CommsWire - 13 February 2017

Confusion over broadband speeds rife among consumers Australian consumers believe they are getting a raw deal from their Internet service providers over the speed of their broadband services, with most of them believing they aren?t getting what they signed up to, and paid for.

CommsWire - 10 February 2017

Losses blow out to $1.83 billion on NBN rollout NBN Co has reported a massive loss blowout of $1.83 billion for the first half of 2016, a whopping increase of 47% over the corresponding half of the previous year. NBN Co cops a whacking from Fiber Corp officials Two officials of the Sydney-based Fiber Corp have put the boot into NBN Co following the announcement of the latter company's second-quarter results today.

CommsWire - 9 February 2017

Mobile commerce on track for high growth in APAC region Mobile commerce around the world is expected to grow even faster than e-commerce this year, according to a new report which forecasts that large markets in the Asia Pacific region like China, Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan and Malaysia will see high growth in m-commerce, along with the UK.

CommsWire - 1 February 2017

Telstra Gigabit 4GX LTE arrives Telstra can now deliver Gigabit per second wireless downloads and a very respectable 150Mbps upload ? via the 4GX LTE network in the central business district of Sydney. The service will be rolled out to other capital cities soon.

CommsWire - 18 January 2017

NBN rollout approaches half-way mark as shift to metro areas gathers pace NBN Co says 2017 will be the biggest year for the National Broadband Network, with almost 50% of the network rollout completed by the end of June. But, it won't be all plain sailing, with NBN Co flagging some disruption as the rollout expands to high density metero areas for the first time.

CommsWire - 21 December 2016

Government wants ?radical? expansion of data retention Internet Australia has criticised a move by the Federal Government to call for submissions over the Christmas period for what it describes as a ?radical expansion of its controversial data retention scheme?

CommsWire - 17 November 2016

Internet and NBN complaints up, mobile down The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) report launched today reveals 112,518 new complaints last financial year. Mobile complaints fell, but Internet and NBN complaints rose sharply.

CommsWire - 9 November 2016 Special Edition

NBN rollout will be done by 2020 says Morrow; IA says time for govt to review NBN strategy; Telstra?s first mobile leasing plan for SMBs to stay ?up to date?; Motorola Solutions buys Australia?s Gridstone; Smartphone VR: over half of VR shipments by 2021; Verizon helps out with fight against childhood rheumatic heart disease; 

CommsWire - 9 November 2016

There was a problem with the formatting of the CommsWire Newsletter this morning, so I am re-sending it. Tim Herring NBN rollout will be done by 2020 says Morrow The National Broadband Network raked in $181 million in revenue in the three months to the end of September as take-up of the network continues towards completion of the rollout by 2020.

CommsWire - 7 November 2016

MyRepublic takes up the Internet speed challenge with first offer Singapore-based Internet service provider (ISP) MyRepublic will officially launch in the Australian market next week with its first unlimited Internet data plans.