News
Telstra buys stake in Southern Cross Cable Network Australia's largest telco Telstra has put pen to paper with the signing of a conditional agreement to take up a 25% equity interest in the US$300 million trans-Pacific Southern Cross Cable Network (SCCN).
3rd October 2019
Digital Tasmania critical of west coast mobile services upgrade Non-profit consumer action group Digital Tasmania has decried the fact that a $5.2 million investment to upgrade mobile services in Tasmania's west coast region has been limited to just one mobile operator – Telstra.
2nd October 2019
Optus moves ahead with 5G rollout, releases new Samsung, Oppo plans Optus continues the national rollout of its 5G network and has boosted its 5G plans on offer, announcing the availability of Samsung Galaxy S10 and Oppo Reno 5G handsets, as it prepares to reveal further plans for the rollout in coming weeks.
1st October 2019
Sunshine Coast submarine cable landing station completed Queensland’s Sunshine Coast is set to get its first direct international data and telecommunications connection to global markets following the completion of a cable landing station at Maroochydore as part of the region’s international broadband network.
27th September 2019
Internet services overtake mobile services as complaints leader Complaints about internet services replaced complaints over mobile services as the most complained about service type in the last financial year, according to the latest Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman report.
26th September 2019
Australian smartphone sales down by 6% in first half A little more than four million smartphones were sold in Australia in the first half of 2019, the emerging technology analyst firm Telsyte says, adding that this was a drop of 6% year-on-year. Optus goes free with regional mobile services offering Regional users of Optus services are being offered three months plans free of fees on selected new mobile services.
25th September 2019
Telstra, Ericsson bring 5G coverage to AFL Grand final Telstra is partnering with Ericsson and the Melbourne Cricket Club to install 5G into the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in readiness for the AFL grand final next Saturday.
24th September 2019
ACMA acts against telco Infinity Telecom over industry rules breach The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has taken action against Sydney-based telco Infinity Telecom for breaching industry rules requiring them to have mandatory information for consumers available on their website.
21st September 2019
Traffic, transport infrastructure get green light for NBN connection Operators of traffic signals, automatic teller machines and a range of other specialised devices can now connect to select services over the National Broadband Network through their retail service providers.
20th September 2019
AARNet launches live high bandwidth services on Indigo subsea cable Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) has launched live high-bandwidth services delivering more than one Terabit per second for research and education on its spectrum of the new Indigo subsea cable system connecting Sydney, Perth and Singapore.
19th September 2019