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AUSTRALIA IS WHY: Telstra reveals new brand campaign Telstra announced a campaign to introduce its new brand positioning, Australia Is Why. The new campaign showcases the role Telstra plays in supporting Australia and its diverse communities and was created by long-term agency partner, The Monkeys, part of Accenture Interactive.
12th July 2021
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NBN Co's Pricing Review 2021 Consultation Paper: more data, 12 month soft cap and more NBN Co is proposing a soft cap on variable data capacity charges, more generous data inclusions and says it will progress long-term pricing reform through a Special Access Undertaking (SAU) variation consultation with industry and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
28th April 2021
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Optus showcases 5G FDD and TDD Carrier Aggregation 'technology leadership' Demonstrating its 5G technology leadership, Optus reports achieving "another 5G milestone by combining 2100 MHz spectrum with 3500 MHz spectrum for the first time, through the use of 5G carrier aggregation and spectrum sharing technology, which will deliver customers with super-fast speeds and increased 5G coverage."
11th March 2021
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Nokia, Elisa push network boundaries with ‘world first’ 1 Terabit deployment Nokia and long-standing partner Elisa have completed a live commercial trial of a claimed world’s first 1 Terabit clear-channel interface deployment to efficiently scale Elisa’s network to support new applications and access technologies.
28th January 2021
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TELSTRA IMPROVES THE TRIPLE ZERO EMERGENCY CALL SERVICE WITH ADVANCED MOBILE LOCATION Telstra has improved the Triple Zero Emergency Call Service with Advanced Mobile Location on Android and Apple smartphones that have the latest OS updates, assisting emergency services operators to work out where you're calling from.
16th December 2020
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IMPROVED ACCESS TO KEY ONLINE SERVICES DURING COVID, SAYS ACCC Increased broadband speeds have improved performances of popular streaming services such as Netflix and YouTube during mid-September and October when compared to a pre-COVID baseline of February 2020, according to the ACCC.
10th December 2020
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NBN Co behaving like Telstra did as monopoly: Budde The situation with the national broadband network at the present moment is similar to the time when Telstra was a monopoly and dictated terms to the rest of the market, well-known telecommunications analyst Paul Budde claims.
4th November 2020
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NNNCo covers 80% of Sydney with LoRaWAN for IoT network Australia’s largest LoRaWAN (long range wide area network) provider NNNCo has gone live with the expansion of its National Narrowband Network across Greater Sydney, claiming to cover 80% of the city’s population and accelerate IoT adoption.
23rd October 2020
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TelSoc Members, Please note we have been having problems with spammers getting on to our Newsletter lists recently, so I am repeating this edition from yesterday as many of you will not have received it. I suspect this will not be the end of our problems, but we will try to minimise any issues. Best regards, Tim Herring TelSoc Exec Director
15th October 2020
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Wholesale mobile voice services to cost less from next year A decision by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to cut the price of the Mobile Terminating Access Service from 1 January 2021 from 1.7 cents per minute to 1.19 cents per minute will bring down the wholesale price of mobile voice services.
2nd October 2020