News
Telstra introduces real-time data usage alerts; Consumers wary of copyright monitoring costs; ANALYSIS Shift Plan shifts Alcatel-Lucent; Alcatel-Lucent ?brings IP routing to cloud?; Microsoft?s missing Lync; Sydney rates poorly as a networked city.
13th November 2014
Major spectrum management reform coming; The Proposals; AMTA welcomes spectrum paper; ANALYSIS TPG raises the stakes in Amcom game; iiNet versus Dallas Buyers Club; Jumpin? Juniper! CEO ousted; Inmarsat readies to deliver global mobile, broadband services.
12th November 2014
The full text and video of Graeme Samuel's 2014 Charles Todd Oration are available on the TelSoc website. The video includes the presentation of the 2014 Charles Todd Medal to Simon Hackett.
12th November 2014
Amcom and Vocus take the next step; Shift to OTT viewing in US driving large increase in household bandwidth needs; Infosys Finacle sets new banking benchmark; Brocade expands ?the effortless network?; NFV and SDN market to reach US$11 billion; ITU conference ends with mutual backslapping.
11th November 2014
ZipTel to spend up big on marketing; Psoda expands Australian operations; On-premise UC solutions on the decline; Spark lowers Australian roaming costs; Ericsson gets gong from Analysys Mason; ECONOMUSE Act now ? or the NBN will be a white elephant The Charles Todd Oration last week highlights misunderstanding about the true state of the NBN.
10th November 2014
Inabox Group acquires Anittel for $10 million, jobs to go; Now TPG increases Amcom stake; Aussies to break online shopping records; Online holiday spending in Australia tipped to grow by more than 15% this year,; Half of mobile users could switch carriers; ITU and Internet Society join to combat spam; as ITU commits to global ICT agenda; Orange renews contract with Liquid Capital.
7th November 2014
Inabox Group acquires Anittel for $10 million, jobs to go; Now TPG increases Amcom stake; Aussies to break online shopping records; Half of mobile users could switch carriers; Telstra announces ?4GX?; Soprano Gamma brings IP to enterprise messaging ; Airports prepare for the ?connected traveller? ; Turning phone waste into art ; Scammers scam the scam watcher; Turnbull defends data retention; OPINION Turnbull?s data retention hypocrisy revealed; Canberra?s CBRfree Wi-Fi network launches ; IBM signs major Chinese cloud deal; Lenovo completes Motorola acquisition; Pure Storage joins OpenStack; NEC and DoCoMo boost cloud networking; Orange renews contract with Liquid Capital; ITU and Internet Society join to combat spam; as ITU commits to global ICT agenda; SPECIAL CHARLES TODD ORATION Graeme Samuel
7th November 2014
Graeme Samuel on the NBN, Telstra, and the future of competition in telecommunications: Yesterday former head of the ACCC Graeme Samuel gave the annual Charles Todd Oration for TelSoc. This issue of CommsWire is devoted to his talk, a breath of fresh air in the interminable debate over Australia?s National Broadband Network
6th November 2014
You have probably already seen on the TelSoc website that we have an exciting Charles Todd Oration on November 5th. The main event is in Sydney at Doltone House, but there are simultaneous events in Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane with a live-feed of the proceedings.
5th November 2014
Telstra announces ?4GX?; Soprano Gamma brings IP to enterprise messaging; Airports prepare for the ?connected traveller?; Turning phone waste into art; Scammers scam the scam watcher; NEC and DoCoMo boost cloud networking.
5th November 2014