News
Who?s afraid of mobile data? Is it possible ? or wise ? to have unlimited data over wireless? Mobile Mentor undertakes BYOD deployment to 33,000 ABS census field officers Mobile systems provider Mobile Mentor is claiming one of the largest bring-your-own-device (BYOD) deployments in Australian history with the rollout of the ABS?s 2016 Census Collect app to 33,000 field officers.
2nd November 2016
Three-month drop in complaints about Telstra, Optus services Consumer complaints about services provided by Telstra and Optus dropped in the three months from July to September, contrasting with a rise in complaints for other telecoms service providers, including Vodafone.
31st October 2016
Pauline Hanson wants Fifield backing for Norfolk Island fibre link Pauline Hanson, now a member of the Senate?s Joint Standing Committee for the National Broadband Network, has written to Communications Minister Mitch Fifield seeking his support for a 90km fibre optic link to Norfolk Island from the Hawaiki Cable that will link Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Hawaii.
28th October 2016
ACCC seeks feedback on proposed mobile roaming regulation The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released a discussion paper on wholesale domestic roaming services as it considers whether regulation of mobile roaming in the Australian market would promote competition among telecommunications services providers.
27th October 2016
Future of ACCAN under a cloud with Government telecoms review The future of the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, not just its performance, will be at stake in the upcoming Federal Government telecommunications sector review of the Act.
26th October 2016
Block AT&T takeover of Time Warner: call rings out Opponents of the US$85.4 billion AT&T acquisition of Time Warner from both ends of the political spectrum have publicly called for the deal to be quashed.
25th October 2016
AT&T to acquire Time Warner for US$85 billion in major media/comms shakeup Remember when AT&T was broken up in the US? Whether you do, or don?t, AT&T is on the verge of becoming the most powerful telco and media organisation in the world.
24th October 2016
ACMA starts discussion of spectrum re-farming for 5G; Optus says it will expand 4G in Canberra; Top tech firms get subsidy of US$2m per data centre job: report; Dr Simon Poole awarded TelSoc Charles Todd Medal; Nutanix takes flight with Flight Centre NZ; Census 2016: Only 58% did survey online, says ABS;
21st October 2016
Vodafone to offer NBN-based broadband by end-2017; Telstra loses another top executive as CISO quits; Google Pixel on sale today - first looks; Kogan goes after new customers with enticing ?first birthday? deal; Vodafone denies it is cutting pre-paid phones; Vodafone?s European NB-IoT push for Q1 2017 gets analysed; WikiLeaks accuses Kerry of getting Assange off net;
20th October 2016
At the 2016 Charles Todd Oration event in Sydney on 19 October, Professor Peter Gerrand, Chair of the TelSoc Selection Panel, awarded the 2016 Medallist to Dr Simon Poole, saying "Simon Poole is a technologist and entrepreneur who has made outstanding contributions to the world's optical fibre infrastructure". Read more
20th October 2016