Telstra partners to build two new subsea cable systems between US and Asia At the PTC conference today in Hawaii, Telstra announced that it "entered into agreements to invest in two new international subsea cable systems that will connect Hong Kong and the west coast of the United States."

22nd January 2018

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Vocus replaces Huawei for Solomon Islands cable project The Vocus Group has entered into a deal with Australia to undertake a scoping study on design, construction and procurement of an undersea cable system between the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Australia, displacing Huawei which was the original company signed to undertake the job.

19th January 2018

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Google to build undersea cables to boost cloud business Google plans to build three new undersea cables to speed up its connections with new regions as it looks to better its cloud computing business and compete with rivals Amazon and Microsoft.

18th January 2018

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Govt rejects use of more fibre for the NBN rollout The Federal Government has dismissed recommendations that it should mandate fibre-to-the-curb for the remainder of the National Broadband Network rollout. Nokia, Optus seal 5-year network deal Nokia and Optus have inked a five-year agreement under which Nokia will manage and maintain key components of Optus' network infrastructure, operations and field maintenance.

17th January 2018

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ACMA issues new rules for intelligent transport systems The Australian Communications and Media Authority has introduced new rules for road traffic authorities to put intelligent transport systems in place. Skype teams up with Signal to offer encrypted chats Open Whisper Systems, the maker of the privacy-focused Signal messaging app, will be helping Microsoft to introduce a Private Conversations feature in Skype.

16th January 2018

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Welcome to the first copy of CommsWire for 2018 from TelSoc. Write-down of NBN firmly on the cards A write-down of the national broadband network is now firmly on the cards after the competition watchdog joined the chorus supporting it, according to a prominent telecommunications analyst.

15th January 2018

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Welcome to the first copy of CommsWire for 2018 from TelSoc. Write-down of NBN firmly on the cards A write-down of the national broadband network is now firmly on the cards after the competition watchdog joined the chorus supporting it, according to a prominent telecommunications analyst.

15th January 2018

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Welcome to the first copy of CommsWire for 2018 from TelSoc. Write-down of NBN firmly on the cards A write-down of the national broadband network is now firmly on the cards after the competition watchdog joined the chorus supporting it, according to a prominent telecommunications analyst.

15th January 2018

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This is the final edition of CommsWire for 2017. We will return on 15 January 2018. We wish you a Merry  Christmas and a Happy New Year.  Tim Herring and the TelSoc Board

22nd December 2017

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Video streaming threatens mobile network performances: Telstra There is an emerging threat to the performance of mobile networks with the risk that peak demand from the video streaming explosion might swamp network cell capacity, according to a senior Telstra executive.

21st December 2017

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