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Telecom service providers eye IoT for revenue growth Telecommunications service providers are pursuing multiple paths to gain revenue in the Internet of Things market, but a newly published report warns that 70% of the providers have no well-defined strategy for their entry into the market.
27th April 2018
Vocus drops plans to sell New Zealand business The Vocus Group says it has dropped plans to sell its assets in New Zealand and has ended talks with all parties that had expressed an interest in buying its New Zealand business.
24th April 2018
Sorry this is late, it failed to arrive last night. Tim Landlines on target to go the way of the dodo Comparison website Finder claims traditional landlines in Australia will become extinct by 2037, basing this on figures from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission which has tracked the decrease in landlines from 2012-13.
23rd April 2018
ZTE ban may curb its use of Android and Android Go The US export ban on Chinese telecommunications equipment maker ZTE may mean that the company, which uses Google's Android mobile operating system for its smartphones, may lose its licence to use the operating system.
20th April 2018
Fifield claims TIO figures give skewed picture of telco issues Communications Minister Mitch Fifield has questioned the manner in which the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman has calculated the percentage rise of complaints relating to services deliver over the national broadband network.
18th April 2018
Optus mum on rumours of ditching Virgin Mobile Australia's second biggest telco Optus is unwilling to comment on what it characterises as "rumour and speculation" that it will be moving all customers off its Virgin Mobile subsidiary and retiring the brand.
17th April 2018
NBN Co says one million have upgraded to faster NBN speeds in last four months NBN Co has reported the number of Australian homes and business connected to higher speed NBN plans "has more than doubled with new figures revealing more than one million people have upgraded their Internet speeds in the last four months."
16th April 2018
NBN Co says one million have upgraded to faster NBN speeds in last four months NBN Co has reported the number of Australian homes and business connected to higher speed NBN plans "has more than doubled with new figures revealing more than one million people have upgraded their Internet speeds in the last four months."
16th April 2018
We wish to announce an important change to the publishing schedule of CommsWire. Today marks the launch of the afternoon edition of CommsWire. It has always been our intention to keep our readers informed about the LATEST news in their industry. Therefore from this day on, you will receive all the breaking comms stories of TODAY rather than previous days.
16th April 2018
Mobile-only households could reach 40% by 2020: survey A survey of both fixed broadband and mobile users has indicated that a total of 40% could be using only mobile services by 2020 if the data limits and price points matched their needs.
13th April 2018