CommsWire - 23 October 2017

Victoria trials first NBN connection using FTTC technology The National Broadband Network rollout now has its first activation of premises with Fibre-to-the-Curb (FTTC) technology, heralded by NBN Co as a much cheaper technology delivering substantial cost savings.

CommsWire - 13 October 2017

Fifield outlines how Govt will support 5G rollout The Federal Government has released a 5G directions paper and says it will bring together a working group in order to push deployment of the mobile technology in Australia.

CommsWire - 9 October 2017

Privacy groups slam COAG over face recognition database Major privacy organisations in Australia have condemned the decision by the Council of Australian Governments to agree to hand over drivers' licence photos for the creation of a national facial recognition database.

CommsWire - 11 September 2017

Rural telco lobby group welcomes move to pass broadband reforms The telecommunications lobby group, Regional, Rural and Remote Communications Coalition, has welcomed the decision by a Senate committee to recommend passage of the Telecommunications Reform Package.

CommsWire - 18 August 2017

Telstra takes big hit to revenue, profits in 2017 Telstra has seen a big drop in both its revenue and profits for the financial year 2017 compared to the previous year, according to full-year results released yesterday.

CommsWire - 11 August 2017

Telcos willing to pay more for 5G: Gartner survey The telecommunications industry is prepared to pay more for 5G mobile capabilities than they are willing to pay for 4G, according to a newly published global survey. Contention ratios alone 'not enough to judge ISP' Contention ratios alone would not be enough for consumers to make a judgement as to which ISP would provide sufficient bandwidth for their needs, an academic claims.

CommsWire - 25 July 2017

Full-fibre NBN will cost about as much as FttDP: experts Switching the national broadband network to using fibre-to-the-distribution-point technology is an interim solution; the correct solution, which will cost about the same, is to go full fibre.

CommsWire - 21 July 2017

Fifield predicts 5G revolution for Australia, ignores NBN At a telecoms conference yesterday, Communications Minister Mitch Fifield in a keynote address predicted 5G?s imminent arrival will herald a truly revolutionary inflection point for the entire Australian economy but didn?t mention the NBN.

CommsWire - 6 July 2017

Fixed broadband costs push Australia back in digital readiness The cost of fixed broadband is cited as the main reason why Australia has slipped two places to 18th on the World Economic Forum?s Networked Readiness Index. A total of 139 countries were surveyed.

Implementation of PCC-OFDM on a software-defined radio testbed

A software-defined radio implementation of polynomial cancellation coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (PCC-OFDM)  is presented in this paper. Based on the comparative results obtained on the hardware platform, the properties of PCC-OFDM make it a suitable candidate for consideration in future 55G applications requiring robust performance in asynchronous environments with minimal out of band spectral emissions.