CommsWire daily newsletter - 16 June 2021

Connecting schools has the potential to boost GDP by up to 20% in the least connected nations An Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report sponsored by Ericsson has found that nations with low broadband connectivity have the potential to realise an increase in GDP by up to 20% by connecting schools to the internet.

CommsWire daily newsletter - 3 July 2020

Optus to launch ‘game-changing’ satellite in 2023 In what is claimed will be a world first, Australia's second largest telco operator Optus has contracted with Airbus Defence and Space for a new OneSat software-defined satellite.

CommsWire daily newsletter - 2 July 2020

Alice Springs gets first Indigenous satellite ground station Two state-of-the-art commercial satellite ground stations have been built in Alice Springs with funds from Indigenous Business Australia, the first such facility on Aboriginal-owned land.

CommsWire - 8 October 2019

Spirit of Tasmania passengers get new high-speed satellite Internet service Passengers on the Spirit of Tasmania ferry service between Devonport and Melbourne now have access to high-speed Internet, with a partnership by the ferry operators with Australian satellite Internet provider, IPSTAR Broadband.

CommsWire - 20 June 2018

Telstra to cut 8000 employees, contractors by 2022 Australia's biggest telco Telstra has announced that it will effect a net reduction of 8000 employees and contractors by 2022 and reduce two to four layers of management, leading to the cutting of one in four executive and middle management roles.

A Historical Perspective on WRESAT

On 29 November 1967 at 2:19 pm (local time), a small scientific satellite named the Weapons Research Establishment SATellite (WRESAT) was launched from Woomera, South Australia. Australia was the third country in the world to launch a satellite into space from its own territory. This paper is the author's personal account of his part in the project.

CommsWire - 14 March 2018

Huawei link as Trump scuttles Broadcom-Qualcomm deal US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order blocking what could have been the biggest technology deal ever ? the bid by Singapore-based Broadcom to acquire the US processor maker Qualcomm ? over national security concerns.

CommsWire - 13 November 2017

Government launches ?world first? satellite positioning trial The Australian Government has launched a GeoScience-led trial of what is claimed as ?world-first? satellite positioning technology.

SafetyNet

This paper proposes a new vehicle, dubbed SafetyNet, for improving communications in rural and remote Australia. A wholesale mobile network using LTE in the 450 MHz spectrum band is proposed. SafetyNet would address any updated Universal Service Obligation, public safety network options and mobile roaming.

CommsWire - 25 January 2017

ACMA announces satellite license tax reductions In a review of taxation arrangements for satellite services released in a 12-page document on Tuesday the Australian Communications and Media Authority has outlined cuts for apparatus licence taxes, which will take effect on 5 April 2017.