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Amazon and SpaceX ink deal for three more Project Kuiper launches Amazon has signed a contract with SpaceX for three Falcon 9 launches to support deployment plans for Project Kuiper, Amazon’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband network. SoftBank buys 51% stake in Cubic Telecom
6th December 2023
Telus drops C$619 million on 3800MHz spectrum Canadian telecommunications company Telus has emerged as the biggest bidder in Canada's mid-band 3800MHz spectrum, securing 1,430 licenses for nearly C$619 million. Singtel bags ‘green loan’ to power data centres Singaporean telecommunications company Singtel has secured what it calls a S$535 million (US$400.7 million) five-year “green loan.”
5th December 2023
Telcos, ACMA block 336.7 million scam texts The Australian Communications and Media Authority and local telcos have been working to fight scams, blocking over 336.7 million scam texts since July 2022, according to figures released by the regulator. Activ8me launches new plans on NBN Sky Muster Plus
4th December 2023
7 unis and organisations share $3 million grant to combat online abuse The eSafety Commissioner will allocate a $3 million grant to seven universities and non-government organisations to prevent the abuse of women and children as part of the Australian government’s $10 million funding package of the preventing tech-based abuse of women grants program. NBN Co implements WBA5 today
1st December 2023
Telstra still in the naughty list for IPND compliance fine Telstra continues to be plagued by its Integrated Public Number Database (IPND) woes, and this time, was hit by another non-compliance fine, paying to the tune of $300,000 to the Australian Communications and Media Authority. Commonwealth Bank raises stake in More, Tangerine
30th November 2023
Optus outage cripples federal comms department staff A government submission that sought to explain the impact of the Optus outage has revealed two out of three federal communications department staff with Optus mobiles could not dial the Triple Zero on the morning of the Optus outage. UniSQ iLAuNCH program, Dassault Systèmes, and Memko simulate virtual twin technologies
29th November 2023
Just a reminder that the tenth Annual General Meeting of the Telecommunications Association Inc. (TelSoc) will be held this Thursday. Please plan to attend. We need a quorum of TelSoc members.
28th November 2023
SK Telecom partners with Southeast Asian tech companies to expand ifland South Korean telecommunications carrier SK Telecom announced it has inked three new partnerships with IT companies based in Southeast Asia to increase the number of global users of its metaverse platform, ifland. Sharp and Huawei ink global patent cross-licensing agreement
28th November 2023
NBN Co energy deal jumpstarts new solar farm in southeast Queensland Broadband operator NBN Co has signed a third renewable power purchase agreement (PPA) that will underwrite the construction of a new 120MW solar farm in southeast Queensland. Australians lost $1.2 million to NBN impersonation scams this year
27th November 2023
Telstra snaps up new mid band spectrum Internet provider Telstra has secured up to 110MHz of additional “mid band” in the 3.4/3.7GHz spectrum auction held by the Australian Communications and Media Authority, which was held last Tuesday. ACMA grants four companies 3.4/3.7GHz spectrum The Australian Communications and Media Authority announced four companies won spectrum in its 3.4/3.7GHz bands spectrum allocation process.
24th November 2023