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 - 16 July 2019

UK tech panel finds no evidence for complete Huawei ban The British Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee says it has found no evidence to suggest that the complete exclusion of Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies from the UK telecommunications networks would constitute "a proportionate response to the potential security threat posed by foreign suppliers".

CommsWire - 15 July 2019

Huawei planning big staff cuts in US: report Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies is reportedly planning to lay off a large number of staff from its operations in the US due to its being placed on Washington;'s Entity List which prevents it from using American components unless specific permission is granted.

CommsWire - 12 July 2019

Dear TelSoc Member, You have probably noticed we have been having problems with getting CommsWire to you in the last two weeks. This was due to being blacklisted for suspected spam, subsequently found to be in error. Hopefully these problems are behind us and this is Friday's edition - finally!

CommsWire - 10 July 2019

Mobile complaints low, voice over NBN complaints high Mobile services have fared best with a low rate of consumer complaints in stark contrast to voice only services delivered by telcos over the NBN which had the highest rate of complaints over a six month period last year, according to a new report from the ACMA.

CommsWire - 3 July 2019

NBN Co exceeds targets for connected, activated premises The Australian national broadband network builder NBN Co has exceeded its connection targets for the financial year 2019, connecting more than 1.1 million premises in the three months to 27 June.

CommsWire - 3 July 2019

NBN Co exceeds targets for connected, activated premises The Australian national broadband network builder NBN Co has exceeded its connection targets for the financial year 2019, connecting more than 1.1 million premises in the three months to 27 June.

CommsWire - 1 July 2019

New rules give stronger protections to consumers: ACMA The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), says telco consumers will now be better protected under new consumer protection rules it has just introduced.

CommsWire - 28 June 2019

Five more years of wholesale mobile voice regulation: ACCC Regulation of Australia’s domestic Mobile Terminating Access Service (MTAS) for mobile voice services is set to be continued by the competition regulator, the ACCC, but MTAS for SMS services will no longer be regulated.

CommsWire - 26 June 2019

Victoria to ban mobiles in state schools from 2020 The Victorian Government will ban the use of mobile phones during school hours in state schools from the beginning of the school year in 2020, with the state's Education Minister James Merlino saying the ban is aimed at stopping cyber-bullying.