CommsWire daily newsletter - 25 October 2022

Here is today's limited trial edition of CommsWire Afternoon.    A summary of our stories follows. This is a different issue of CommsWire, unfortunately, due to COVID but we will be back to normal as soon as possible.

CommsWire daily newsletter - 20 April 2021

Australia drops in APAC rankings for highest level of DDoS attacks Australia has dropped from fourth place to eighth place on the list of APAC countries with the highest levels of DDoS attack activity from Q4 2020.

CommsWire daily newsletter - 25 March 2021

Telstra's releases executive summary of its NBN Co Pricing Review 2021 submission with strong advice for NBN Co Telstra has shared the executive summary of its submission to NBN Co's Pricing Review 2021 Consultation Paper 1, with the full submission only for NBN Co's eyes due to confidential in confidence information.

CommsWire daily newsletter - 2 April 2020

Labor calls for free NBN broadband access for families, children The Australian Labor Party has called for an NBN rebate — and free NBN broadband access for a period of at least 12 months — to help connect families and children with no Internet at home, ensuring access to broadband for children it says are potentially missing out on the benefits of connectivity.

CommsWire - 12 November 2019

NBN Co lost another $1.1b in 1Q 2020, ARPU still at $45 Another day, another set of quarterly results from the NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's broadband network, but little change from earlier quarters. For the first quarter of FY 2020, the company said on Tuesday it had recorded losses of $1.18 billion, compared to $875 million a year earlier.

CommsWire - 21 August 2019

Connexus pilots ‘Pay-it-Forward’ free digital phone service The South Australian town of Gawler will be the first regional community to receive free digital phone services under a ‘Pay it Forward’ scheme to be conducted by Melbourne-based ISP, Connexus.

CommsWire - 15 July 2019

Huawei planning big staff cuts in US: report Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies is reportedly planning to lay off a large number of staff from its operations in the US due to its being placed on Washington;'s Entity List which prevents it from using American components unless specific permission is granted.

CommsWire - 19 March 2019

TPG profit smashed by mobile network cancellation Telecommunications provider TPG Telecom has announced a reported net profit after tax of $46.9 million for the first half of its 2019 fiscal year, which ended on 31 January, a drop of 76.4% from $198.6 million, year on year.

CommsWire - 4 February 2019

GSMA seeks to discuss Huawei issue at next board meeting The mobile operators trade body, GSM Association, has proposed that its members hold a discussion about possible exclusion of Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies from many developed markets, with operators fearing this may set them back by years.

CommsWire - 16 November 2018

Telstra BGP routing error hits other Australian ISPs Australia's biggest telco Telstra took down part of the Internet in the country on Thursday morning due to a stuff-up with the routes it advertised through the border gateway protocol. The company claims a third party was responsible for the error.