CommsWire - 1 December 2017

Telstra lures high data using SMBs with new broadband offer Telstra has launched an unlimited broadband data offer in a move which it says is designed to help alleviate the problems of data intensive activities by small businesses.

CommsWire - 21 September 2017

OVO cuts price on 100GB mobile plan as demand soars Australian mobile provider OVO has seen demand for its 100GB for $100 pre-paid plan soar to the extent that it has now reduced the price to $69.95. Telcos using few NBN Co fixed-wireless towers Australian telecommunications companies have co-located equipment only on a few of the NBN Co's fixed wireless towers so far, the company says.

CommsWire - 18 September 2017

Amaysim telco satisfaction leader, Aldi Mobile last in top 6 list Three telcos powered by Optus, including Optus itself, make up the top three list with the most satisfied customers, followed by Telstra, Vodafone and then Aldi Mobile.

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 - 28 August 2017

NBN Co justifies use of FttN for Sydney Botanical Gardens NBN Co says it was forced to use fibre-to-the-node technology to connect Sydney's Royal Botanical Gardens because of the heritage listing of the 30-hectare site. Spirit to shell out $4.6 million to buy World Without Wires Telecommunications services provider Spirit Telecom has inked an agreement to acquire Internet provider World Without Wires in a deal valued at $4.6 million.

CommsWire - 12 July 2017

Australian mobile users hit with $20 million in ?unexpected? charges Australian mobile phone users are estimated to have collectively been charged as much as $20 million in the last six months for third-party charges on their phones for purchases they didn?t even realise they were being stung for, according to a new report from telecoms consumer advocacy group the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network.

CommsWire - 14 June 2017

LTE drives mobile broadband explosion: Ericsson More than one million new mobile broadband subscribers every day are being added to networks around the world with an estimated 2.6 billion subscribers expected to be signed up through to 2022.

CommsWire - 9 June 2017

Telstra: mobile black spot announcement justifies no roaming decision Telstra?s rollout of the Federal Government?s Mobile Black Spot Program is ramping up further and the carrier is using its announcement to justify the recent ACCC draft decision not to declare mobile roaming.

CommsWire - 23 May 2017

Review recommends redefining ACMA role, sector-wide reforms still to come The Federal Government?s two-year review of the Australian Communications and Media Authority has made 27 recommendations for reform of ACMA including a more defined role of its regulatory remit at a time of ?radical change? in the communications sector over 10 years.

CommsWire - 15 May 2017

UK researcher unknowingly ends global ransomware attack The Windows ransomware attacks that occurred over the weekend, putting British patients' lives at risk and paralysing organisations in nearly 100 other countries, has been stopped in its tracks purely by accident.