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Telstra refunds customers after it issued inaccurate bills An investigation conducted by the Australian Communications and Media Authority revealed that telecommunications provider Telstra has refunded more than $1.73 million and paid a $506,160 infringement notice after it overcharged thousands of its customers. Telstra self-reported the errors between July 2018 and October 2021 to the ACMA and independently committed to issue refunds.
28th April 2022
Two new maps feature cable designs worth $12 billion The Submarine Cable Map and Africa Telecom Map 2022 published by market research and consulting firm TeleGeography and sponsored by Telecom Egypt illustrates new cable designs notably the African submarine cable consortium project 2Africa, spanning 45,000 kilometres and linking 33 countries in Africa, Middle East, and Europe.
27th April 2022
Spacetalk to launch ‘Jumpy’ SIm MVNO In USA Australian-listed technology company Spacetalk has announced plans to establish a mobile operator MVNO service in the United States, operating under a newly developed brand, Jumpy SIm.
26th April 2022
Morrison Government pours $28.2 million to address mobile phone connection in outer urban areas The Australian Government is providing $28.2 million for 66 projects to address mobile phone blackspots across the country, including three projects in the electorate of Longman.
22nd April 2022
NBN be warned as T‑Mobile smokes the competition in the US T-Mobile announced that the company welcomed its 1 millionth Home Internet customer, remarkable growth just one year after launching the service commercially. This indicates that an aggressive deployment of fixed wireless infrastructure in our Australian suburbs might be viable.
21st April 2022
Kyocera’s metasurface technology redirects 5G and 6G waves in obstructed areas Japanese multinational electronics manufacturer Kyocera has developed a transmissive metasurface technology that redirects wireless network signals in a specific direction to improve coverage area and performance of 5G and eventually 6G networks.
20th April 2022
Ericsson cannot estimate impact of DOJ breach notices Ericsson in disclosing its first quarter results for 2022 could not estimate the impact of what actions the US Department of Justice (DOJ) might make when assessing the breach notices the DOJ issued relating to the Deferred Prosecution Agreement.
19th April 2022
Volunteering Africa uses Abeeway’s Compact Tracker to locate rhinos and prevent illegal poaching South African non-profit organisation Volunteering Africa has partnered with internet of things technology company Abeeway and Actility to develop a system that will monitor rhinos’ location to protect them against poachers.
14th April 2022
The latest issue of our journal, the Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, is now available at https://telsoc.org/journal/jtde-v10-n1. Please have a look at it.
13th April 2022
TelSoc announces this years Henry Sutton Oration speaker Each year TelSoc hosts the Henry Sutton Oration in Melbourne to commemorate the distinguished but scarcely known Victorian scientist, engineer and inventor from Ballarat. Nokia to exit the Russian market Just yesterday Kenn Mendoza reported that Ericsson had withdrawn from Russia. Today Nokia has done similar announcing that it is exiting the Russian market.
13th April 2022