CommsWire - 19 January 2018

Vocus replaces Huawei for Solomon Islands cable project The Vocus Group has entered into a deal with Australia to undertake a scoping study on design, construction and procurement of an undersea cable system between the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Australia, displacing Huawei which was the original company signed to undertake the job.

CommsWire - 22 December 2017

This is the final edition of CommsWire for 2017. We will return on 15 January 2018. We wish you a Merry  Christmas and a Happy New Year.  Tim Herring and the TelSoc Board

CommsWire - 18 December 2017

Court action against Optus over allegations of misleading customers on NBN The ACCC has hauled Australia?s second largest telco Optus before the Federal Court, alleging the company misled customers about the need to move quickly from its existing HFC network to the National Broadband Network.

CommsWire - 22 November 2017

NBN Co promises new deal for RSPs and consumers A new contract signed between NBN Co and phone and internet providers is expected to improve the quality and timeliness of the wholesale services the national broadband network provider offers to RSPs.

CommsWire - 15 November 2017

NBN Co revenue up, but red ink still on balance sheet NBN Co has pulled in $405 million revenue during the first quarter of fiscal 2018, an increase of 124% over the $181 million generated in the corresponding quarter a year ago. However, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network is still bleeding red ink.

CommsWire - 30 October 2017

ACMA puts Australia on the road to 5G with spectrum decisions The Australian Communications and Media Authority has started the process of re-allocating spectrum in the 3.6 GHz band which will pave the way for the introduction of 5G mobile broadband services in Australia.

CommsWire - 17 October 2017

NBN under pressure to maintain pace as connections hit 3 million mark The pace of the national broadband network rollout has picked up as connections hit the three million mark, but with the operator, NBN Co, cautioning that the increase in connections and activations presents new customer connection and experience issues.  

CommsWire - 26 September 2017

Telstra seals deal as ASX global connectivity partner Telstra has secured a deal with the Australian Stock Exchange as the connectivity partner for the ASX?s international network services. Australia to launch its own Space Agency Australia is to establish its own space agency with the federal government set to announce plans for the agency as it looks to cash in on the growing global space industry estimated to be worth $400 billion.

CommsWire - 25 September 2017

NBN Co posts massive loss in full-year 2017 The NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network, has made a loss of $4.24 billion for the 2017 year, according to the accounts which were released on Friday. Optus turns to Hollywood to promote mobile products Number two telco Optus has commissioned Hollywood actor Cuba Gooding Jnr to showcase some of its latest mobile products in a series of online short videos.

How to fix the NBN pricing model

Rod Tucker and John de Ridder have written an open letter to Bill Morrow at NBN Co. proposing (a) that the volume of data should replace bandwidth (CVCs) as the basis for usage charging and (b) that the users should full access to the bandwidth capabilities of the NBN with the number of AVC speed tiers reduced to two.