CommsWire - 11 January 2016

ISPs under cost pressure from ?Internet tax? due to Data Retention Act; Facebook Messenger users pass 800m monthly on fast track to 1 billion; BT, Saleforce team up through cloud connect; Howzat! Optus picks up cricket sponsorship after Dick Smith clean bowled; Telstra fires up mobile capacity for Victorian fire fighters; Huawei number three in global smartphone sales; Early 2016 mobile market shakeup with Amaysim, Vaya deal.

CommsWire - 2 November 2015

Amaysim makes its pre-paid plans even more amazing; NBN killer? Nokia and SK Telecom?s joint 5G trial: 19.1 Gbps over the air!; Facebook?s slideshows are video-like for low-bandwidth areas; Australia Post putting up $20 million to drive innovation in ecommerce; Ruckus reassures Cloudpath users on multi-vendor support; Ericsson makes moves to unify 5G infrastructure service market; PMO and Pollenizer launch govt startup incubator: DataStart; Data#3 wins Edith Cowan University contract.

CommsWire - 1 October 2015

Vodafone and TPG?s billion dollar deals; ACCAN congratulates nbn and Arianespace on successful satellite launch; Amaysim?s amazing unlimited 1GB plan for $24.95; COMMENT: Has Microsoft led Macquarie Uni up the garden path?; Rackspace moves into managed security; NZ?s The Instillery partners with Purple WiFi.

CommsWire - 24 August 2015

Foxtel Fights Back; Reporting Time; Spark Nz Profit Down, But ?on Track To Deliver?; Iinet Goes Out With A Bang; Amaysim Revenues Up By Two Thirds; Bigair Gets Bigger; Vodafone Makes New Marketing Push.

CommsWire - 16 July 2015

NBN BLOWS OWN TRUMPET ON FIXED WIRELESSThe NBN might be delivering a sup-optimal wired service now the Government has directed it to use copper rather than fibre, but it says its wireless service will be first rate. JAPANESE TELCOS PLAN DSL SHUTDOWN TO FAVOUR FTTHFibre to the Home connections are something many Japanese have signed up to in the tens of millions for years, but DSL connections are steadily falling away to nothing.

CommsWire - 24 June 2015

AMAYSIM ISSUES IPO PROSPECTUS TO RAISE $200 MILLION; ORANGE CLAIMS OPTICAL SPEED RECORD; SITE BLOCKING LAW LIKENED TO USING A ?MACHINE GUN TO SHOOT RABBITS?; TELCO CONSUMERS ?DISSATISFIED? WITH RESPONSE TO SERVICE COMPLAINTS; FTTX MARKET HITS RECORD LEVELS WITH CHINA DEPLOYMENTS; AIRLINE PASSENGERS INCREASINGLY A CONNECTED LOT.

CommsWire daily news - 24 April 2015

590Mbps speeds on Telstra LTE-A, VoLTE on, ViLTE coming; Squeeze on Telstra mobile customer revenue; Amaysim amazingly adds more 4G data at no extra cost; 'No iOS Zone': How a DoS attack can be made on iPads and iPhones; Mobile malware problem massively overhyped.

CommsWire weekly news - 8 August 2014

COVER STORY ? THE BATTLE OVER DATA RETENTION ?    Data retention needed to ?fight terrorism??    OPINION      Three Stooges ? data retention turns to farce?    Turnbull says data retention debate has ?got ahead of the policy??    iiNet ? it?s not ?just? metadata?    EFA comes out against data retention laws?    ISOC-AU?s ten questions about data retention

CommsWire daily news - 6 August 2014

Data retention to ?fight terrorism?The Government has announced controversial legislation mandating data retention for telecommunications companies. It is part of a $630 million boost to security agencies.

CommsWire daily news - 1 July 2014

Vocus to buy FX Networks, trading suspended; NTT announces SDN / NFV service; Inabox to acquire Neural Networks; Amaysim promotes Ogrin to managing director; Unified Comms a ?global growth engine?; OPINION Windows Phone on the rise.