News
Slow speeds, poor performance levels plague broadband services; Optus seals arts centre three-year cloud agreement; Avaya gives its Maan EMEA and APAC leadership role; Telstra takes on satellite-calling 'hotspot'; Lycamobile warned over breach of TCP Code; Cloud underpins rapid growth for Zerto; Westpac launches online global payments solution.
17th February 2016
Telstra free data day sees HUGE 1841 terabytes downloaded; Cisco?s Innovation Central ? open in Sydney; ACMA, NZDIA strengthen joint fight against spam; Apple holds its own with Xiaomi, Huawei in exploding China smartphone market; NEC systems help boost sustainability of WA water resources; Ooyala appoints new chief for APAC, Japan ad-tech business; F-Secure finds Skype ads delivering Angler exploit to PCs; Sillars crosses from Commvault to ALE.
16th February 2016
Nokia flags job cuts after merger with Alcatel Lucent; Revenues up, profits up as Optus continues network expansion; Apple can?t make our iPhones an expensive paperweight ? Error 53 sucks; 5G will drive ?massive? increase in mobile connections: ACMA; Virgin Mobile pops up with 12GB for $50 with unlim Oz calls and text; Australia?s first Tier 4 data centre ? Micron21; In search of cheap Netflix - a scam with teeth.
15th February 2016
Our ?woeful FTTN NBN?: an open user letter; Another #Telstra outage ? some US hosted web sites affected; ?Netflix tax? to collect GST on overseas, ?digital? purchases; Hey you: Hayu is coming with enough reality SVOD TV to outflix competitors; Current strategies on Internet ?piracy? not working: IA; Australia now on piracy trust list; Warning: Phishing campaign hits mobile banking customers.
12th February 2016
Netflix: If it can?t geo-block it will block PayPal; NZ telco review identifies ?unfair contract? terms in sector; Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise OpenTouch UC now for SMBs; Inmarsat lends expertise to IoT standards development; Telstra?s ?embarrassing? #Telstra outage; ANZ joins mobile payments scramble with 'the broadest range of cards'; CallOne?s 2016 telecommunications trends proffer profit for SMBs.
11th February 2016
Telstra suffers major mobile outage; New T9000 Trojan targets Skype users; Swedish exec to take over as ICANN chief; Nokia?s 5G showcase coming to MWC 2016 inc speeds over 30Gbps; Mobile Muster helps muster money for Salvos Red Shield Appeal; Kogan conjures cunning killer churn contrivance; Top networking transformative technology trends in 2016.
10th February 2016
TPG international cable system out for a month; Telco complaints on sustained decline, at last; amaysim achieves ?record low? for TIO complaints; 3 billion mobile loyalty cards by 2020: doubling over 5 years; Privacy top issue for EFA election-year campaign; Teens use mobiles to access online, wireless hotspots more popular; Cash by Optus - another way to pay with your phone.
9th February 2016
Regional spectrum auction brings in $543.5 million; nbn chief confident on track to 8 million connections by 2020; Mandatory reporting of data breaches coming; Regulation changes give consumers better deal on roaming services; ACCAN wants reduction on NBN pricing; Ovum ?encouraged? by NBN progress; Regional spectrum will help enhance 4G services: Telstra.
8th February 2016
NEC Australia opens new HQ in Melbourne; Over The Top (OTT) services growing in leaps and bounds in Asia Pacific; Lee departing Telstra after 45 years; Twitter #SpreadOurWings to #Sydney; Food on the move; Need for ?more reliable? regional telecoms services says Vodafone chief; Samsung S7 ? more leaks.
5th February 2016
Mobile Health Solutions to use Optus satellite; StorageCraft picks NextDC; Blackberry PRIV - for Private and Privileged; Huawei welcomes the Year of the Monkey with auspicious discounts and gifts; Premium does not have to be pricey ? OPPO F1; Gartner tips respectable growth for wearables; Optus signs up Stan for entertainment offer; AFP warns of ?traffic infringement? notice email scam.
4th February 2016