CommsWire - 12 January 2016

OTT mobile TV boom reflected by CES 2016 launches; Lenovo to drop Motorola brand in 2016; Samsung will power IoT with Windows 10; University takes phased approach to data centre virtualisation with Brocade; Telstra?s Chris Ford crosses to Inabox in CTO role; Join.me?s Android app gets major update: free, instant screen sharing to mobile

CommsWire - 12 November 2015

Vocus and Nextgen signed up for the Australia Singapore Cable; Activ8me, nbn get active connecting remote indigenous communities; Data growth exploding along with shift of data traffic from mobile networks to Wi-Fi; ACMA warns of direct carrier billing spending trap; Westpac launches card activation using a smartphone camera; Connected ?things? market growing strongly on back of expanding IoT; Inabox expands wholesale business with purchase of CloudXchange.

CommsWire - 29 October 2015

Legacy legislation not keeping up with today?s complex environment: ACMA; ACMA collects a $2.8 billion windfall in past year; Careless treatment of customer records costs Telechoice; loT a potential security nightmare: Intel CSO; ZTE profits jump on back of strong carrier sales; Mobile subscribers in India close to 1 billion, and growing fast.

It?s only the beginning

This article examines aspects of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act 2015. It shows how the law provides a tactical advantage to investigators who pursue whistleblowers and investigative journalists. The article exposes a discrepancy in the way ?journalist? is defined across different pieces of legislation. It argues that the explosion of data generated by the so-called Internet-of-Things (IoT) lead to a loss of user control which will enable non-stop...

CommsWire - 13 October 2015

Service providers not ready for data retention yet: survey; Last minute call on Data Retention Act from Internet Australia; Consumers wait to see if phone, Internet charges will drop; Alcatel-Lucent?s IoT Blueprint to create a smarter world; Tomizone banks 200 bank branches into growing retail WiFi network.

CommsWire - 9 September 2015

Emeritus Professor slams Coalition NBN as ?bad deal?; Call for halt to introduction of ISP copyright code; Telstra?s T-Voice: landline calls on your smartphone or tablet at home; 5G connections: 240 million by 2025 and IoT; Spark wants certainty for industry from regulatory review; Apple slips behind Android in Australia while smartwatches flop; Blackberry to acquire Good Technology.

CommsWire - 3 September 2015

Optus seals Exetel NBN aggregation deal; NBN wireless is just fine says nbn; Retailers IoT spending splurge; Dubber goes live in Europe, UK with ?revolutionary? solution for telcos; Ericsson unlocks LTE-U and better wireless indoor performance; Android losing marketshare to Apple iOS in Europe; Nokia Networks unveils its programmable 5G multi-service architecture.

CommsWire - 12 August 2015

TURNBULL RESPONDS TO MYREPUBLIC CEO COMMENTSThe head of Singaporean broadband supplier MyRepublic got a lot of publicity yesterday with his comment that the NBN was ‘shit’. Malcolm Turnbull begs to differ. NUMBERS SHOW NETFLIX COEXISTING WITH FOXTELNetflix refuses to disclose Australian subscriber numbers, but Roy Morgan Research makes a good estimate based on polling of households. It is in 8% of Australian homes.

CommsWire - 24 July 2015

Accc Approves Revised Nbn-Optus Cable Deal;m2m A ?strategic Imperative? For Mobile Operators;carriers Up In Arms Over Telstra Wholesale Prices;tasmanet Raises $5.3 Million For Cloud Expansion;vodafone Partners With Synnex On Distribution.

CommsWire - 14 July 2015

?new Generation? Ict Services To Boost Telco Revenues; Beware The Hacker: Public Wi-Fi ?inherently Insecure?; China Way Out Front In Deployment Of Internet Of Things; Out Of Left Field: Surprise, Surprise ? Nbn Exceeds Low Expectations; Bigair Buys Applaud For $1.2 Million.