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Vodafone NZ sells tower assets for $1.5 billion Telecommunications company Vodafone New Zealand will sell its tower assets for NZ$1.7 billion ($1.5 million) to infrastructure investors Northleaf Capital and InfraRed Partners. Optus claims Australian first 5G milestone with four component carrier aggregation call
19th July 2022
TikTok admits Australian user data can be accessible, posing security and privacy concerns Australian user data on TikTok can be accessed by the social media platform's employees, warns Shadow cybersecurity minister James Patterson. Commpete insists that Telstra-TPG network sharing deal is a merger and it may risk competition in regional Australia
18th July 2022
The bumper winter issue of our journal, the Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, is now available at https://telsoc.org/journal/jtde-v10-n2. Please have a look at it.
17th July 2022
CommsWire for Friday 15th - No commentary today.
15th July 2022
Cloudflare opens four data centres in ANZ The content delivery network and DDoS mitigation company Cloudflare has opened four data centres in the past 12 months in Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart, and Christchurch—increasing its network footprint in Australia and New Zealand. Former telco reseller Red Telecom meted with $450k fine for failing to pay 7 customers
14th July 2022
EU accepts commitments from T-Mobile CZ, CETIN and O2 CZ on Czech network sharing Eurozone regulator the European Commission (EC) has made commitments offered by the Czech offices of telecommunications operators T-Mobile, CETIN and O2, as well as their parent companies Deutsche Telekom and PPF Group, legally binding under EU antitrust rules. How Bitdefender's MDR Foundations protect MSPs from cyberattacks
13th July 2022
Losses to online payment fraud exceed $509 billion between 2023 and 2027 Merchant losses to online payment fraud globally between 2023 and 2027 will exceed US$343 billion ($509 billion) - equal to 350% of Apple’s reported net income in the 2021 fiscal year, according to a study by Juniper Research. ACMA puts onus on telcos to block SMS scams
12th July 2022
Ericsson and Orange Spain in 5G VR trial at Madrid rock festival Swedish telecommunications actions equipment supplier and the Spain office of mobile operator Orange used 5G technology to trial an immersive virtual reality view for attendees of a rock festival in Madrid over the weekend. ACMA completes spectrum pricing reform
11th July 2022
900,000 households do not have an in-home internet connection: ACCAN Approximately 900,000 Australian households still do not have an in-home internet connection despite an increase in remote learning, telehealth services, and work-from-home arrangements in the last two years, the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network has revealed. Apple adds 'Lockdown Mode' to protect users from government spyware
8th July 2022
AMTA supports GSMA report findings on aviation spectrum row A new report by the Global System for Mobile Communications Associations (GSMA) detailing the co-existence between 5G networks and global aviation systems in adjacent frequencies was endorsed by the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA). Cloud spending outstrips non-cloud IT investment in Q1 of 2022: report
7th July 2022