CommsWire - 26 October 2016

Future of ACCAN under a cloud with Government telecoms review The future of the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, not just its performance, will be at stake in the upcoming Federal Government telecommunications sector review of the Act.

CommsWire - 29 September 2016

NBN drops Optus HFC in favour of FTTdp for rollout to 700,000 premises NBN Co has abandoned plans to rollout the national broadband network on the Optus HFC network for which it paid $800 million ? with the exception of one area in Queensland and will now use  fibre-to-the-distribution point (FTTdp), to deploy the network for up to 700,000 premises.

CommsWire - 26 September 2016

Telstra boosting ?field workforce? by 1000 over next six months One thousand Telstra techs, or "communications technicians" dubbed "CTs" will be "put into the field for Telstra across Australia over the next six months to improve the customer experience through reduced installation and fault repair times".

CommsWire - 2 September 2016

Surge in home Internet-connected devices as IoT spending explodes Technology is rapidly taking control of Australian homes, with the number of Internet-connected devices predicted to rise to 29 as consumers embark on an Internet of Things (IoT) ?spending spree?.

CommsWire - 31 August 2016

$3 billion in savings to healthcare system from telehealth, says CSIRO Australia?s first large-scale trial of telehealth has shown that up to $3 billion a year could be saved to the healthcare system, according to the CSIRO which trialled telehealth systems with 287 patients over a 12 month period.

CommsWire - 20 July 2016

Amaysim to sell NBN broadband within 12 months Amaysim wants to take its success in the MVNO mobile market and replicate it in the broadband market, operating again as a "virtual network operator". Telstra launches into cloud management Telstra has launched a cloud management platform as the telco looks to make a broader range of cloud services available to businesses.

CommsWire - 6 July 2016

AIIA says electronic voting makes a lot of sense Australia would save both money and time if it turned to electronic voting, the Australian Information Industry Association, the nation's peak body for the technology industry, claims. Electronic voting? Not on your life The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has joined the growing throng of calls for Australia to move to electronic voting. And why wouldn?t it?

CommsWire - 20 June 2016

With a sample size of 0.05%, Open Signal dubs Australia?s mobile networks FAST With more than 15 million smartphones in Australia, Open Signal?s sample size of 0.05% is enough for it to declare Australia?s mobile networks fast and widely available. Freestyle opens IoT development centre in Melbourne M2M specialist Freestyle Technology officially opened its IoT innovation centre today.

CommsWire - 16 June 2016

Ziggy found to have breached caretaker conventions NBN Co chairman Ziggy Switkowski was warned not to submit an opinion piece to Fairfax Media in which he defended the AFP raids on Labor functionaries in a quest to find out who had leaked documents about the NBN which resulted in several unfavourable articles appearing in various media. Alert: Check medical alarms are NBN compatible

CommsWire - 3 June 2016

Internet of Things devices to overtake number of mobile phones by 2018 - IoT connected devices growing to 16 billion by 2021: Ericsson The Internet of Things (IoT) phenomenon is sweeping the world including Australia and the wider Asia Pacific Oceania region, with worldwide IoT connected devices forecast to hit 16 billion by 2021 ? a rise of 23% every year ? according to the latest Mobility Report from Ericsson.