News
Telstra continues to dominate NBN market Telstra continues to dominate the take-up of NBN connections with an overall share of a little more than 50%, according to the ACCC's latest quarterly report on the NBN wholesale market.
14th August 2017
Telcos willing to pay more for 5G: Gartner survey The telecommunications industry is prepared to pay more for 5G mobile capabilities than they are willing to pay for 4G, according to a newly published global survey. Contention ratios alone 'not enough to judge ISP' Contention ratios alone would not be enough for consumers to make a judgement as to which ISP would provide sufficient bandwidth for their needs, an academic claims.
11th August 2017
ECONOMUSE: Price rebalancing to make the NBN affordable The debate about NBN Co technology choices should be buried. It is not the lack of fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) that is holding us back. It is what you do with whatever you have. It is the current business model relying on CVCs that is not working, as some are belatedly realising.
10th August 2017
Wireless VR 650% growth massively straining data networks Said to be equivalent to 3 billion hours of 4K video streaming, wireless VR via smartphone-based and standalone headsets will leave data networks strained, generating 21,000 petabytes of traffic by 2021!
9th August 2017
NBN: Making telcos buy more of little use, say experts Networking veterans have cast doubts on assertions made today that the speed woes experienced by customers on the national broadband network could be eradicated if telecommunications companies paid $9.75 per month for each connection.
8th August 2017
Telstra launches Australian Digital Inclusion Index 2017: we?re doing more online The latest Australian Digital Inclusion Index has launched, powered by Roy Morgan, RMIT and Swinburne?s CSI, and our digital inclusion score has improved.
7th August 2017
ACMA inquiry likely to be a waste of time COMMENT: Will the inquiry that the Australian Communications and Media Authority has been asked to carry out into the malfunctioning NBN end up doing any good?
4th August 2017
Get ready for upcoming mobile broadband, 4G, 5G spectrum auction: ACMA The Australian Communications and Media Authority has announced another upcoming spectrum auction later this year covering a variety of bands suitable for mobile broadband, 4G and potential 5G networks.
3rd August 2017
Vodafone incurs losses but invests $2 billion to boost mobile network Vodafone Australia is touting a spend of $2 billion on development and expansion of its Australian mobile network over the full year 2017 despite a year on year loss of $81.5 million for the first half.
2nd August 2017
Vodafone gateway goes beyond NBN frontier with 4G backup Just like Telstra offered with its hybrid NBN 4G modem in February, so too Vodafone has announced that it is going beyond the final NBN frontier with a 4G backup plan.
1st August 2017