CommsWire - 23 July 2019

Consumer complaints about telcos continue to fall Consumer complaints to Australia’s telcos have fallen by 12% in the three months between April and June this year – the lowest rate for the quarter since 2016.

CommsWire - 11 July 2019

Comms minister Fletcher says MTM right model for NBN The Coalition Government made the right choice back in 2013 to adopt a multi-technology mix for rolling out the national broadband network, ditching a Labor plan to have fibre to 93% of homes and service the rest through fixed wireless and satellite, Communications Minister Paul Fletcher says.

CommsWire - 27 June 2019

Audit office casts doubts on NBN Co ability to repay $19.5b govt loan Doubts have been cast on the NBN Co's financial projections and its ability to repay the $19.5 billion that it has been loaned by the Federal Government, with a report from the Australian National Audit Office putting the chances of its financial statements being incorrect as "high".

CommsWire - 14 June 2019

Broadcom says Huawei ban will mean US$2b less in revenue Semiconductor and hardware manufacturer Broadcom has said it will take a hit of about US$2 billion in annual sales for its current financial year which ends in November, due to the restrictions placed on Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies.

CommsWire - 3 June 2019

Telstra makes big cuts in payphone call rates Telstra has announced that it would be sharply reducing the rates for calls placed from its 15,500 public payphones across the country. OPPO Reno 5G smartphone available for pre-order Chinese smartphone vendor OPPO will become the second manufacturer to release a 5G device in Australia, with the OPPO Reno 5G to go on sale on 11 June through Telstra and JB Hi-FI outlets.

CommsWire - 21 May 2019

Three-fifths of NBN users now on higher speed plans: ACCC Nearly 60% of the 5.2 million Australian households connected to the NBN at the end of March are on plans that offer 50Mbps or higher download speeds, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says in its quarterly Wholesale Market Indicators Report.

CommsWire - 22 February 2019

Follow our way, not the Huawei, Pompeo tells dissenters US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has told the Fox Business Network that Washington would not partner, or share information, with any country that used Chinese telco Huawei Technologies’ gear in its 5G networks.

CommsWire - 17 January 2019

Telstra promises to have subsea cable clients restored in minutes Telstra, together with Ericsson and Ciena, has announced a rapid restoration service which it claims will enable clients using its subsea cable network in Asia to be and running again within minutes instead of hours.

CommsWire - 15 January 2019

Optus makes 5G data call on 60 MHz in C-Band Australia’s second largest telco, the Singtel-owned Optus, says it has taken another significant step towards its commercial launch of 5G by making a 5G data call on 60 MHz using 3.5 GHz spectrum.

CommsWire - 17 December 2018

Rapid growth in Australian mobile market for China’s Huawei, Oppo Australians are buying up mobile phones from big Chinese companies Huawei and Oppo faster than they are snapping up handsets from other phone providers, according to new research which reveals Huawei’s share of purchases grew by 87% to  471,000 handsets in the 12 months to September 2108.