News
5G base stations will be the game changer not smartphones There have been a couple of interesting reports out of China and the financial market place that point to one simple but inescapable conclusion, China is connecting its people to 5G networks at lightning pace because it is building 5G base stations at breakneck speed.
2nd November 2020
Telstra announces plans for expansion into Canada, Eh? Oh, Canada! Australia's top telco is launching a dedicated Toronto Point-of-Presence to support increasing demand for connectivity into APAC from Canadian finance, tech and startup industries - aboot time!
30th October 2020
CA calls for restricting state agencies' access to metadata The lobby group representing the telecommunications industry has called on the government to accept recommendations made by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security and repeal two sections of a law which have allowed numerous state agencies to gain access to Australians' telecommunications metadata.
29th October 2020
mmWave 5G a ‘step closer’ with call for applications The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) says the deployment of 5G technology in Australia is a step closer, with applications for millimetre wave (mmWave) spectrum to open for the 26 and 28 GHz bands from November.
28th October 2020
NBN Co begins work on upgrading copper areas with fibre The NBN Co is beginning work this week to extend fibre into some metropolitan and regional areas in NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia.
27th October 2020
Mobile subscriptions set to recover in 2021: Economist Intelligence Unit Mobile subscriptions will recover by 3.4% in 2021 from a drop of a little more than 2% in 2020, the Economist Intelligence Unit has predicted in a new report, adding that the strongest growth would be seen in Asia and the Middle East.
26th October 2020
NNNCo covers 80% of Sydney with LoRaWAN for IoT network Australia’s largest LoRaWAN (long range wide area network) provider NNNCo has gone live with the expansion of its National Narrowband Network across Greater Sydney, claiming to cover 80% of the city’s population and accelerate IoT adoption.
23rd October 2020
NBN Co launches new campaign to incentivise Internet retailers National Broadband Network provider NBN Co has launched a campaign featuring new incentives for Internet retailers to sell higher speed broadband plans to customers.
22nd October 2020
Customers to benefit from new NBN consumer experience rules: ACMA Australia’s telecommunications regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), has taken action to enhance NBN consumer experience rules to protect Australians during the final phase of the National Broadband Network migration.
21st October 2020
TPG completes Australia's first city-wide ten gigabit network Having a gig in today's COVID-19 economy is welcome, having 10 gigs is even better, and having 1000 buildings fully connected to Australia's first city-wide ten gigabit network in rad Adelaide is a landmark, strategic achievement delivering world-class digital infrastructure.
20th October 2020