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Vodafone gateway goes beyond NBN frontier with 4G backup Just like Telstra offered with its hybrid NBN 4G modem in February, so too Vodafone has announced that it is going beyond the final NBN frontier with a 4G backup plan.
1st August 2017
ECONOMUSE: The blame game - cutting the gordian knot Vodafone Hutchison Australia?s solution does not cut it. Australians still hang on to their landlines In the era of mobile phones and smartphones many Australians still find it difficult to give up their trusty landline phone services, with a new survey revealing that 55% still have a landline phone.
31st July 2017
The June 2017 issue is now out and we have a range of papers from public policy, history and academia. The growth in the number of papers being published quarterly is a very positive outcome that demonstrates the successful efforts of the editorial team to move the Journal forward.
30th July 2017
Cloud gives Ethernet switch market a hammering The business market for Ethernet switches appears to be feeling the effect of cloud computing, with sales in the first quarter of 2017 falling 21% year-on-year and 12% quarter-on-quarter, data from research firm IDC shows.
28th July 2017
Australians want 1Gbps plus Internet speeds says research Newly commissioned research has found that three in four (76%) Australians want speeds of 1Gbps or more, with two in three people (66% ) claiming it would have a positive effect on their work and leisure time.
27th July 2017
Australia 'tells Solomons to drop cable project' after Huawei gets deal Australia is reportedly putting pressure on the Solomon Islands to withdraw from the Project Honiara undersea cable project after the contract was awarded to Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei.
26th July 2017
Full-fibre NBN will cost about as much as FttDP: experts Switching the national broadband network to using fibre-to-the-distribution-point technology is an interim solution; the correct solution, which will cost about the same, is to go full fibre.
25th July 2017
Optus says it will spend $1b on regional mobile services Australia's second largest telco Optus says it will spend $1 billion to update and expand its mobile network in regional areas by the end of next year as part of an ongoing investment programme that has spent more than $3.6 billion on its mobile network since 2015.
24th July 2017
Fifield predicts 5G revolution for Australia, ignores NBN At a telecoms conference yesterday, Communications Minister Mitch Fifield in a keynote address predicted 5G?s imminent arrival will herald a truly revolutionary inflection point for the entire Australian economy but didn?t mention the NBN.
21st July 2017
NBN Co and Adtran sign FttC broadband equipment and services deal NBN Co has inked a deal with US-based networking equipment provider Adtran, in a supply agreement for software, hardware and services, to support the FttC (fibre to the curb) component of the NBN rollout.
20th July 2017