CommsWire News
Telstra to co-invest with Fed Govt: silicon quantum computing; Dropbox, Vodafone partner to tackle growing cloud apps market; One billion-plus ?connected things? with Smart Cities, say analysts; Telstra-backed Muru-D invests in startups; Pick up Amazon parcels, even after hours, at over 1,000 Australian stores with ParcelPoint; One out of 10 Android apps leak personal information; EFA seeks mandatory warrants for access to stored data.
9th December 2015
ICT front and centre in Australia?s Innovation future; Innovation statement: Industry comment; Australia Post bottles up a partnership with Alibaba?s 1688.com; Storm clouds hover over data security in year ahead; Microsoft?s new Lumias - 950 and 950 XL - now on sale in OZ; Time for a Technicolor NBN in Australia with DOCSIS 3.1?
8th December 2015
NBN launches 50mbps/20mbps fixed wireless in the bush; 700 ?high-skill? NBN cyber jobs in Melbourne over four years; nbn welcomes new board member: Shirley In?t Veld; Vodafone opens first QLD Business Centre on Gold Coast; NEXTDC links to IBM Direct Link via cloud; Telstra retail boss resigns after short stint in the job; ATO engages SMEs over its digital future.
7th December 2015
TCP code changes given only qualified support from consumer advocacy groups; Telstra pays Penn-alty with partial backdown on roaming rip-off; Ricoh?s first Australian data centre now open for business; 3.2 billion people now online around the world says ITU; Teleena signs new Australian MVNO customer; Telstra Health deploys medical records system for WA hospitals; Blue Coat, Dimension Data collaborate on cloud web security.
4th December 2015
Revenue share of 62%: Telstra dominates Australian telecoms market; Aussies go over the top and cut the cable; Yomojo responds to Yatango down; Flexiroam launches, takes on Telstra?s roaming rip offs; ACMA releases 1800 mhz band for remote areas; Li-Fi ? 100 times faster than Wi-Fi; Telstra?s Ooyala appoints new CEO; Comms Alliance welcomes Gov?t move towards phone numbering framework.
3rd December 2015
Just another price increase or more ?price gouging??; Telstra hits travellers with big increases in roaming charges; ATO moves further on the road to all-digital future; Decmil diversifies from natural resources to telecoms with SC Services buy; Vodafone launches new premiere flagship Sydney CBD Pitt St Mall Store; Norwood shares download details on Android World Phone app; NSW Government looks to ?innovative technologies? with new communications plan.
2nd December 2015
Macquarie Telecom slams ACCC as ?out of touch? re: NBN competition; Wi-Fi dominates smartphone data consumption; Telstra's 'hip and trendy? flagship store opens in Melbourne; Yatango down and maybe out; Drive someone else?s car at Sydney and Brisbane airports; Optus does 5-year pre-paid deal driving OVO?s V8 Supercars; Optus offers Microsoft?s Lumia 950 and 950 XL with limited big bonuses.
1st December 2015
NBN trials new discount pricing model for service providers; Telecoms security reform legislation still a concern for industry; NextDC putting A$200 million into data centre network expansion; Postage, stamp rates on verge of increase to $1; Telstra, NRL extend sponsorship, digital rights deal; ANZ Bank enhances Internet banking with new website; Digital radio takeup increasing to cover home, work, car.
30th November 2015
Andy Penn champions innovation in his 2015 Charles Todd Oration; NBN got what it paid for?will now cost almost half as much again to fix it; Australia links to APAC intelligence centres in fight against cyber crime; More flexibility for smaller service providers with proposed TCP code changes; Australian Telecommunication consumers, since 1870, need heroes; Microsoft Lumia 950/XL ? Australian release 7 December; PayPal joins eftpos payment system; InspireWire
27th November 2015
Telcos turning to customer retention in face of slow revenue growth; Call for industry to step up to the plate on govt digital transformation; Insatiable thirst for faster data speeds quenched for 350,000 lucky regional residents; Chinese underground leads the world in cyber criminal innovation; Australian Ericsson CEO steps up to drive SE Asia and Oceania; Video on demand keeps skyrocketing ? an update; ICT industry not alone, as executive demand plummets.
26th November 2015