CommsWire - 15 July 2018

Best to sell NBN Co only a decade after rollout ends: expert The best option for NBN Co after 2022 — when the network rollout is completed — would be for the government to retain it for at least 10 years as that would bring it the most benefit from its investment, a network expert says.

CommsWire - 29 June 2018

*** This is Friday's edition, which just arrived *** Vodafone revamps tablet and mobile broadband plans in win for customers Vodafone has "revamped" its approach to tablets, no longer following the well worn plans of telcos that lock devices to mobile services plans for two years.

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 - 15 March 2018

Telstra's newest venture: an investment in safe drone software maker Cape Seeking to "bring safe drone technology to enterprises and government in Australia", Cape has received investment from Telstra Ventures and other major investment players.

CommsWire - 5 October 2017

New nbn Sky Muster plans offer up to 300GB monthly data Retailers are now selling new, larger capacity nbn Sky Muster plans, promising "better value broadband for the bush" at peak and off peak times following announcements made by NBN Co in June of increases to wholesale data limits.

CommsWire - 15 February 2017

Contact centre market spend passes half billion dollars, more growth ahead The Australian contact centre market, comprising software, services, call management and hardware, is now worth more than $500 million, according to a new global analyst report.

CommsWire - 7 February 2017

Job losses, stores closed as Allphones goes into liquidation The Allphones chain of 84 telecommunications retail stores around Australia have been placed in administration due to insufficient funding to keep stores trading during a sales process.

CommsWire - 28 November 2016

Census bungle inquiry: what did it achieve? The 112-page report into the failed 2016 census, tabled by the Senate Economics Reference Committee on Thursday, presumably brings to an end ? for the year at least ? the unedifying tale of how bureaucrats and tech firms bungled what should be an orderly count of the populace.

CommsWire - 2 November 2016

Who?s afraid of mobile data? Is it possible ? or wise ? to have unlimited data over wireless? Mobile Mentor undertakes BYOD deployment to 33,000 ABS census field officers Mobile systems provider Mobile Mentor is claiming one of the largest bring-your-own-device (BYOD) deployments in Australian history with the rollout of the ABS?s 2016 Census Collect app to 33,000 field officers.

CommsWire - 5 October 2016

Advertising feeds ?unrealistic expectations? on broadband: ACCC The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, has blamed the telecommunications industry?s own advertising for contributing to the unrealistic expectations of consumers of Internet speeds.