News
NBN rollout will be done by 2020 says Morrow The National Broadband Network raked in $181 million in revenue in the three months to the end of September as take-up of the network continues towards completion of the rollout by 2020.
9th November 2016
Mobile services ID checking requirements under review The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is undergoing public consultation on proposed regulatory changes aimed at improving the identity-checking requirements for prepaid mobile services.
8th November 2016
MyRepublic takes up the Internet speed challenge with first offer Singapore-based Internet service provider (ISP) MyRepublic will officially launch in the Australian market next week with its first unlimited Internet data plans.
7th November 2016
Consumers struggle to stay connected to telco services Low-income consumers are battling to meet the cost of using their mobile phone and other telecommunications services, with concerns raised about their ability to even stay connected to their service providers.
4th November 2016
Spark NZ to move customers from ?fault prone? copper to fibre, wireless networks New Zealand?s largest telco Spark has set out on a major programme to upgrade its broadband networks across the country to move as "many as possible" of its customers off old copper networks and onto newer technologies ? fibre and wireless broadband.
3rd November 2016
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