News
Telstra follows up investment with VeloCloud strategic partnership Telstra has put together a strategic partnership with cloud network startup VeloCloud as the San Francisco based company is set to expand its business globally to support larger carrier and enterprise customer deployments.
6th March 2017
New rules aim to stop unwelcome calls to helplines New rules have been introduced to allow telcos to suspend services to people who repeatedly make unwelcome calls ? whether they are offensive, harassing or simply a nuisance ? to helplines such as Lifeline.
3rd March 2017
Optus, Huawei partner on the way to 5G introduction Optus and Huawei have teamed up to complete a successful infield test of Massive MIMO (128T128R) technology which they say helps pave the way for the introduction of 5G services in Australia.
2nd March 2017
NBN Co reveals suburbs that will get FttDP NBN Co has revealed that about 700,000 homes will receive NBN services through fibre to the distribution point (FttDP), a technology that it calls fibre to the curb.
1st March 2017
Telstra: LTE-Broadcast across Australia by 2018 Telstra and Ericsson have announced the upcoming deployment of LTE-B and continued investment for the national roll-out of LTE-B in 2017 and beyond.
28th February 2017
Telstra, Ericsson testing IoT network across Australia Telstra and Ericsson have used the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona to announce several key programs supporting Telstra?s ?Network of the Future? transformation program.
27th February 2017
Vodafone grows customers to 5.5 million, but MTR rates cut spawns loss Vodafone Hutchison Australia has posted a net loss of $241.8 million for the 12-months to the end of December, with the telco putting the loss down to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission decision to cut mobile termination rates (MTR).
24th February 2017
Optus says launch of 4.5G network paves way for 5G mobile services Australia?s second largest telco Optus has begun preparing the way for the introduction of 5G mobile services with the switching on of 4.5G network services across the suburb of Macquarie Park in Sydney?s hi-tech district north-west of the city.
23rd February 2017
ISS shutdown looms for Australian bush NBN Co has issued a warning for consumers in remote Australia to switch to the new Sky Muster satellite service or risk losing their Internet service as the ISS (interim satellite service) gets turned off next week.
22nd February 2017
Vodafone pushes Telstra into second place in Sydney Telstra, Optus, Vodafone. That's the normal market share order for mobile service providers in most Australian capital cities. But Sydney is an exception: Vodafone is in the lead.
21st February 2017