News
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
Singtel, SubPartners, Telstra to jointly build new submarine cable; ACCAN warns consumers of a mobile phone data ?rip off?; Ruckus Wireless: smart wireless tech now in Alex Perry?s new hotel; Cleantech start-up to help African nations get solar-powered Internet connectivity; Slack opens APAC HQ in Melbourne; Global Capacity appoints telecoms industry veteran as CTO.
1st April 2016
Google Fiber launching the 'Fiber Phone' for U.S. market; Optus dials up Uber in partnership with exclusive offerings, 4G trial; The Philippines? leading wireless telco makes smart MATRIXX move; Older Australians prefer dealing with govt in person, but online is ok for younger Aussies; Samsung milked it for all it was worth; Citrix puts browser in the cloud; Internet Australia renews call for fibre over copper for NBN build.
31st March 2016
Basslink cable fault finally pinpointed; Lightning Broadband promises faster, cheaper broadband without the NBN; BlackBerry: soon to exit smartphones or analyst mischief?; Ezako has a go, helping telcos tackle e-commerce triumphantly; Windows 10 Mobile now in store at Telstra; Visy - first to extend remote site backup to Microsoft Azure using SteelFusion; FBI gains access to iPhone data, ends Apple stoush.
30th March 2016
Government releases disability communications consultation paper; Spark NZ cleared to acquire 2300mhz spectrum; auDA ousts Disspain, now looking for new CEO; FBI gets more egg on its face as Easter approaches; Oracle puts managed cloud kit into customers' data centres; QBE ANZ implements a responsive web experience and ?context.'.
29th March 2016
Voice is a growth market, being ignored: Mynetfone; Dubber and MyNetFone: ?world-class? cloud call recording for landline customers coming; TPG?s NBN bundles for small business; Zerto zeroes in on teachings from Telstra?s outage troubles; Why iPhone SE makes sense; Optus offers free calls to Belgium.
24th March 2016
Telstra Hellstra? Telstra #outage strikes again; Vodafone pounces on Telstra?s troubles, says ?join Vodafone?; Australia tops average peak connection speed rankings: State of Internet report; Verizon expands partner program to boost Asia Pacific presence; NextDC Canberra data centre connects to AXONVX; Telstra?s muru-D showcases successful Singapore startups; GoDaddy launches Cloud Servers and Cloud Apps worldwide;
23rd March 2016
Australia back on the fibre track; Mobile and contactless payments to reach $3.6 trillion this year; Norwood sings first distribution agreement MoU with major Vietnamese full-service telco; MCG comms upgrade will make the 'G' mobile device ?friendly?; Patton fires broadside on piracy back at Creative Content Australia; Veritas offers onshore cloud services..
22nd March 2016
Mobile tech take-up delivers $43bn in productivity, workforce participation benefits: research; DCL launches ?Australian first? large scale ISO containerised date centre; Telstra apologises for mobile outage, free data day Sunday 3 April; Mobile tech take-up delivers $43bn in productivity, workforce participation benefits: research.; Optus, Cisco plan $12 million joint investment; Domino?s Pizza plans ?world-first commercial autonomous delivery vehicle?.
21st March 2016