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Telstra expanding rural, regional coverage with mobile blackspot remediation Telstra says more residents, businesses visitors in rural and regional Australia will soon benefit from its expanded mobile coverage, including superfast mobile broadband, under round two of the Federal Government?s Mobile Black Spot Program (MBSP).
2nd December 2016
New coalition to fight for ?fair-go? for comms services in rural, regional Australia A new, coalition to fight for better communications services for Australians living in regional, rural and remote areas of the country has been formed by advocacy groups including the communications industry peak body, the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN).
1st December 2016
NBN Co fiddles with CVC while Roma buffers The two major problems with the nbn (the company) business model are the pricing structure and the future level of prices due to the cost of the NBN (the network) and another CVC consultation offers no relief.
30th November 2016
NBN Co fiddles with CVC while Roma buffers The two major problems with the nbn (the company) business model are the pricing structure and the future level of prices due to the cost of the NBN (the network) and another CVC consultation offers no relief.
30th November 2016
Telstra links up with Fon to offer free Wi-Fi for overseas travelers Telstra is offering its mobile customers free Wi-Fi data at hotspots around the world with its Telstra Air service, claiming a first for a major Australian telco to make the offer available to personal mobile customers.
29th November 2016
Census bungle inquiry: what did it achieve? The 112-page report into the failed 2016 census, tabled by the Senate Economics Reference Committee on Thursday, presumably brings to an end ? for the year at least ? the unedifying tale of how bureaucrats and tech firms bungled what should be an orderly count of the populace.
28th November 2016
Government to abolish telecoms anti-competitive laws The Federal Government is repealing telecommunications anti-competitive laws originally imposed nearly 20 years ago to support the development of competition in the telecommunications sector
25th November 2016
Half the world will be online by end of 2016: ITU report About half the world will be online by the end of this year, according to a report from the UN agency, the International Telecommunications Union.
24th November 2016
NetComm beats Nokia to win NBN Co FttC tender NBN Co has opted for Australian-made with its decision to award local vendor NetComm Wireless a contract for the supply of distribution point units (DPU) needed for the fibre to the kerb rollout of the National Broadband Network.
23rd November 2016
Australian mobile market continues free fall in Q3 The Australian mobile phone market declined for its sixth straight quarter down 8.2% YoY to 2.06m mobile phones. More Android phones with insecure firmware discovered A second case of mobile phones that have insecure firmware has come to light, but in this case there was no data being transmitted to any server anywhere.
22nd November 2016