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Telcos face tough times adapting to market changes: report Global telecommunications companies are under intense pressure to adapt in a rapidly changing market, as they face dramatic changes in the political, business, and economic environment and the accelerating pace of technological innovation, according to a new risk report.
3rd August 2018
Vodafone extends 'endless data' to SMEs Small business customers can now take advantage of Vodafone plans that include unlimited — albeit throttled — data. ITU launches global ICT sector initiative The International Telecommunication Union has launched a new global research initiative to identify emerging and future ICT sector network demands beyond 2030 and the advances expected of IMT-2020 (5G) systems.
2nd August 2018
Telstra wins awards for fastest mobile, fixed network Telstra has been named the fastest broadband provider in both the mobile and fixed broadband categories in the first two quarters of this year by Ookla, the company that provides the popular online Speedtest app for testing download and upload speeds.
1st August 2018
Aussie Broadband beats the rest in ACCC's second speed report Large broadband providers hang your heads in shame. Small broadband provider Aussie Broadband has come out on top in the second report from the ACCC's broadband speed monitoring program, achieving 88.3% of download speed and 89.1% of upload speeds for a plan during the busy period.
31st July 2018
Telstra sacks four top officials in management shake-up Telstra has sacked four senior officials in a management shake-up, with chief financial officer Warwick Bray, technology lead Stephen Elop, wholesale chief Will Irving and media unit chief Joe Pollard all given pink slips.
30th July 2018
Labor seeks ANAO audit of NBN Co corporate plan The Australian Labor Party has written to the Australian National Audit Office seeking an independent assessment of key assumptions underlying the medium- and long-term financial projections of the NBN Co.
27th July 2018
Vodafone flies high with Qantas pilot flight plans solution Vodafone has created what it says is a "one-of-a-kind" roaming solution which will allow pilots with Australia’s national and international airline carrier, Qantas, to do away with filling out paperwork or relying on Wi-Fi to complete their pre and post flight checks.
26th July 2018
S&P report says 'damaging' write down of NBN inevitable Australia's national broadband network, the NBN, will not return a profit on the billions invested in the project and will suffer a ‘damaging’ write down, a new report from credit ratings agency Standard & Poors says.
25th July 2018
Telstra union says Telstra customer service to get 'horrendous as jobs axed' The union representing Telstra workers says "Telstra’s already poor customer satisfaction levels will go from bad to horrendous if the telco pushes ahead with its plans to axe 8000 jobs".
24th July 2018
Telstra, Optus get low ranking on consumer customer service scorecard Australia’s two biggest telcos — Telstra and Optus — fared poorly in a survey of Australian telecommunications consumers who say they are unimpressed by the amount of time they spend getting a resolution to a telco issue.
23rd July 2018