CommsWire daily news - 3 February 2015

Telstra?s new CIO ? that?s Yarkoni, not Marconi; Abbott uses terrorism to defend data retention; Tell us the costs of data retention, says ACCAN; Foxtel?s triple play ? with no cable broadband; Virgin Mobile offers bonus data in February; Expats phone home, says Optus; Hotel industry backpedals on blocking Wi-Fi

Foxtel - Australia's version of Netflix or a Broadband Telco?

The pay TV business is under threat in the US. Viewers are "cutting the cord". What direction with Foxtel take in Australia - compete with the OTT guys or become a telco?

CommsWire weekly news - 31 October 2014

COVER STORY DATA RETENTION; Government moves on data retention; Industry falls into line; Senators try to stop data retention; Australian businesses support data retention but worried about cost and cybercrime; OPINION 1 Data retention ? secrecy by Government, pussyfooting by Labor; OPINION 2 Labor tops the polls in hypocrisy ; AWS gets the tick for government use; Vocus goes after Amcom; Megaport splits and expands; iiNet Downloaders Club; Telstra?s Asian strategy revealed;...

CommsWire daily news - 29 October 2014

Today is stop Data Retention Day; Vocus goes after Amcom; More HD channels coming to Foxtel satellite; AWS gets the tick for government use; Telstra tries again with app store; MyNetFone Australia?s ?fastest growing telco?; CIOs have cloud control, says report; The good and the bad from the Internet of Things; Huawei claims 100G-PON breakthrough.

CommsWire daily news - 10 September 2014

ANALYSIS Piracy rivals meet at Turnbull?s Sydney forum; as Foxtel defends pricing and BBC wades into the debate; and Spotify takes fight to music piracy; The iPhone 6 is here; The iPhone as a wallet; Apple redefines wearable with the Apple Watch.

CommsWire weekly news - 5 September 2014

COVER STORY - THE PIRACY DEBATE ; Lack of transparency in Transparency Report; The questions in the Migration Assurance Policy; and takes Whispir international; ACMA releases five year spectrum outlook ; Mail decline hits Australia Post profits ; Samsung beats Apple to the punch; as EFTPOS goes online with consumer trials; Microsoft silent on Australian Azure host; Change the network planning laws, says AMTA; Move over Google Maps ? Nokia?s HERE now on Samsung?s Android phones; while Xiaomi...

CommsWire daily news - 5 September 2014

Streaming closing in on traditional TV; so Foxtel fights back with major revamp; ACCC may block Wotif takeover; Mail decline hits Australia Post profits; Jabra feels the Pulse; European 700 MHz will be compatible with APT.

CommsWire daily news - 31 July 2014

NBN Co and Ericsson extend wireless agreement to satellitesNBN Co and Ericsson Australia have signed a four-year contract to deliver fixed wireless and satellite services to regional and rural Australia.

CommsWire weekly news - 20 June 2014

Telecom carriers acquiring, reorganising and strategising in preparation for changing markets, technologies, competition and opportunities.

CommsWire daily news - 19 June 2014

Digital Post Australia to close; Telstra Global expands into US; Amazon releases Fire Phone; Foxtel largely to blame for piracy, says Choice; Airlines big investors in comms technologies; Youth driving the regional smartphone market; OPINION Don?t walk away Renai! Delimiter reaches limit; ?Digital wave? spurs demand for video encoders