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Consumers shift to online purchases of smartphones due to pandemic Data, insights and consulting firm Kantar says smartphone purchasing has shifted to online channels during the coronavirus pandemic, with nearly two-thirds of sales in the second quarter of 2020 coming from digital buys, up 11% year-on-year in Germany, the UK, Spain, Italy, France, the US and Japan.
30th July 2020
Global spend on 5G network infrastructure almost doubling in 2020 Technology analyst firm Gartner has forecast that global expenditure on 5G network infrastructure will almost double this year to reach US$8.1 billion (A$11.3 billion).
29th July 2020
Dear TelSoc Member, This is a reminder to pay your membership for TelSoc for 2020/21, which was due on 1st July. For $120 pa (no GST), this represents good value for what is one of the oldest and most prestigious societies in Australia (founded 1874)
29th July 2020
US FCC approves Southern Cross NEXT cable system landing license The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved the landing license of international bandwidth provider Southern Cross Cable Network’s NEXT cable system.
28th July 2020
Huawei: ASPI's anti-China tirade hurting Australian business The defence industry lobby group Australian Strategic Policy Institute is acting to ratchet up tensions Australia's major trading partner China and using funds it gets from the Federal Government for this purpose, more than $20 million at last count, the Australian arm of the Chinese telecommunications equipment company Huawei Technologies says in a strongly-worded blog post.
27th July 2020
ACMA warns telcos for failing to join industry ombudsman scheme Four of Australia’s telcos have been warned by the telecommunications regulator ACMA for failing to join the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) Scheme as required, and that consumer protections are undermined if they fail to join.
24th July 2020
Aussie Broadband fibre rollout bringing 10Gbps to business There's more to emerging telecommunications provider Aussie Broadband's fibre network plans than originally announced. Medium-sized and larger businesses will be able to order 10Gbps connections.
23rd July 2020
Govt establishes Broadband Advisory Council to ‘maximise’ economic upside The Federal Government has established an Australian Broadband Advisory Council to provide it with advice on maximising the “economic upside” of increased digital connectivity for Australian businesses and consumers.
22nd July 2020
China warns Nokia, Ericsson of blowback over Huawei gear China may exact revenge if European countries follow the UK's lead in dumping Huawei 5G gear, with the Middle Kingdom indicating that it may hit back at the Chinese operations of Nokia and Ericsson.
21st July 2020
Selling NBN Co as monopoly definition of insanity: ex NBN CTO Selling the NBN Co to a private entity as a monopoly would be the worst way to ensure that the network is upgraded, a network expert says, adding that if the definition of insanity is to do the same thing repeatedly and expect different results, the privatising NBN Co as a monopoly would definitely qualify.
20th July 2020