News
Telstra links up with Fon to offer free Wi-Fi for overseas travelers Telstra is offering its mobile customers free Wi-Fi data at hotspots around the world with its Telstra Air service, claiming a first for a major Australian telco to make the offer available to personal mobile customers.
29th November 2016
Census bungle inquiry: what did it achieve? The 112-page report into the failed 2016 census, tabled by the Senate Economics Reference Committee on Thursday, presumably brings to an end ? for the year at least ? the unedifying tale of how bureaucrats and tech firms bungled what should be an orderly count of the populace.
28th November 2016
Government to abolish telecoms anti-competitive laws The Federal Government is repealing telecommunications anti-competitive laws originally imposed nearly 20 years ago to support the development of competition in the telecommunications sector
25th November 2016
Half the world will be online by end of 2016: ITU report About half the world will be online by the end of this year, according to a report from the UN agency, the International Telecommunications Union.
24th November 2016
NetComm beats Nokia to win NBN Co FttC tender NBN Co has opted for Australian-made with its decision to award local vendor NetComm Wireless a contract for the supply of distribution point units (DPU) needed for the fibre to the kerb rollout of the National Broadband Network.
23rd November 2016
Australian mobile market continues free fall in Q3 The Australian mobile phone market declined for its sixth straight quarter down 8.2% YoY to 2.06m mobile phones. More Android phones with insecure firmware discovered A second case of mobile phones that have insecure firmware has come to light, but in this case there was no data being transmitted to any server anywhere.
22nd November 2016
Government does $19.5bn backflip on NBN funding The Federal Government has changed its mind on providing funds for the completion of the NBN, announcing that it will loan NBN Co $19.5 billion to be repaid over the next four years.
21st November 2016
Privacy czar 'concerned' about telco data leaks. Quelle surprise! It is gratifying in the extreme to know that the Australian information and privacy commissioner Timothy Pilgrim is "concerned" about "allegations" that the personal information of customers of Australian telcos is being offered for sale.
18th November 2016
Internet and NBN complaints up, mobile down The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) report launched today reveals 112,518 new complaints last financial year. Mobile complaints fell, but Internet and NBN complaints rose sharply.
17th November 2016
Kantar: Flagship models boost postpaid customer base for Optus Kantars latest data for the telco carrier share barometer in Australia to September 2016 ?shows smartphone penetration up to 87% among Australian consumers aged 16+, edging up to 92% in the postpaid market.?
16th November 2016