CommsWire - 19 June 2018

Optus apologises over 2018 FIFA snafu, will simulcast next two nights on SBS Optus chief executive Allen Lew is of the view a "solution is in place" to address technical issues dogging the company's World Cup coverage and has apologised unreservedly, saying Optus will "simulcast the next two nights of 2018 FIFA World Cup matches with SBS".

CommsWire - 18 June 2018

Take-up of faster NBN plans increasing, company claims More customers are switching to faster broadband plans, according to NBN Co, which says 70% of new plans being taken up are now either 50Mbps or higher.

CommsWire - 15 June 2018

2Gbps 4G coming from Telstra this year Telstra has begun lab tests of a 2Gbps 4G service, and expects to deploy the technology before the end of 2018.

CommsWire - 14 June 2018

Huawei unlikely to get role in Australian 5G projects: report Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Telecommunications appears unlikely to be allowed to provide equipment for 5G networks in Australia, due to alleged national security concerns, a report claims.

CommsWire - 4 June 2018

Don?t exclude Huawei from Australian 5G: chairman Huawei Australia chairman John Lord has launched a strong defence of the company and its operations, saying that if it were excluded from the 5G network build locally it would be of huge significance for the company.

CommsWire - 30 May 2018

Timing of Optus job cuts shows 'contempt' for workers: union The union that covers telecommunications workers claims the sacking of 400 more workers at Singtel Optus shows the "reprehensible contempt" that management has for the workforce.

CommsWire - 8 May 2018

Vodafone cuts 100 call centre jobs in Hobart Vodafone Australia is slashing 100 jobs from its call centre in Hobart, the same centre for which it received a federal grant of $4 million in 2013 on the promise that it would be expanded.

CommsWire - 3 May 2018

*** Due to a problem with TelSoc emails, this was not sent 2nd & 3rd May; sending now *** Stores at US bases told to remove Huawei, ZTE phones Officials at the US Department of Defence have moved to stop the sales of phones made by Chinese telecommunications equipment companies Huawei and ZTE in retail outlets on US military bases, claiming the devices may be a security risk.

CommsWire - 1 May 2018

Telstra launches unlimited mobile data for $69pm It's May Day and Telstra has celebrated the global labour day with its own labour of love, delivering unlimited data for $69 per month with a 40GB full-speed cap and 1.5Mbps speeds after that, plus more!

CommsWire - 23 April 2018

Sorry this is late, it failed to arrive last night. Tim Landlines on target to go the way of the dodo Comparison website Finder claims traditional landlines in Australia will become extinct by 2037, basing this on figures from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission which has tracked the decrease in landlines from 2012-13.