News
Aussie workers? ?promo fomo? dampens enthusiasm for working from home Many Australians fear they might miss out on promotion at work by taking up the opportunities for teleworking from home or in a location other than their office, according to new research from Telstra.
11th November 2016
NZ's Commerce Commission wants Chorus copper lines capacity upgrade NZ regulator, The Commerce Commission, has made a draft decision that the country?s largest telecommunications infrastructure provider, Chorus, should upgrade its copper lines capacity to benefit retail telcos and consumers.
10th November 2016
There was a problem with the formatting of the CommsWire Newsletter this morning, so I am re-sending it. Tim Herring 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
NBN rollout will be done by 2020 says Morrow; IA says time for govt to review NBN strategy; Telstra?s first mobile leasing plan for SMBs to stay ?up to date?; Motorola Solutions buys Australia?s Gridstone; Smartphone VR: over half of VR shipments by 2021; Verizon helps out with fight against childhood rheumatic heart disease;
9th November 2016
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