CommsWire - 21 September 2016

Telstra and Ericsson conduct FIRST live 5G trial in Australia 5G?s momentum continues accelerating, with Telstra and Ericsson partnering to test one of the world?s first - and Australia?s first - 5G radio test beds, in Melbourne.

CommsWire - 13 September 2016

Parliament to cast watchful eye over NBN rollout The Federal Government Leader of the House Christopher has moved to form an all-party parliamentary committee to oversee and monitor the progress of the National Broadband Network rollout.

CommsWire - 1 September 2016

NBN Co and Nokia set to go extremely XG.FAST at 5Gbps NBN Co and Nokia are looking at XG.Fast technology paired with Fttdp, with trial speeds delivering from 5Gbps to lab results of 8Gbps over twisted pair copper lines.

CommsWire - 26 July 2016

NBN?s Sky Muster II satellite set for ultra fast liftoff on 5 October The countdown is on for the launch of NBN Co?s Sky Muster II satellite, with the hope of a smooth and successful launch for more satellite broadband for Australians. Optus signs up QBE to three-year deal Optus has sealed a three-year contract with insurance giant QBE Australia to provide voice, mobile and data services across the company?s national network.

CommsWire - 6 July 2016

AIIA says electronic voting makes a lot of sense Australia would save both money and time if it turned to electronic voting, the Australian Information Industry Association, the nation's peak body for the technology industry, claims. Electronic voting? Not on your life The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has joined the growing throng of calls for Australia to move to electronic voting. And why wouldn?t it?

CommsWire - 5 July 2016

ACCC inquiry to consider ADSL deregulation The competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, has started a public inquiry into ADSL services as it looks to determine whether the digital subscriber line services should be deregulated. Telstra picks up Readify in latest acquisition

CommsWire - 29 June 2016

Optus to cut jobs as it considers outsourcing options Optus is considering job cuts for next year as it looks at outsourcing human resources and back-office financial and accounting functions. SA Govt investing $4.65m in Internet to attract global techs, create jobs

CommsWire - 19 April 2016

Vocus renews supply agreements with Telstra, Optus Vocus subsidiary M2 Group has renewed supplier arrangements with Telstra and Optus for the supply of fixed and mobile access services. Mitel set to acquire Polycom for nearly US$2 billion

CommsWire - 26 February 2016

ACMA seeks industry input on Mobile Roaming Standards; Richard Bean replaces Chris Chapman as ACMA chief; Motorola, Ericsson collaborate with Telstra on push-to-talk trial; EFA attacks ?hard-line? Nikolic as head of Intelligence, Security committee; Inmarsat partners with Thales on EU aviation network infrastructure; Pre-order Samsung S7 from Telstra and get a free VR headset; GCX uses NextDC data centres for Australian push.

CommsWire - 23 February 2016

Vodafone lifts customer numbers to over 5 million; nbn HFC achieves average trial speeds of 84Mbps; Ericsson, Cisco come together on network service management; Billions connecting to mobile as growth explosion continues; In-flight mobile roaming revenues soaring to $3 billion by 2020; Inmarsat, Actility get together on IoT platform delivery; Megaport launches Internet advancement program; Alcatel OneTouch has simply become Alcatel; Optus, Nokia partner on stadium network improvements.