News
CVCS is pricing crippling the nbn? The new dimension based CVC pricing is not going to appease the sector. Android gets China boost from Chinese New Year Sales Android has increased its market share in urban China from 73% to 76.4% in China alone, with the US and the EU5 also seeing ?year on year gains.? Internet of Things now ?mainstream?, IoT connections double across industry sectors
7th April 2016
Vodafone reveals Mobile Blackspot rollout schedule Vodafone has released the full rollout schedule for its 70 base stations to be built in regional areas of New South Wales, Tasmania, Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria under the first round of the Mobile Black Spot Programme. Vocus launches NBN Connect for partners
6th April 2016
nbn sets new CVC discount pricing model to encourage ?enhanced broadband experience?; Jobs to go as Optus restructures company; Telstra reinforces its commitment to ?network resilience?; Telstra Free Data Day 2: 2,686 TB of data, 46% more than 14 Feb; Fifield claims Labor Party ready to ?backflip? on nbn; ACMA takes action over alleged breaches of Do Not Call register act; Vodafone expands 4G services to now reach 23 million Aussies; Ciena appoints new chief for Australia, NZ.
5th April 2016
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