News
Regional comms coalition to confront Canberra pollies head-on A coalition of 17 organisations from across Australia is descending on Canberra today with a blunt message for all politicians: 2017 must be the year of bringing ?reliable and affordable telecommunications? to rural, regional and remote Australia.
20th March 2017
Regional mobile coverage improving as blackspots steadily disappear Mobile blackspots in rural and regional Australia are steadily being eliminated as Telstra, activates new mobile base stations in remote areas.
17th March 2017
Telcos faces more broadband scrutiny from ACCC ACCC chairman Rod Sims has served a warning to telecommunications companies that they face greater scrutiny, particularly in the area of advertised broadband speeds.
16th March 2017
Telcos ahead of government but behind banks on service delivery A new survey of consumers has rated telecoms companies fourth on a list of sectors that use technology effectively to deliver services. Vocus goes with Nutanix cloud for infrastructure modernisation Vocus Communications is modernising its infrastructure with the Dell EMC XC Series appliance running the Nutanix enterprise cloud platform.
15th March 2017
Fifield slams Optus over muscular NBN switch tactics Communications Minister Senator Mitch Fifield has told Optus that its muscular approach to getting its cable customers to move over to NBN connections is unacceptable.
14th March 2017
IA has Morrow, NBN Co in sights over ?derogatory? attack Laurie Patton, the recently departed chief executive of Internet Australia, wants a public apology from NBN Co chief Bill Morrow over what he says was an ?unprovoked attack? on IA in Senate Estimates hearings.
13th March 2017
Australia 51st globally for mobile and fixed internet speed Australia now leads the Asia-Pacific region for average mobile internet speeds at 13.8Mbps. But it has a way to go with an average of 10.1Mbps for fixed broadband.
10th March 2017
ACCC reports big jump in NBN complaints There were 2775 complaints and inquiries about telecommunications services to the ACCC in the 2015-2016 financial year ? a rise of 9% over the previous year - with complaints about the NBN up 145%.
9th March 2017
Optus, Cisco collaborate on digital transformation & ?workplace of future? Optus has announced a collaboration with Cisco which it says is aimed at accelerating digital transformation for Australian businesses and government organisations.
8th March 2017
Most NBN users happy with service: Morrow NBN Co CEO Bill Morrow has hit back at reports of rising numbers of dissatisfied NBN end users, claiming that most end users of the national broadband Network are happy with the service and that complaints are actually dropping.
7th March 2017