CommsWire News
Government to review USO, Vodafone welcomes the move; Qantas FINALLY bringing fast, free inflight Wi-Fi to Aussie skies from 'early' 2017; Telstra strengthens internal security with Darktrace; Foxtel says new Broadband plans respond to consumers wanting more & more; The people have their say at telecoms Meet the People Forum; Govt flags changes to telco consumer safeguards; Megaport, Akamai seal global CDN deal; Former US solicitor-general to defend Apple against FBI.
24th February 2016
Vodafone lifts customer numbers to over 5 million; nbn HFC achieves average trial speeds of 84Mbps; Ericsson, Cisco come together on network service management; Billions connecting to mobile as growth explosion continues; In-flight mobile roaming revenues soaring to $3 billion by 2020; Inmarsat, Actility get together on IoT platform delivery; Megaport launches Internet advancement program; Alcatel OneTouch has simply become Alcatel; Optus, Nokia partner on stadium network improvements.
23rd February 2016
Optus, Huawei successfully trial 4.5G; Telstra?s mobile 1Gbps service coming, trial of Ericsson 5G for 2018 Comm Games; Phone complaints lowest in 9 years, but Internet complaints up; Wireless industry to collaborate on CBRS; LG?s G5: a ?modular? smartphone with amazing mod-cons; Bloody dropouts; On-line security and privacy in a post-Snowden world.
22nd February 2016
Move USO to mobile carriers says Infrastructure Australia; iPhone 6S helps increase Optus share of postpaid market; NextDC cashed up and set up for strong growth; Spark ?nearing? No1 mantle in NZ mobile revenues; A strong 6 months sees Telstra keep mobile competitors at bay; Apple won?t give the keys to its orchard to anyone; Optus, Electrotech all at sea with ferry Internet connections.
19th February 2016
Work underway to get rid of mobile blackspots; Dubber pursues commercial agreements with telcos, signs Macquarie to pilot; Huawei pitches its plan for telecoms ?digital transformation?; Omni-channel contact is a paradigm shift; Happy birthday .sydney; Dridex financial Trojan generates millions of spam emails daily.
18th February 2016
Slow speeds, poor performance levels plague broadband services; Optus seals arts centre three-year cloud agreement; Avaya gives its Maan EMEA and APAC leadership role; Telstra takes on satellite-calling 'hotspot'; Lycamobile warned over breach of TCP Code; Cloud underpins rapid growth for Zerto; Westpac launches online global payments solution.
17th February 2016
Telstra free data day sees HUGE 1841 terabytes downloaded; Cisco?s Innovation Central ? open in Sydney; ACMA, NZDIA strengthen joint fight against spam; Apple holds its own with Xiaomi, Huawei in exploding China smartphone market; NEC systems help boost sustainability of WA water resources; Ooyala appoints new chief for APAC, Japan ad-tech business; F-Secure finds Skype ads delivering Angler exploit to PCs; Sillars crosses from Commvault to ALE.
16th February 2016
Nokia flags job cuts after merger with Alcatel Lucent; Revenues up, profits up as Optus continues network expansion; Apple can?t make our iPhones an expensive paperweight ? Error 53 sucks; 5G will drive ?massive? increase in mobile connections: ACMA; Virgin Mobile pops up with 12GB for $50 with unlim Oz calls and text; Australia?s first Tier 4 data centre ? Micron21; In search of cheap Netflix - a scam with teeth.
15th February 2016
Our ?woeful FTTN NBN?: an open user letter; Another #Telstra outage ? some US hosted web sites affected; ?Netflix tax? to collect GST on overseas, ?digital? purchases; Hey you: Hayu is coming with enough reality SVOD TV to outflix competitors; Current strategies on Internet ?piracy? not working: IA; Australia now on piracy trust list; Warning: Phishing campaign hits mobile banking customers.
12th February 2016
Netflix: If it can?t geo-block it will block PayPal; NZ telco review identifies ?unfair contract? terms in sector; Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise OpenTouch UC now for SMBs; Inmarsat lends expertise to IoT standards development; Telstra?s ?embarrassing? #Telstra outage; ANZ joins mobile payments scramble with 'the broadest range of cards'; CallOne?s 2016 telecommunications trends proffer profit for SMBs.
11th February 2016