CommsWire - 26 May 2016

ACCAN brings communications issues to election forefront The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) has joined the election fray to bring attention to communications affordability, future consumer protections, broadband performance monitoring, accessible ICT procurement and accessible programming on TV as priority issues it wants the political parties to focus on. Optus boosts focus on small business with new SMB chief

CommsWire - 12 May 2016

Accan Rue Delay In Introducing Sms Capability For Triple 000 Services; Optus Releases New ?retail Assist? Mobile Solution For Retailers; Kantar: Galaxy S7 ?cracks Top 5? In First Month Of Sales; ?disruption? Ahead In Maturing Public Cloud Market: Forrester; Huawei Plants ?seeds For The Future?; Eric Schmidt Under Fire From Oracle Lawyer In Trial; Skyfii's No Limit For Rankin.

CommsWire - 3 May 2016

Telstra looks to return $1.5 billion to shareholders from Autohome sale Telstra will return $1.5 billion to shareholders in a capital management program using the proceeds from the recent sale of its majority stake in Chinese online car sales business Autohome. Telstra completes network review, commits $50 million

CommsWire - 1 April 2016

Singtel, SubPartners, Telstra to jointly build new submarine cable; ACCAN warns consumers of a mobile phone data ?rip off?; Ruckus Wireless: smart wireless tech now in Alex Perry?s new hotel; Cleantech start-up to help African nations get solar-powered Internet connectivity; Slack opens APAC HQ in Melbourne; Global Capacity appoints telecoms industry veteran as CTO.

Improving affordability of communications

The results of ACCAN?s 2013 Affordability Forum are provided. A joint ACCAN-Anglicare Victoria research project shows that 6% of Anglicare?s clients in Victoria were deprived of all forms of telecommunications and 45% had only had one form of telecommunication service. A range of affordability policy ideas outlined at the forum are dkiscussed, with an emphasis on reforming the universal service obligation in the era of the national broadband network.

CommsWire - 24 February 2016

Government to review USO, Vodafone welcomes the move; Qantas FINALLY bringing fast, free inflight Wi-Fi to Aussie skies from 'early' 2017; Telstra strengthens internal security with Darktrace; Foxtel says new Broadband plans respond to consumers wanting more & more; The people have their say at telecoms Meet the People Forum; Govt flags changes to telco consumer safeguards; Megaport, Akamai seal global CDN deal; Former US solicitor-general to defend Apple against FBI.

CommsWire - 17 February 2016

Slow speeds, poor performance levels plague broadband services; Optus seals arts centre three-year cloud agreement; Avaya gives its Maan EMEA and APAC leadership role; Telstra takes on satellite-calling 'hotspot'; Lycamobile warned over breach of TCP Code; Cloud underpins rapid growth for Zerto; Westpac launches online global payments solution.

CommsWire - 8 February 2016

Regional spectrum auction brings in $543.5 million; nbn chief confident on track to 8 million connections by 2020; Mandatory reporting of data breaches coming; Regulation changes give consumers better deal on roaming services; ACCAN wants reduction on NBN pricing; Ovum ?encouraged? by NBN progress; Regional spectrum will help enhance 4G services: Telstra.

CommsWire - 15 December 2015

Macquarie Telecom to publish live feedback, urges all telcos and industries to follow; ACCAN says telcos should publish NPS scores like Macquarie Telecom; nbn boosts broadband satellite data: bigger and better; Banking malware targets Android smartphones; Telstra trumpets ABC iview?s arrival on Telstra TV plus other stats; Flexiroam boasts subscriber growth to over 500,000 within 14 days; Aussies ?wasting? $10 million on excess mobile data charges.

CommsWire - 4 December 2015

TCP code changes given only qualified support from consumer advocacy groups; Telstra pays Penn-alty with partial backdown on roaming rip-off; Ricoh?s first Australian data centre now open for business; 3.2 billion people now online around the world says ITU; Teleena signs new Australian MVNO customer; Telstra Health deploys medical records system for WA hospitals; Blue Coat, Dimension Data collaborate on cloud web security.