News
Optus ups the ante with new data-heavy mobile plans Optus is keeping up the pressure in the data-hungry mobile phone environment with its latest release of a new premium mobile plan giving customers 100GB of data. NBN: AVC, CVC charges ?put gigabit plans out of reach? New Zealand can offer its residents 1Gbps broadband plans for NZ$130 (A$120) a month because the access virtual circuit (AVC) charges are low, the ISP MyRepublic says.
28th March 2017
Revised telco industry codes to speed up broadband connections: ACMA The telecommunications industry code that addresses a number of the sources of customer dissatisfaction with phone connection delays has been revised to now cover broadband services, including the NBN.
27th March 2017
AT&T global network backs up Red Bull Formula One team Advanced technology including global connectivity services from US telco AT&T will play a critical part in Australian Daniel Ricciardo?s attempt to win the Australian grand prix in Melbourne this weekend with the Red Bull team.
24th March 2017
Mobile phone operators under pressure to find new market opportunities Mobile phone services have reached a saturation point in many of the world?s developed markets forcing mobile operators to look for potential new revenue streams in different markets and industry sectors, according to a newly published report.
23rd March 2017
Which telco is preventing the introduction of virtual mobile numbers? MNF's plan to introduce a virtual mobile number service has been stymied by the refusal of a certain carrier to maintain the 'any to any' connectivity that is a key feature of the phone system.
22nd March 2017
NBN Co to throw people at Sky Muster problems In an effort to fix its bug plagued Sky Muster satellite Internet service, national broadband wholesaler NBN Co has gone on a hiring spree to round up the best high-end engineering and solutions development talent it can find.
21st March 2017
Regional comms coalition to confront Canberra pollies head-on A coalition of 17 organisations from across Australia is descending on Canberra today with a blunt message for all politicians: 2017 must be the year of bringing ?reliable and affordable telecommunications? to rural, regional and remote Australia.
20th March 2017
Regional mobile coverage improving as blackspots steadily disappear Mobile blackspots in rural and regional Australia are steadily being eliminated as Telstra, activates new mobile base stations in remote areas.
17th March 2017
Telcos faces more broadband scrutiny from ACCC ACCC chairman Rod Sims has served a warning to telecommunications companies that they face greater scrutiny, particularly in the area of advertised broadband speeds.
16th March 2017
Telcos ahead of government but behind banks on service delivery A new survey of consumers has rated telecoms companies fourth on a list of sectors that use technology effectively to deliver services. Vocus goes with Nutanix cloud for infrastructure modernisation Vocus Communications is modernising its infrastructure with the Dell EMC XC Series appliance running the Nutanix enterprise cloud platform.
15th March 2017