News
Telstra set to sack 1400 staff in cost cutting drive Telstra is set to lay off about 1400 workers as part of an ongoing plan to reduce its operating costs by about $1 billion over five years. Spark, Nokia seal partnership on road to NZ 5G introduction New Zealand?s biggest telco Spark is partnering with Nokia in a move designed to prepare New Zealand for the introduction of 5G, ultra-broadband and IoT.
15th June 2017
LTE drives mobile broadband explosion: Ericsson More than one million new mobile broadband subscribers every day are being added to networks around the world with an estimated 2.6 billion subscribers expected to be signed up through to 2022.
14th June 2017
ACCAN?s future assured to 2022 with govt funding decision A cloud over the immediate future and very existence of the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) has been lifted, with the federal government?s announcement of a new agreement to fund the telecoms consumer interest group for the next five years.
13th June 2017
Telstra: mobile black spot announcement justifies no roaming decision Telstra?s rollout of the Federal Government?s Mobile Black Spot Program is ramping up further and the carrier is using its announcement to justify the recent ACCC draft decision not to declare mobile roaming.
9th June 2017
Troubled Vocus gets $2.2B takeover offer from KKR Australia's fourth biggest telecommunications company Vocus has received a $2.2 billion takeover offer from private US equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
8th June 2017
Foxtel unveils streaming product line Foxtel Now Foxtel for everyone is the aim ? every device, every person, every budget, every show ? Foxtel has launched Foxtel Now and have no doubt, it will shake up the Australian streaming video-on-demand market.
7th June 2017
NBN Co says it will deliver 1Gbps over HFC NBN Co says it is close to delivering gigabit speeds to homes and businesses in six cities, including Sydney and Melbourne, following trials of new technology on its hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) network.
6th June 2017
VHA takes ACCC to court over domestic roaming decision Vodafone Hutchison Australia is taking the ACCC to the Federal Court over its recent draft decision not to declare domestic mobile roaming, claiming that the review process is flawed.
5th June 2017
Mobile connectivity speeds top APAC but Internet lags Australia continues to lead the Asia-Pacific region in mobile connectivity speeds at 15.7 Mbps for the first quarter this year, an increase from 13.8 Mbps, but eight years into the NBN project still languishes at 50th in the global rankings for Internet connection speeds.
2nd June 2017
Telstra secures future power supplies with RES solar farm deal Telstra has secured a long-term power purchase agreement with renewable energy company RES Australia to develop a new solar farm in Queensland.
1st June 2017