CommsWire - 31 July 2019

Mobile operator revenues to reach US120 billion by 2024 Revenue opportunities for mobile operators, outside of voice, messaging and mobile data termination, will reach US$120 billion by 2024 - up from US$67 billion this year, according to a new report.

CommsWire - 29 July 2019

Can 5G save the smartphone market from commoditisation? In case you haven’t noticed, practically every man, woman and child has a smartphone these days and in concert with this ubiquity has come an increasing unwillingness for consumers to pay through the nose for premium flagship models. The market is fast becoming commoditised and the great white hope for smartphone makers is the advent of 5G but are they clutching at straws?

CommsWire - 26 July 2019

5G demand drives market growth for Nokia Finnish telecommunications equipment vendor Nokia says strong demand for 5G has driven growth in its business for the second quarter and helped the company achieve “compelling results’ for the full year 2019.

CommsWire - 24 July 2019

Telstra, Ericsson claim first 5G standalone call in Australia Telstra and Ericsson claim to have completed Australia's first end-to-end 5G standalone call at the 5G Innovation Centre on the Gold Coast, over the 3.6GHz spectrum and using Ericsson's Baseband 6630, Radio AIR6488 and a 5G SA device based on a MediaTek chipset.

CommsWire - 23 July 2019

Consumer complaints about telcos continue to fall Consumer complaints to Australia’s telcos have fallen by 12% in the three months between April and June this year – the lowest rate for the quarter since 2016.

CommsWire - 19 July 2019

AIIA urges govt to make changes in encryption law The Federal Government's encryption law in its current form will have a negative impact on the country's ICT industry and block practitioners from innovating and exporting the products of their innovation, the Australian Information Industry Association claims.

New Zealand Consumer Interest Growing for 5G Mobile

This paper summarizes results from a survey of the New Zealand mobile market by Venture Insights in October 2018. The survey identified a strong consumer interest in and awareness of 5G, with mobile video a strong driver. Fixed wireless broadband service was also strongly supported, and Ultra-Fast Broadband fixed service is likely to be a strong competitor to fixed wireless broadband.

CommsWire - 16 July 2019

UK tech panel finds no evidence for complete Huawei ban The British Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee says it has found no evidence to suggest that the complete exclusion of Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies from the UK telecommunications networks would constitute "a proportionate response to the potential security threat posed by foreign suppliers".

CommsWire - 5 July 2019

ACMA NBN modem testing shows 5GHz band better for Wi-Fi A test of 43 modems used on fibre-to-the-node and fibre-to-the-building NBN connections indicates that use of the 5GHz band is much better than 2.4GHz when it comes to Wi-Fi throughput.

CommsWire - 4 July 2019

Vocus Group to operate as three independent business units Australia's fourth largest telecommunications company, the Vocus Group, has announced that it will be simplifying its business into three independent business units.