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Macquarie Bank buys Australia?s mobile towers for $2B; Optus boosts profits with strong mobile growth; Quickflix to offer Presto TV, movie content; AARNet, AusCERT get together with security services offer; Free US MVNO FreedomPop launching UK in ?summer?; Why streaming services will not end piracy.
15th May 2015
COVER STORY: MACQUARIE BANK BUYS BACK THE FARM FROM CROWN CASTLE Macquarie Bank buys Australia?s mobile towers from crown castle for $2B Optus boosts MODEST profits with strong mobile growth Budget: NBN fast track, Netflix tax, multinational crackdown, SME relief, more Data retention compliance allocation could force smaller ISPs out of business Telstra takes Ericsson?s CDN on board for network delivered media Foxtel welcomes tax on digital transactions Telstra rides the Pacnet wave to extend China market reach Telstra hits back at competitors with aggressive new GO MOBILE plans Ericsson threat to Apple profits as wireless patent war expands into Europe TIO: Net and landline complaints up, overall complaints down Telstra breached Structural Separation obligations in 2014: ACCC NZ beats lowly Australia in Netflix providers speed rankings Telstra?s Pacnet pushes globally optical PEN COMMENT: Why streaming services will not end piracy ECONOMUSE: ?Are CVCs evil, stupid and counterproductive?
15th May 2015
TIO: Net and landline complaints up, overall complaints down; Telstra breached Structural Separation obligations in 2014: ACCC; Telstra?s new Pre-Paid mobile data prices: impressive; Virgin Mobile?s new plans deliver more data too; Samsung announces new ARTIK 1 chip for next-gen IoT devices; ECONOMUSE: Are CVCs ?evil, stupid and counterproductive??
14th May 2015
Budget: NBN fast tracking, Netflix tax, multinational tax crackdown, SME relief; Data retention compliance allocation could force ISPs out of business; Verizon to buy AOL for US$4.4 Billion; NZ beats Australia in Netflix speed rankings; Penn?s Telstra pushes globally optical PEN: high-bandwidth; ZipTel?s ZipT VoIP app aims to beat Skype; Mobile advertising set for huge growth:new report.
13th May 2015
Telstra takes Ericsson?s CDN for network delivered media; Foxtel welcomes GST tax on digital transactions; Nokia?s strategic partnership for ?exceptional IT infrastructure?; Telstra rides the Pacnet wave to extend China market reach; iPhone holds its own as China smartphone market slips back; Shift in education to 'all-wireless' classrooms.
12th May 2015
Telstra hits back at competitors with aggressive mobile plans; Ericsson threat to Apple bottom line as wireless patent war expands into Europe; LTE demand drives growth in data management; US court rules that NSA phone data collection illegal; Samsung to unveil new IoT chipset at Internet of Things World 2015; Uber makes bid for Nokia?s HERE maps.
11th May 2015
Telstra speeds up Australia, Singapore data link with ?lowest? latency connection; ISP sparks into action over NZ internet charges; CSIRO, AARNet part of ?breakthrough? global open SDN project; Market declares TPG winner of iiNet bout, but is the fight over yet?; Mozilla deprecates HTTP: new features for HTTPS sites only; Fibre: good for the environment, not just your bowels.
8th May 2015
TPG increased bid for iiNet wins acceptance; TPG gears up with new NBN plans from $39.99; Consumers get better deal on mobile calls, SMS charges with ACCC proposal; ACMA cracks whip over unlicensed mobile phone repeaters; Telstra to appeal Privacy Commissioner metadata ruling; Telstra speeds up Australia, Singapore data link with ?lowest? latency connection; ISPs to pay 75% of Dallas Buyers Club legal costs; Router market in decline due to ?over-buy? capacity; Inabox acquisition of Anittel positive for financials; ISP sparks into action over NZ internet charges; Cisco?s Chambers checks out as CEO, Chuck Robbins checks in; CSIRO, AARNet part of ?breakthrough? global open SDN project; Women spearhead regional telecommunications review panel; End Geoblocking and price gouging Internet Society CEO tells Senate Committee; Comcast previews DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem due early 2016: OZ NBN implications? Nextgen connects Pilbara miner with Perth ops centre
8th May 2015
ISPs to pay 75% of Dallas Buyers Club legal costs; TPG increased bid for iiNet wins acceptance; Consumers get better deal on mobile calls, SMS charges with ACCC proposal; Inmarsat reports ?solid? performance, on track for next GX satellite launch; Comcast previews DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem due early 2016: OZ NBN implications?; Vint Cerf tells Internet users to ask ISPs for IPv6.
7th May 2015
TPG makes $1.57 billion move for iiNet, 19.9% shareholding in Amcom; Cisco?s Chambers checks out as CEO, Chuck Robbins checks in; Router market in decline due to ?over-buy? capacity; Equinix Cloud Exchange ?ExpressRoutes? Office 365 via Azure; Women spearhead regional telecommunications review panel; Ericsson cracks the code to successful telco growth.
6th May 2015