CommsWire - 7 February 2017

Job losses, stores closed as Allphones goes into liquidation The Allphones chain of 84 telecommunications retail stores around Australia have been placed in administration due to insufficient funding to keep stores trading during a sales process.

CommsWire - 1 February 2017

Telstra Gigabit 4GX LTE arrives Telstra can now deliver Gigabit per second wireless downloads and a very respectable 150Mbps upload ? via the 4GX LTE network in the central business district of Sydney. The service will be rolled out to other capital cities soon.

CommsWire - 27 January 2017

Optus brings native Wi-Fi voice calling to market Optus has launched native Voice over WiFi ? or WiFi Calling ? which the telco says allows customers to easily make and receive calls, SMS and MMS where there is limited mobile coverage but an accessible WiFi service, such as home or public WiFi.

CommsWire - 25 January 2017

ACMA announces satellite license tax reductions In a review of taxation arrangements for satellite services released in a 12-page document on Tuesday the Australian Communications and Media Authority has outlined cuts for apparatus licence taxes, which will take effect on 5 April 2017.

CommsWire - 21 December 2016

Government wants ?radical? expansion of data retention Internet Australia has criticised a move by the Federal Government to call for submissions over the Christmas period for what it describes as a ?radical expansion of its controversial data retention scheme?

CommsWire - 9 November 2016 Special Edition

NBN rollout will be done by 2020 says Morrow; IA says time for govt to review NBN strategy; Telstra?s first mobile leasing plan for SMBs to stay ?up to date?; Motorola Solutions buys Australia?s Gridstone; Smartphone VR: over half of VR shipments by 2021; Verizon helps out with fight against childhood rheumatic heart disease; 

CommsWire - 9 November 2016

There was a problem with the formatting of the CommsWire Newsletter this morning, so I am re-sending it. Tim Herring NBN rollout will be done by 2020 says Morrow The National Broadband Network raked in $181 million in revenue in the three months to the end of September as take-up of the network continues towards completion of the rollout by 2020.

CommsWire - 9 November 2016

NBN rollout will be done by 2020 says Morrow The National Broadband Network raked in $181 million in revenue in the three months to the end of September as take-up of the network continues towards completion of the rollout by 2020.

CommsWire - 19 October 2016

NBN claims ?lightning speeds? of 8Gbps in XG.FAST trials; Patton restrained on NBN Co planned use of ultra-fast XG technology; Bizcaps, Authenticateit team up in counterfeit medicines fight; VIDEO: ?World?s First Gigabit Class LTE Mobile Device and Gigabit-Ready Network?; Avaya contracted by dnata in 5 year, multi-million dollar deal; Talk to the network because Alexa is listening; Naganayagam joins NetLinkz from SAP; 

CommsWire - 12 October 2016

Telstra chairman slams Vodafone over mobile roaming support; Early and continuing engagement for NBN employees with Workplace by Facebook; Rising tide of public, industry concerns over MTM, says IA chief; Samsung ends production of Galaxy Note7; Fusion Broadband speeds private WAN rollouts; Yahoo! making it tough for users to leave: report;