CommsWire - 13 June 2017

ACCAN?s future assured to 2022 with govt funding decision A cloud over the immediate future and very existence of the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) has been lifted, with the federal government?s announcement of a new agreement to fund the telecoms consumer interest group for the next five years.

CommsWire - 27 April 2017

Lack of trust in Internet privacy deters online shoppers Internet users in many countries, including Australia, are increasingly concerned about their online privacy, and 49% say lack of trust is the main reason for not shopping online, according to a new global survey.

CommsWire - 20 April 2017

Telco positions escape 457 visa axing Telecommunications jobs have largely been unaffected by the scrapping of the 457 visa skilled migration program announced this week by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

CommsWire - 1 February 2017

Telstra Gigabit 4GX LTE arrives Telstra can now deliver Gigabit per second wireless downloads and a very respectable 150Mbps upload ? via the 4GX LTE network in the central business district of Sydney. The service will be rolled out to other capital cities soon.

CommsWire - 1 December 2016

New coalition to fight for ?fair-go? for comms services in rural, regional Australia A new, coalition to fight for better communications services for Australians living in regional, rural and remote areas of the country has been formed  by advocacy groups including the communications industry peak body, the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN).

CommsWire - 26 October 2016

Future of ACCAN under a cloud with Government telecoms review The future of the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, not just its performance, will be at stake in the upcoming Federal Government telecommunications sector review of the Act.

CommsWire - 6 October 2016

Adelaide aims to be ?smart?, Ten Gigabit city The City of Adelaide has endorsed the development of a business case to build a Ten Gigabit Optical Fibre network to cover the CBD and North Adelaide areas of the South Australian capital.

CommsWire - 19 September 2016

Internet speed - you don't get what you pay for The age old cry is that ?The internet too slow.? In part that has been exposed by the raft of new AC routers that may be able to connect at up to a gigabit in your network but grind to a halt when it hits the internet.

CommsWire - 15 September 2016

Subsea cable connecting Darwin and Port Hedland completed Australia?s first purpose-built, subsea, fibre-optic network, servicing the oil and gas industries and the North West growth corridor with telecommunications services, is now operational following its completion and integration into Nextgen?s national transmission network and Metronode?s national network of data centres.

CommsWire - 16 June 2016

Ziggy found to have breached caretaker conventions NBN Co chairman Ziggy Switkowski was warned not to submit an opinion piece to Fairfax Media in which he defended the AFP raids on Labor functionaries in a quest to find out who had leaked documents about the NBN which resulted in several unfavourable articles appearing in various media. Alert: Check medical alarms are NBN compatible