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ACCC fines the three largest internet service providers for $33.5 million for misrepresenting internet speed connection The Federal Court has ordered that the largest internet service providers—Telstra, Optus, and TPG Telecom—need to pay penalties amounting to $33.5 million after each companies admitted false and misleading representations when promoting certain NBN internet plans, according to the ACCC.

14th November 2022

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Spark, Vodafone, Tait, Kordia to build NZ$1.4 billion Public Safety Network Dominant NZ telco operators Spark and Vodafone NZ have established Hourua – a new joint venture that will provide priority cellular services to the NZ$1.4 billion Public Safety Network, which is being implemented by Next Generation Critical Communications, a cross-agency government advisor group involving Police, Fire and Emergency New Zealand and St John and Wellington Free Ambulance

11th November 2022

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Counting down to Comms Connect Melbourne EVENT INVITE: The countdown is well and truly on until the 2022 edition of Comms Connect Melbourne, the Southern Hemisphere’s premier critical communications and public safety event, set to be held in person for the first time since 2019 from 18–20 October.

5th October 2022

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Singtel claims 5G network surpasses 95% nationwide coverage Singapore's largest telco and Optus owner Singtel claims to have achieved over 95% standalone 5G nationwide coverage way ahead of its rollout schedule.   ACCC launches Consumer Data Right sandbox to improve data quality

25th July 2022

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AMTA supports GSMA report findings on aviation spectrum row A new report by the Global System for Mobile Communications Associations (GSMA) detailing the co-existence between 5G networks and global aviation systems in adjacent frequencies was endorsed by the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA).   Cloud spending outstrips non-cloud IT investment in Q1 of 2022: report

7th July 2022

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SkyLink UAS trials drone medical delivery flights Drone company SkyLink UAS and intelligent positioning solutions Position Partners have trialled beyond visual line of sight drone medical delivery flights using SkyLink UTM microservices and SkyLink UTM cloud platform.

31st May 2022

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Trent Czinner appointed Chair of AMTA The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) has appointed mobile telecommunications executive Trent Czinner as its new chair.

17th February 2022

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NBN Co restarting HFC sales Cable modems are once again being delivered to NBN Co, and the company has announced it will resume orders for HFC services from 24 May 2021.

30th March 2021

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We have been having a problem with the CommsWire distribution. This is the edition from Wednesday.   Please note if you no longer wish to receive CommsWire, please send an email to Tim Herring: tim.herring@telsoc.org making sure you give your name.  Best regards, Tim H Executive Director, TelSoc 

10th February 2021

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Nokia, Vodafone show off 100Gbps fibre broadband in laboratory Finnish telecommunications equipment vendor Nokia has teamed up with Vodafone to demonstrate a new passive optical network technology that can deliver speeds of up to 100Gbps on a single wavelength.

3rd February 2021