CommsWire News
OTT mobile TV boom reflected by CES 2016 launches; Lenovo to drop Motorola brand in 2016; Samsung will power IoT with Windows 10; University takes phased approach to data centre virtualisation with Brocade; Telstra?s Chris Ford crosses to Inabox in CTO role; Join.me?s Android app gets major update: free, instant screen sharing to mobile
12th January 2016
ISPs under cost pressure from ?Internet tax? due to Data Retention Act; Facebook Messenger users pass 800m monthly on fast track to 1 billion; BT, Saleforce team up through cloud connect; Howzat! Optus picks up cricket sponsorship after Dick Smith clean bowled; Telstra fires up mobile capacity for Victorian fire fighters; Huawei number three in global smartphone sales; Early 2016 mobile market shakeup with Amaysim, Vaya deal.
11th January 2016
Vodafone refarms 850Mhz to expand coverage; Spy Code found on Juniper Firewalls; Telstra fills ?first? mobile black spots with coverage; New Australian gaming network provides local ISP-based servers for PC gamers; Information ? not votes ? will come from the cloud; Windows 10 Mobile upgrade delayed; ACMA RadComms 2016 registration now open.
21st December 2015
Australia lags world in broadband adoption; Spark NZ to lift broadband, landline prices in reaction to regulator; Lokket in: Apartment Wi-Fi via TPG FTTB; Megaport trades again after raising $25m to fuel expansion plans; OPPO hits a six; Macquarie Telecom?s cyber security scholarship program to fill skills gap; TIO says telco complaints down 15% ?in context?; Optus hit with penalties over data speeds ?misrepresentation?.
18th December 2015
Optus snares multi-year Olympic sponsorship deal; Fifield says ?first 1,000 ?happy homes? on FTTN connected in just 51 days; NEXTDC completes $120m capital raising; Watch out Telstra - Norway?s NetCom reaches 1 Gbit/s speeds with LTE Advanced Pro; Nokia and Nixu collaborate on international cybersecurity; Serial offender faces penalties for breaches of TCP code; Industry on the move.
17th December 2015
Slow data speeds the main gripe for Internet users; Telcos get credit for improved performance, drop in services complaints; Telstra gives its customers free Telstra Air Wi-Fi until 30 June 2016; ITU responds to calls for greater clarity on mobile roaming charges; NZ regulator decision on broadband prices sparks a backlash; SVOD TV in Australia to surge over Xmas, but will it last?; Deakin, EON Reality partner to set up our first Interactive Digital Centre
16th December 2015
Macquarie Telecom to publish live feedback, urges all telcos and industries to follow; ACCAN says telcos should publish NPS scores like Macquarie Telecom; nbn boosts broadband satellite data: bigger and better; Banking malware targets Android smartphones; Telstra trumpets ABC iview?s arrival on Telstra TV plus other stats; Flexiroam boasts subscriber growth to over 500,000 within 14 days; Aussies ?wasting? $10 million on excess mobile data charges.
15th December 2015
Vodafone revs up regional support, becomes NFF?s exclusive retail telco partner; Australia rejoins global objective to set governance; What network devices excited me in 2015; Security and personal privacy are critical in the omni-channel world; Public sector moving from e-government to digital government: analyst; Will the Surface Phone ever be released?; Palo Alto Networks: six cybersecurity predictions for 2016; Veeam predicts always-on available businesses to become 2016 norm.
14th December 2015
Huawei says ?radical? new concept reinvents Network Architecture; Do you want to Belong; TVs still preferred for longer OTT viewing; NBN ignored in govt innovation strategy ? a lost opportunity: analyst; Flight Centre completes ?largest migration in QLD history?; Five times more data leakage on iPhone than Samsung; More mobile data breaches ? 16 companies named and shamed.
11th December 2015
Be wary of free app downloads warns the ACMA; The ACMA warns telcos over consumer code breaches; Consumers abandon online transactions for fear of fraud; You need to understand the new PCI DSS requirements; Uber anonymises rider and drive phone numbers for added safety; Goodbye to Firefox OS smartphones; Interns: Boost yourself to stand out from 985,000 other people.
10th December 2015