CommsWire News
Losses blow out to $1.83 billion on NBN rollout NBN Co has reported a massive loss blowout of $1.83 billion for the first half of 2016, a whopping increase of 47% over the corresponding half of the previous year. NBN Co cops a whacking from Fiber Corp officials Two officials of the Sydney-based Fiber Corp have put the boot into NBN Co following the announcement of the latter company's second-quarter results today.
10th February 2017
Mobile commerce on track for high growth in APAC region Mobile commerce around the world is expected to grow even faster than e-commerce this year, according to a new report which forecasts that large markets in the Asia Pacific region like China, Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan and Malaysia will see high growth in m-commerce, along with the UK.
9th February 2017
More funding needed to rid regions of blackspots: ACCAN The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) says not enough has been done to get rid of mobile phone blackspots in rural and regional areas of the country and it wants the Government to allocate more funding to help alleviate the problems.
8th February 2017
Job losses, stores closed as Allphones goes into liquidation The Allphones chain of 84 telecommunications retail stores around Australia have been placed in administration due to insufficient funding to keep stores trading during a sales process.
7th February 2017
Vodafone tackles blackspots, ramps up investment in regional mobile network Vodafone continues to invest heavily in its mobile network in regional Australia, particularly in blackspot areas with limited or no network coverage, in response to what it says is growing demand for advanced mobile devices and services in regional areas of the country.
6th February 2017
Economuse: Safety net needed for bush telecoms A more radical approach is needed as we consider updating the Universal Service Obligation, public safety network options and mobile roaming.
3rd February 2017
Bush concern over changes to USO The Rural, Regional and Remote Communications Coalition has added its voice to those raising concern over proposed changes to the telecommunications Universal Service Obligation, expressing concern that reliable home phone services in the bush may be put at risk.
2nd February 2017
Telstra Gigabit 4GX LTE arrives Telstra can now deliver Gigabit per second wireless downloads and a very respectable 150Mbps upload ? via the 4GX LTE network in the central business district of Sydney. The service will be rolled out to other capital cities soon.
1st February 2017
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31st January 2017
NBN prospective customers in the dark on network technology: Patton Internet Australia chief executive Laurie Patton says it is "disturbingly apparent? the company building the National Broadband Network, NBN Co, is becoming ?reluctant to provide the sort of information its prospective customers need and expect? about progress on building the network.
30th January 2017