CommsWire - 5 August 2019

Activist group launches campaign against Apple censorship in China Anti-corporate activist group SumofUs has launched a campaign against tech corporation Apple’s compliance with the Chinese government’s censorship demands in order to remain operating in the world’s most populous country.

CommsWire - 26 July 2019

5G demand drives market growth for Nokia Finnish telecommunications equipment vendor Nokia says strong demand for 5G has driven growth in its business for the second quarter and helped the company achieve “compelling results’ for the full year 2019.

CommsWire - 23 July 2019

Consumer complaints about telcos continue to fall Consumer complaints to Australia’s telcos have fallen by 12% in the three months between April and June this year – the lowest rate for the quarter since 2016.

CommsWire - 21 June 2019

Apple explores shifting production out of China: report Apple is thinking of making major changes in its supply chain and has asked its major suppliers to analyse the costs that would be involved in moving between 15% and 30% of production from China to countries like India, Vietnam, Mexico, Indonesia and Malaysia.

CommsWire - 14 June 2019

Broadcom says Huawei ban will mean US$2b less in revenue Semiconductor and hardware manufacturer Broadcom has said it will take a hit of about US$2 billion in annual sales for its current financial year which ends in November, due to the restrictions placed on Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies.

CommsWire - 6 June 2019

Trade war: Cook does not fear that China will target Apple Apple chief executive Tim Cook says he does not anticipate that China will target Apple as a means of retaliating for US actions in the ongoing trade war.

CommsWire - 17 April 2019

Call for NBN Co board resignation over ‘failure to deliver’ on core mission Commpete, the former Competitive Carriers Coalition, has called for the resignation of the board of NBN Co, the company rolling out the Australian national broadband network, accusing it of comprehensively failing in its core mission, including driving a more competitive telecommunications sector.

CommsWire - 16 April 2019

‘Credential abuse’ via ISPs main attack source in Australia Ninety percent of the Australia’s credential abuse attacks are delivered from within Australia via local ISP networks, according to a new study which also found that a growing number of internationally-based cybercriminals are routing attacks via homegrown networks.

CommsWire - 16 January 2019

Many Australians seek to change Internet plans after Xmas Product comparison firm iSelect says it has seen an average increase of about 40% in the number of Australians inquiring about changing their Internet plans after the festive season.

CommsWire - 7 November 2018

Broadband: Australia cheapest in Oceania, but still pricey Australia may be the cheapest place for broadband in the Oceania region but it ranks a lowly 84 globally. The cheapest broadband packages in 195 countries surveyed by the UK's Cable.co.uk site was in Ukraine and cost US$5 per month.