CommsWire News
ALP: botched NBN rollout threatens emergency services Two federal Labor Shadow Ministers have slammed the National Broadband Network over a ?botched? rollout which they say left emergency services in a remote part of Western Australia without satellite communications services.
5th May 2017
Telstra slips as NBN hits 2 million wholesale access services Wholesale access services on the National Broadband Network have climbed past 2 million nationally, and in regional areas of Australia, Telstra maintains its dominance but has progressively lost ground to competitors in their take-up of the wholesale services.
4th May 2017
Vodafone: register your interest in our NBN services now Want to know when and where Vodafone?s fixed broadband NBN services will arrive in Australia? There?s a new page of Vodafone where you can register to find out. Telstra Labs launches to foster IoT development Telstra has launched a new business ? Telstra Labs - consolidating all of its innovation and technology development capabilities under a single identity in Melbourne.
3rd May 2017
Telstra 4G rollout continues in mobile black spot regions Telstra is ramping up the deployment of 4G Internet and voice services on small cell technology across regional Australia as part of the second phase of the government?s national mobile black spot programme.
2nd May 2017
ACCC says NBN service charges within price cap limits The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a draft determination that the operators of the National Broadband Network, NBN Co, have not exceeded price caps placed on what it charges for services under the Special Access Undertaking (SAU).
1st May 2017
Compliance breaches mar Telstra structural separation Breaches of compliance obligations for separation of its wholesale and retail business caused mainly by staff errors continued to plague Telstra throughout the 2015-2016 financial year, according to a report by the regulator.
28th April 2017
Lack of trust in Internet privacy deters online shoppers Internet users in many countries, including Australia, are increasingly concerned about their online privacy, and 49% say lack of trust is the main reason for not shopping online, according to a new global survey.
27th April 2017
NBN rockets to new speed high in Gigabit wireless trial NBN Co is cock-a-hoop over a speed trial in which the network hit speeds of 1.1Gbps downstream and 165mbps upstream in a recent fixed wireless demonstration in Ballarat attended by CommsWire.
26th April 2017
Nano-satellites readied for launch Australia-listed Sky and Space Global has successfully integrated its Three Diamonds nano-satellites into the launch pod of Innovative Space Logistics in the Netherlands.
24th April 2017
Broadband education package released for consumers Consumers now have access to an education package designed to help them better understand the factors that can influence the performance of their broadband service. Wangle: Australia?s first ACMA-compliant VPN Wangle Technologies has launched what it says is Australia's "fastest, most secure [and] cheapest mobile VPN." Yet it complies with metadata retention requirements.
21st April 2017