News
Ericsson launches Time-Critical Communication IoT product to enhance 5G Telecommunications company Ericsson launches an end-to-end solution that will guarantee consistent low latency and high reliability demanded by applications and services for consumers, enterprises, and the public sector.
26th October 2021
Australian Government, Telstra jointly acquire Digicel Pacific Telstra has teamed up with the Australian Government to acquire Digicel's business in the South Pacific region for US$1.6 billion (A$2.14 billion), plus an additional US$250 million depending on how the business fares over the next three years.
25th October 2021
Breakthrough report finds hybrid working will boost Australia’s future Australia’s economy could be $18 billion larger and more than 42,000 extra full-time jobs could be created over the next decade if the country adopts a hybrid working future.
22nd October 2021
Opensignal examines Telstra, Optus, and Vodafone on 5G and mobile experience Telecommunications company Telstra takes the top spot for its 5G upload speed while Optus ranks first for its download speed, according to the 5G Experience report by independent telco research firm Opensignal.
21st October 2021
Aussie Broadband 1Q FY22, continuing to steam ahead despite NBN CVC challenges Aussie Broadband provided a trading update for the quarter ending 30 September 2021. Overall active broadband connections increased by 44,932 or 11% QoQ, business broadband connections increased by 4,639 or 13% QoQ, and mobile services increased by 3,841 or 15% QoQ.
20th October 2021
NBN prepares for the disasters, adding 58 new pieces of temporary infrastructure In the event NBN needs to restore services during an emergency, NBN says it will work closely with power companies and the emergency services and work to restore services as soon as it is safe to do so.
19th October 2021
Swoop raises $41 million to fund other acquisition ventures Fixed-wireless and wholesale network infrastructure provider Swoop has completed its $41 million fully underwritten share placement to investors following the announcement of its capital raise last 14 October.
18th October 2021
SoftBank and KDDI pick Nokia to deploy shared RAN Japanese mobile operators SoftBank and KDDI have selected Nokia as one of the many vendors to deploy Japan’s shared RAN. Australian telco Swoop launches $41m capital raise to fund acquisitions Fixed-wireless and wholesale network infrastructure provider Swoop has announced the launch of its $41 million capital raise to fund its latest and future identified acquisitions.
15th October 2021
Nokia expands its partner applications in the MX Industrial Edge to further digital transformation Nokia expands the Industry 4.0 digitalisation enabler application ecosystem running on the Nokia MX Industrial Edge, which helps businesses deploy third-party applications to speed their digital transformation.
14th October 2021
Nokia enabling indoor 5G mmWave Fixed Wireless Access Nokia announced a claimed Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) breakthrough which could see wireless broadband capacity increase by 5 to 10 times. Optus bags Google Cloud Communications and Service Providers Customer Award Telecommunications company Optus wins the Google Cloud Communications and Service Providers Customer Award, presented at this year’s Google Cloud Next ’21.
13th October 2021