CommsWire - 7 September 2017

How to fix the NBN pricing model: Open Letter to Bill Morrow The NBN pricing model is in urgent need of repair. In this letter, we offer our thoughts on how an overhaul of the pricing model can solve a number of problems facing the NBN.

CommsWire - 4 September 2017

Subsea cable outage hits iiNet, Internode The SMW3 subsea cable between Perth and Singapore that services South East Asia, among other regions, has suffered a break with a repair date at least six weeks away. As a result, TPG owned ISPs iiNet and Internode have been forced to re-route their services.through their higher latency US connections.

CommsWire - 10 August 2017

ECONOMUSE: Price rebalancing to make the NBN affordable The debate about NBN Co technology choices should be buried. It is not the lack of fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) that is holding us back. It is what you do with whatever you have. It is the current business model relying on CVCs that is not working, as some are belatedly realising. 

CommsWire - 8 August 2017

NBN: Making telcos buy more of little use, say experts Networking veterans have cast doubts on assertions made today that the speed woes experienced by customers on the national broadband network could be eradicated if telecommunications companies paid $9.75 per month for each connection.

CommsWire - 3 August 2017

Get ready for upcoming mobile broadband, 4G, 5G spectrum auction: ACMA The Australian Communications and Media Authority has announced another upcoming spectrum auction later this year covering a variety of bands suitable for mobile broadband, 4G and potential 5G networks.

CommsWire - 31 July 2017

ECONOMUSE: The blame game - cutting the gordian knot Vodafone Hutchison Australia?s solution does not cut it. Australians still hang on to their landlines In the era of mobile phones and smartphones many Australians still find it difficult to give up their trusty landline phone services, with a new survey revealing that 55% still have a landline phone.

CommsWire - 28 July 2017

Cloud gives Ethernet switch market a hammering The business market for Ethernet switches appears to be feeling the effect of cloud computing, with sales in the first quarter of 2017 falling 21% year-on-year and 12% quarter-on-quarter, data from research firm IDC shows.

CommsWire - 27 July 2017

Australians want 1Gbps plus Internet speeds says research Newly commissioned research has found that three in four (76%) Australians want speeds of 1Gbps or more, with two in three people (66% ) claiming it would have a positive effect on their work and leisure time.

CommsWire - 26 July 2017

Australia 'tells Solomons to drop cable project' after Huawei gets deal Australia is reportedly putting pressure on the Solomon Islands to withdraw from the Project Honiara undersea cable project after the contract was awarded to Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei.

CommsWire - 1 May 2017

ACCC says NBN service charges within price cap limits The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a draft determination that the operators of the National Broadband Network, NBN Co, have not exceeded price caps placed on what it charges for services under the Special Access Undertaking (SAU).