News
Has Malcolm Turnbull lost his opportunity for change?; Smartphones including iPhone now predominant source of malware; Apple & Samsung push global NFC mobile payment users toward 150 million; Telstra customers get 200GB free OneDrive; Point-of-sale breaches continue to make headlines; Apple 'cannot be forced to provide data' in drug case; Apple event March 21: iPhone SE, new iPad Air 3, Watch updates.
2nd March 2016
NBN hits back, denies report it is failing to meet rollout targets; Minister says reports on NBN rollout problems ?just wrong?; Asia Pacific, Australia drive Megaport growth; The ?Age Hackers? sparked into action to debunk ?seniors? myths; Reffind says ?Are you ok? with free emergency beacon launch; Acquia adapting to future needs as web trends change; ATO clarifies employer/contractor tax, super rules.
1st March 2016
Netflix crackdown may become more aggressive - so what says un-blockers; Optus partners with ATP on consumer product programs; ASUS settles with FTC over thousands of insecure routers; Inabox sees increased business lift revenue by 80%; Site-blocking will make internet access more expensive ? little else; Huge growth predicted in P2P mobile money transfers; Baidu is badforu ? web browser and thousands of apps transmit personal data home.
29th February 2016
ACMA seeks industry input on Mobile Roaming Standards; Richard Bean replaces Chris Chapman as ACMA chief; Motorola, Ericsson collaborate with Telstra on push-to-talk trial; EFA attacks ?hard-line? Nikolic as head of Intelligence, Security committee; Inmarsat partners with Thales on EU aviation network infrastructure; Pre-order Samsung S7 from Telstra and get a free VR headset; GCX uses NextDC data centres for Australian push.
26th February 2016
Revenue up, profits up, customer retention buoys Macquarie Telecom; Livingstone departing Telstra ahead of next phase of growth; Metronode achieves NABERS of 4.5, now going for 5.0; Optus offers its customers free calls to Fiji for two weeks; Optus receives ?global 4G award? at Mobile World Congress; ACMA changes tack on approach to broadband planning; Destination Melbourne for Cisco DevNet & ANZ developers.
25th February 2016
Government to review USO, Vodafone welcomes the move; Qantas FINALLY bringing fast, free inflight Wi-Fi to Aussie skies from 'early' 2017; Telstra strengthens internal security with Darktrace; Foxtel says new Broadband plans respond to consumers wanting more & more; The people have their say at telecoms Meet the People Forum; Govt flags changes to telco consumer safeguards; Megaport, Akamai seal global CDN deal; Former US solicitor-general to defend Apple against FBI.
24th February 2016
Vodafone lifts customer numbers to over 5 million; nbn HFC achieves average trial speeds of 84Mbps; Ericsson, Cisco come together on network service management; Billions connecting to mobile as growth explosion continues; In-flight mobile roaming revenues soaring to $3 billion by 2020; Inmarsat, Actility get together on IoT platform delivery; Megaport launches Internet advancement program; Alcatel OneTouch has simply become Alcatel; Optus, Nokia partner on stadium network improvements.
23rd February 2016
Optus, Huawei successfully trial 4.5G; Telstra?s mobile 1Gbps service coming, trial of Ericsson 5G for 2018 Comm Games; Phone complaints lowest in 9 years, but Internet complaints up; Wireless industry to collaborate on CBRS; LG?s G5: a ?modular? smartphone with amazing mod-cons; Bloody dropouts; On-line security and privacy in a post-Snowden world.
22nd February 2016
Move USO to mobile carriers says Infrastructure Australia; iPhone 6S helps increase Optus share of postpaid market; NextDC cashed up and set up for strong growth; Spark ?nearing? No1 mantle in NZ mobile revenues; A strong 6 months sees Telstra keep mobile competitors at bay; Apple won?t give the keys to its orchard to anyone; Optus, Electrotech all at sea with ferry Internet connections.
19th February 2016
Work underway to get rid of mobile blackspots; Dubber pursues commercial agreements with telcos, signs Macquarie to pilot; Huawei pitches its plan for telecoms ?digital transformation?; Omni-channel contact is a paradigm shift; Happy birthday .sydney; Dridex financial Trojan generates millions of spam emails daily.
18th February 2016