CommsWire - 23 October 2015

Regional Australia needs urgent nbn attention: report; Competition watchdog clears way for Foxtel, Ten acquisitions; Microsoft strikes major deal with NSW Government; Telstra HFC boost coming with Arris kit; From hours to minutes: Increased response from emergency warnings in NZ; Brocade joins NGMN alliance; France gets 100G optical fibre network into homes.

CommsWire - 19 October 2015

NBN plan welcomed, but more information wanted; NBN: 9.5 mill premised by 2018 feasible or an empty promise?; Mobile roaming charges: shock research; Optus beats rival TPG and iiNet for Netflix speed; Melbourne beachgoers to enjoy free wi-fi; Yahoo?s new email app marks 18 years of email service.

CommsWire - 16 October 2015

NBN promises 9.5 million connections by 2018 in new plan; Melbourne City Loop phone coverage now activated; AR wearable computing glasses to replace smartphones and tablets; Nokia merger to create: $900 million cost synergies, 5G Labs; Adtran, Comptel collaborate on broadband; Telstra TV streamer coming 27 October for $109; Telstra, ISGM seal new deal.

CommsWire - 15 October 2015

Telco coalition slams Telstra over reaction to drop in access charges; Greg Adcock exiting NBN; NBN rollout ramping up but a broken promise is a broken promise; Platform-as-a-Service adoption on the rise; Nexon partners with Alcatel-Lucent on enterprise cloud services; The expanded arrangement means that effective on Wednesday, Nexon began offering businesses the Alcatel-Lucent OpenTouch Enterprise Cloud (OTEC) communications technologies in Australia.; Vodafone?s going Voice over LTE, or VoLTE...

The NBN is broken. Here?s the fix.

With the optimistic air of change that has come from a new Prime Minister, this is the time to look at a realistic option for the NBN which accepts on-budget expenditure, establishes a future-proof approach and provides the opportunity for those who want it to pay a realistic amount towards getting connected. Governments build roads, not driveways. So why should we assume anyone building a national telecommunications network should worry about connecting right up to the front door, especially...

The NBN is broken. Here?s the fix.

With the optimistic air of change that has come from a new Prime Minister, this is the time to look at a realistic option for the NBN which accepts on-budget expenditure, establishes a future-proof approach and provides the opportunity for those who want it to pay a realistic amount towards getting connected. Governments build roads, not driveways. So why should we assume anyone building a national telecommunications network should worry about connecting right up to the front door, especially...

The NBN is broken. Here?s the fix.

With the optimistic air of change that has come from a new Prime Minister, this is the time to look at a realistic option for the NBN which accepts on-budget expenditure, establishes a future-proof approach and provides the opportunity for those who want it to pay a realistic amount towards getting connected. Governments build roads, not driveways. So why should we assume anyone building a national telecommunications network should worry about connecting right up to the front door, especially...

Editorial

The September issue provides an interesting look at the National Broadband Network: and how it is perceived to have problems that need to be resolved; how telecommunications is having an effect on the lives of Australians, with discussion on how older Australians engage with online news; and how mobile phone use in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is a balance between opportunity and affordability. Papers on future digital service delivery and metadata retention provide...

CommsWire - 28 September 2015

2015 review of broadband pricing; COMMENT: We shouldn?t stop at already out of date MTM; Dubber seals deal with UK?s The Voice Factory; First loss in 30 years for Australia Post as letter service declines; Data breaches a growing threat to mobile payments.

CommsWire - 22 September 2015

NBN launches FTTN service to RSPs, rollout to accelerate; MyNetFone claims Aussie first with Internet plan for renters; Chinese iTunes security breach described as worst hack in history; Skype outage being fixed, focus on restoring full service; ACCAN welcomes Sen Mitch Fifield as new Comms Minister.