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Telstra big plus for Telstra Plus members No need to be nonplussed - Telstra Plus is Telstra's rewards program, and it has saved me a couple of hundred bucks on the price of an Apple Watch Series 6 which I am paying off over 12 months, so the benefits are truly real and Telstra has just added more!
25th February 2021
Telstra Infraco lights up Dark Fibre It’s always good news when the Dark Side of the Fibre gets turned on to the Light, for it restores balance to the force of a telco’s connectivity and adds plenty of bandwidth for organisation that require it, with Telstra’s Dark Fibre launch a “significant T22 milestone.”
24th February 2021
Macquarie Telecom launches SD-LAN service Communications and data centre provider Macquarie Telecom has launched a new SD-LAN service stimulated by what it says is increased demand from its customers for greater performance, automation and intelligence in Wi-Fi networks, and cloud connectivity.
23rd February 2021
Apple wants engineers to work on 6G wireless 5G wireless is only just finally rolling out widely around the world, with networks nowhere near complete, but Apple is looking to the future, and wants engineers to work on developing 6G technology.
22nd February 2021
ACCC: 8.1m broadband connections now on the NBN, more than 5.5m are 50Mbps or better There are now more than 8.1 million household and business services connected to the NBN, according to a new ACCC report.
19th February 2021
6G communications a Trillion dollar opportunity, says IDTechEx Phone systems change every ten years, and with 5G now rolling out worldwide, IDTechEx says it is time to plan 6G communications for 2030!
18th February 2021
Aussie Broadband announces 'bloody good' half year results to 31 Dec 2020 Aussie Broadband is the company that offers "bloody good broadband", so when we looked at its half year results, we thought they were bloody good, too!
17th February 2021
Telstra blocking 1.5m scam calls a week, up from 1m a month previously Telstra has announced the third element of its "Cleaner Pipes" initiative, ensuring that its smart pipes aren't dumb, and are as clean as possible from scam callers, safeguarding "millions of Australians in the process".
16th February 2021
NBN Co begins consultation ‘with industry in two-part wholesale pricing consultation paper’ NBN Co has released its “Pricing Review 2021 Consultation Paper 1”, which the company says “seeks to deliver value, certainty and simplicity to the telecommunication industry and customers.”
15th February 2021
APOLOGY: We're having some issues with our mail server. We're working to restore service ASAP. No CommsWire was sent Thursday 11th so Friday's is a bumper issue.
12th February 2021