News
TPG wins multi-million dollar deal with I-MED Network Telco and broadband provider TPG has signed a multi-million dollar agreement to deliver a dedicated high speed network connecting all locations across Australia for the country?s largest medical imaging clinic group, I-MED Network. Exceed Connect cops ACMA warning over breach of consumer protections code
15th April 2016
CenturyLink adds Australian cloud node Global cloud provider CenturyLink has installed a Cloud node in Sydney to link up with its 73 data centres and 13 other cloud nodes around the world. ACMA boosts consumer consultative services forum
14th April 2016
First nbn FTTN area to go live in W.A. The National Broadband Network has marked a new milestone with the first FTTN area in Western Australia set to go live from Friday this week in the Perth suburbs of Cannington, Wilson, Langford and Beckenham. Comms Alliance blasts govt for delay on data retention funding
13th April 2016
Telstra secures massive $1.6 billion nbn deal Telstra has inked a new $1.6 billion contract with the National Broadband Network to deliver planning, design and construction of its existing hybrid fibre coaxial network (HFC). The massive expansion and upgrade is expected to be completed by 2020. HFC deal sparks ACCC ?competitive? concerns on Telstra NBN work
12th April 2016
IT spending in Australia forecast to hit A$79.9 billion Telecom service spending will reach US$1.4 trillion in 2016 ? but that?s a decline of 2.0% for the year. Why are we surprised that the NBN is a mess? Politicians excel at dog-whistling. Given that, it is surprising that people are now expressing surprise at the mess that NBN has become, given the clear signals that the Coalition provided well before it was voted into office.
11th April 2016
ACMA sanctions Macquarie Telecom over public database breaches Macquarie Telecom has been sanctioned by the Australian Communications and Media Authority for contravening the Telecommunications Act and failing to upload customer data for some of its landline and mobile services to the Integrated Public Number Database (IPND). NZ Commerce Commission reviewing ?non-price? terms for Chorus? UBA
8th April 2016
CVCS is pricing crippling the nbn? The new dimension based CVC pricing is not going to appease the sector. Android gets China boost from Chinese New Year Sales Android has increased its market share in urban China from 73% to 76.4% in China alone, with the US and the EU5 also seeing ?year on year gains.? Internet of Things now ?mainstream?, IoT connections double across industry sectors
7th April 2016
Vodafone reveals Mobile Blackspot rollout schedule Vodafone has released the full rollout schedule for its 70 base stations to be built in regional areas of New South Wales, Tasmania, Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria under the first round of the Mobile Black Spot Programme. Vocus launches NBN Connect for partners
6th April 2016
nbn sets new CVC discount pricing model to encourage ?enhanced broadband experience?; Jobs to go as Optus restructures company; Telstra reinforces its commitment to ?network resilience?; Telstra Free Data Day 2: 2,686 TB of data, 46% more than 14 Feb; Fifield claims Labor Party ready to ?backflip? on nbn; ACMA takes action over alleged breaches of Do Not Call register act; Vodafone expands 4G services to now reach 23 million Aussies; Ciena appoints new chief for Australia, NZ.
5th April 2016
Hawaiki announces construction of trans-Pacific cable; Telstra?s 3 April free data day: fast and slow, previous record busted; 43rd anniversary of the first cellular phone call by Martin Cooper; IT Scalability on Demand: pay-per-use arrives in the data centre; iOS malware sidesteps iPhone mobile device management; Call for telcos to take action over toll fraud; BlackBerry may release another Android handset soon.
4th April 2016