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 - 4 July 2017

ACCC to undertake wide-ranging study of telco sector The competition regulator will undertake a market study to discover the exact state of the telecommunications sector, with the focus on the national broadband network and 5G technology.

CommsWire - 29 May 2017

ACCC finalises prices for non-NBN high-speed Internet The competition watchdog has issued its list of final prices for high-speed Internet supplied by non-NBN services. Management of numbering system likely to transfer to industry Plans are afoot to change Australia?s telecommunications numbering system and to transfer management of the system from government to industry.

CommsWire - 25 May 2017

ACCC announces upcoming tender for broadband monitoring testers The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has signalled a May launch for a request for tenders from testers of its previously announced Broadband Performance Monitoring and Reporting Program.

CommsWire - 8 May 2017

ACCC decides against declaration of mobile roaming The competition watchdog has cast aside industry opposition and concerns and made a draft decision not to declare wholesale mobile roaming services, saying there is insufficient evidence that such a declaration will improve competition amongst telcos.

CommsWire - 29 March 2017

ACCC rejects NBN special access undertaking variations The competition watchdog has rejected proposals by the builders of the National broadband Network, NBN Co, to vary the Special Access Undertaking (SAU) which governs the prices and other terms on which it supplies wholesale broadband services to Internet Service Providers.

CommsWire - 16 March 2017

Telcos faces more broadband scrutiny from ACCC ACCC chairman Rod Sims has served a warning to telecommunications companies that they face greater scrutiny, particularly in the area of advertised broadband speeds.

CommsWire - 17 January 2017

Applications open for unsold 700MHz spectrum auction The Australian Communications and Media Authority has opened applications for the 2017 auction of unsold spectrum licences in the 700MHz band.

CommsWire - 27 October 2016

ACCC seeks feedback on proposed mobile roaming regulation The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released a discussion paper on wholesale domestic roaming services as it considers whether regulation of mobile roaming in the Australian market would promote competition among telecommunications services providers.

CommsWire - 17 October 2016

ACCC wants to continue ADSL regulation; US bans Note7 from all flights, threatens prosecution; Galaxy Note7 debacle shows Samsung in poor light; Telstra?s Google Pixel Android OS updates to be available when Google releases them; All-fibre NBN still top of the agenda for IA; Enterprise mobility market heading to $5.5 billion by decade end; Esri partners with Waze to deliver traffic data sharing options to governments;