CommsWire daily newsletter - 14 May 2021

Comms Alliance says 'decreasing rates of telco complaints continue' in latest Q1 2021 report It's reportedly only a "small decrease" in complaint rates, but at least complaints are down, and not up.

CommsWire - 13 December 2019

Government condemned for ‘disgraceful attack’ on free speech over digital platforms inquiry The Australian Government has come under fire from conservative think tank Institute of Public Affairs over its response to the digital platforms inquiry, with the institute condemning the Government for a “disgraceful attack” on free speech.

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 - 22 October 2018

ACMA probe of triple zero failure finds Telstra in breach An ACMA investigation into the lack of provision of a triple-zero service by Telstra after an outage in May has found the telco in breach of a rule that requires it to ensure that such calls go to the emergency call service operator.

CommsWire - 4 October 2018

ECONOMUSE: 2018 review of retail broadband pricing The review of September 2018 prices shows that there has not been much movement on the major issues identified with retail broadband prices - wholesale pricing still a problem.

CommsWire - 2 October 2018

Australia bid to push Huawei out of PNG cable project Australia, along with Japan and the US, is once again trying to elbow out Chinese telecommunications company Huawei from building a cable system, this time an internal one in Papua New Guinea.

CommsWire - 24 September 2018

Telco bodies, AIIA warn encryption bill could weaken Australia’s security The Federal Government's draft encryption bill could seriously damage Australia’s — and international — cyber security and, would act contrary to its stated aim of increasing security for Australians, a submission jointly made by the telco industry body Communications Alliance, the Australian Information Industry Association and the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association claims.

CommsWire - 21 September 2018

RSPs tread with care as ACMA NBN rules now in place The final rules devised by the Australian Communications and Media Authority to improve the experience of consumers who move over to the national broadband network, and carrying penalties of up to $10 million for offenders, take effect from today.

CommsWire - 15 August 2018

Australia's decryption delves into the 'Dangers of Backdoor' VPN provider NordVPN is warning Australians about the dangers of Australia's Federal Government releasing "a legislative proposal to give law enforcement agencies new rights to access personal user communications and data".

CommsWire - 15 August 2018

Australia's decryption delves into the 'Dangers of Backdoor' VPN provider NordVPN is warning Australians about the dangers of Australia's Federal Government releasing "a legislative proposal to give law enforcement agencies new rights to access personal user communications and data".