CommsWire - 4 December 2018

Encryption bill: final parliamentary panel hearing cancelled Following disagreement between the Federal Government and the Opposition over its passage, a hearing of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security inquiring into the encryption bill, scheduled for Tuesday, appears to have been cancelled.

CommsWire - 30 November 2018

Encryption bill powers 'may clash with parliamentary privilege' The push by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton to bring the encryption bill to a vote before Parliament rises for the year is facing an obstacle, after Senate president Scott Ryan raised the possibility that powers in the bill could conflict with parliamentary privilege.

CommsWire - 30 November 2018

Encryption bill powers 'may clash with parliamentary privilege' The push by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton to bring the encryption bill to a vote before Parliament rises for the year is facing an obstacle, after Senate president Scott Ryan raised the possibility that powers in the bill could conflict with parliamentary privilege.

CommsWire - 30 November 2018

Encryption bill powers 'may clash with parliamentary privilege' The push by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton to bring the encryption bill to a vote before Parliament rises for the year is facing an obstacle, after Senate president Scott Ryan raised the possibility that powers in the bill could conflict with parliamentary privilege.

CommsWire - 14 November 2018

Optus boosts investment in SA network by another $23.6 million Australia’s second largest telco Optus is investing a further $23.6 million into its South Australian network, building more than 40 new sites by the end of March next year in a move aimned at improving network coverage and to deliver faster download speeds for customers.

CommsWire - 9 November 2018

Optus half-year profits fall by a fifth due to NBN migration charges Optus has seen a 20% fall in profits year-on-year for the first half of its 2018 fiscal year, with Australia's second biggest telco reporting $259 million in net profit for the period against $325 million for the first half a year ago.

CommsWire - 18 September 2018

TPG sees full-year profit fall as NBN continues to bite TPG Telecom has reported a net profit after tax of $396.9 million for the year ending 31 July, a drop of 4.6% compared to the previous year, with EBITDA of $841.1 million, down 5.6%. The results reflect the continuing pressure on margins caused by the NBN.

CommsWire - 8 March 2016

Updated TCP Code compliance, monitoring arrangement approved by ACMA; MyNetFone ?re-invents? its home phone service with unlimited voice plans; Amaysim-owned Vaya?s new plans: better value than Amaysim?; NETGEAR updates its 2016 home networking range; Visionstream?s new Aust Comms GM streams into vision; OPPO F1 now $199 at Optus - crazy value; EP2 offers PCI-as-a-Service via Equinix Cloud Exchange

CommsWire - 4 February 2016

Mobile Health Solutions to use Optus satellite; StorageCraft picks NextDC; Blackberry PRIV - for Private and Privileged; Huawei welcomes the Year of the Monkey with auspicious discounts and gifts; Premium does not have to be pricey ? OPPO F1; Gartner tips respectable growth for wearables; Optus signs up Stan for entertainment offer; AFP warns of ?traffic infringement? notice email scam.

CommsWire - 18 December 2015

Australia lags world in broadband adoption; Spark NZ to lift broadband, landline prices in reaction to regulator; Lokket in: Apartment Wi-Fi via TPG FTTB; Megaport trades again after raising $25m to fuel expansion plans; OPPO hits a six; Macquarie Telecom?s cyber security scholarship program to fill skills gap; TIO says telco complaints down 15% ?in context?; Optus hit with penalties over data speeds ?misrepresentation?.