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Qantas continues in-flight Wi-Fi rollout to A330 National airline carrier Qantas says it will have Wi-FI on two domestic A330s and half of the 737 fleet by the end of June, and then 75% of the combined fleet by the end of the year.
31st May 2018
Timing of Optus job cuts shows 'contempt' for workers: union The union that covers telecommunications workers claims the sacking of 400 more workers at Singtel Optus shows the "reprehensible contempt" that management has for the workforce.
30th May 2018
Optus sacks another 400 to 'future-proof' company Close on the heels of announcing 200 jobs would go due to phasing out its Virgin Mobile subsidiary, Singtel Optus has announced that it would be making another 400 positions redundant in the coming months.
29th May 2018
*** For some reason this was missed Monday night. Apologies, Tim Deal finalised for ZTE to reopen for business: report The US has finalised a deal to let Chinese telecommunications firm ZTE Corporation start operating again, a little more than a month after it was hit with a seven-year ban on importing American-manufactured components.
28th May 2018
NBN Co ditches 100/40Mbps wireless plans National broadband network provider NBN Co has killed off plans to offer a 100/40Mbps fixed-wireless service, with NBN Co chief Bill Morrow confirming the decision in a Senate Estimates committee hearing.
25th May 2018
Optus to phase out Virgin Mobile, 200 jobs to go Australia's second biggest telco Optus will phase out its Virgin Mobile subsidiary within the next two years, putting 200 jobs at risk. Court rules Telstra's 'unlimited' ads are misleading The Federal Court has found that Telstra's use of the word "unlimited" in some ads for its mobile service is misleading, in a complaint brought by rival telco Optus.
24th May 2018
Optus fined $1.5m for misleading customers over NBN transition Optus has been fined $1.5 million in the Federal Court for misleading customers by telling them their services would be disconnected if they did not move from its HFC network to the National Broadband Network (NBN).
23rd May 2018
Software fault triggered Telstra mobile network outage The calamitous collapse of Telstra's mobile network on Monday was triggered by a software fault which led to multiple elements across the network failing, the company said on Tuesday, offering an apology for the disruptions suffered by its customers.
22nd May 2018
Vodafone launches 4.9G on Huawei in Sydney?s West Vodafone's first FDD Massive MIMO trial site has gone live in Parramatta, the first of five sites across Australia to act as trial locations for 4.9G, with Sydney's Chinatown and Haymarket to follow, and it's using Huawei technology to make it happen.
21st May 2018
Internode scoops the pool with Canstar awards Internet service provider Internode has pulled off a trifecta, winning Canstar Blue?s most satisfied customers award across three categories ? NBN, ADSL and Bundled phone and Internet.
18th May 2018