen Lew is of the view a "solution is in place" to address technical issues dogging the company's World Cup coverage and has apologised unreservedly, saying Optus will "simulcast the next two nights of 2018 FIFA World Cup matches with SBS".
19th June 2018