CommsWire daily newsletter - 4 May 2022

US smartphone sales fell 6% in 1Q22 as demand cooled says Counterpoint Smartphone sales in the US fell 6% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2022, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research reports, adding that this was due to a cooling of demand that had been generated by the pandemic.

CommsWire daily newsletter - 18 January 2022

Airbus, NTT, NTT Docomo, and Sky Perfect JSAT studying high-altitude platform connectivity services to improve coverage Airbus, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, NTT Docomo, and Sky Perfect JSAT are studying the feasibility of high-altitude platform stations (HAPS)-based connectivity services as part of a future space-based wireless connectivity ecosystem.

CommsWire daily newsletter - 21 January 2021

Perth stadium goes 5G with Optus Optus has switched on 5G at Perth’s Optus stadium, giving sports and concert viewing fans 5G connectivity throughout key areas of the stadium.  

CommsWire - 20 November 2019

Huawei gets another 90-day reprieve to trade with US firms Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies had been granted another 90-day extension to work with American firms, giving the Shenzhen-based company until 16 February 2020 to work with US companies.

CommsWire - 18 January 2019

German industry group says evidence needed for Huawei ban The Federation of German Industries says that evidence is needed to block any telecommunications provider from being involved in the country's 5G networks, even as a newspaper claimed that the German Government was trying to devise a means to block Chinese vendor Huawei from participation.

CommsWire - 27 April 2018

Telecom service providers eye IoT for revenue growth Telecommunications service providers are pursuing multiple paths to gain revenue in the Internet of Things market, but a newly published report warns that 70% of the providers have no well-defined strategy for their entry into the market.

CommsWire - 23 February 2018

NBN Co's quest for more ARPU is ill-fated: network expert The quest by the NBN Co to push up the average revenue per user is ill-fated as this would lead to a rise in retail prices, which would in turn, result in a drop in the number of paying customers, a network expert claims.

CommsWire - 21 February 2018

Vocus revises FY18 earnings down, drops dividend The Vocus Group has reported $967 million in revenue for the first half of the 2018 financial year, up on the 2017 result, but the underlying net profit after tax (NPAT) of $68.6 million was considerably down.

CommsWire - 23 January 2018

Vodafone's lower NBN prices mean new battles now to win consumers Price wars: a new hope for lower NBN prices, striking back against an empire of expensive telcos to ensure a return of the happy customer ? can Vodafone's lower prices awaken consumer interest?

CommsWire - 8 December 2017

ACCC says it won?t oppose Fox Sports, Foxtel merger The competition regulator, the ACCC, says a proposed merger of Fox Sports and Foxtel won?t substantially lessen competition in the market and has now given it the final green light.