CommsWire - 12 December 2019

VOLTE users predicted to soar to 5 billion by 2024 The global number of VoLTE (Voice over LTE) users will approach 5 billion by 2024, rising from 2 billion in 2019, according to a new report.

CommsWire - 13 September 2019

Huawei chief offers to share technology with Western firm Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technology has expressed its willingness to sell its 5G technology to a Western company and allow the latter to develop it as it wished, while the Chinese firm continued on its own chosen path.

CommsWire - 19 August 2019

Please note CommsWire was missing for a few days due to the Editor Stan Beer having 'flu! Cisco, Victoria Uni partner on security skills training Victoria University is partnering with networking vendor Cisco to open a cybersecurity training centre in Melbourne’s West to meet an increasing demand for workers in one of Australia’s fastest growing and under serviced industries.

CommsWire - 30 April 2019

No info-sharing if you use Huawei, US tells UK The United States says it sees no distinction between the core of a 5G network and its radio access network, and will reconsider sharing information with any ally that uses equipment made by Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies in its next-generation telecommunications network.

CommsWire - 21 February 2019

Telstra says it has first dibs with Samsung S10 5G Both Telstra and Optus have announced they will provide their customers with the new Samsung Galaxy models released overnight, with Telstra claiming to have struck an exclusive deal with the South Korean phone-maker that would ensure its customers get their hands on the 5G device first.

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.

CommsWire - 15 October 2018

Labor not ruling out writedown of NBN: Rowland The Australian Labor Party is keeping open the option of writing down the value of the national broadband network if it were to win the next federal election, according to Shadow Communications Minister Michelle Rowland.

CommsWire - 12 July 2018

Telstra turns on LTE-B for Samsung users of AFL Live app Australia's biggest telecommunications service provider Telstra has turned on LTE-Broadcast technology nationally for its mobile network and says customers who are using Samsung Galaxy S8 and S9 devices will benefit from better HD streaming when they use the AFL Live official app.

CommsWire - 11 May 2018

Uncle Sam may decide what brand of smartphone you buy next One of the biggest telecommunications players in the world, China's ZTE, has been effectively shut down by a US ban and the ripple effects mean that Uncle Sam may well decide the brand of the next smartphone you buy.

CommsWire - 9 March 2018

Optus, Cisco partner on Commonwealth Games Optus Business and Cisco are joining forces to create a smart network which they say will allow global connections to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in April.