CommsWire daily newsletter - 7 April 2020

‘Critical’ time for mobile services as COVID-19 impacts industry growth: analyst Increasing competition and the lowest net increase for six years had already put pressure on Australia’s mobile carriers even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, according to new research from analyst firm, Telsyte.

SafetyNet

This paper proposes a new vehicle, dubbed SafetyNet, for improving communications in rural and remote Australia. A wholesale mobile network using LTE in the 450 MHz spectrum band is proposed. SafetyNet would address any updated Universal Service Obligation, public safety network options and mobile roaming.

CommsWire - 7 August 2015

Android Os Updates A Mess ? Only 18% On Lollipop; Thodey To Chair Csiro; Vocus-Amcom Deal Bears Fruit; Gsma Disappointed In Slow Spectrum Reregulation; Hey! Somebody?s Hacked My Smart Watch!; Deloitte Hosts Cyber Security Meeting.

CommsWire - 29 June 2015

Telstra?s New Wi-Fi Network To Be Called ?telstra Air?; Government To Oversee Telco Security Standards; Green Light For Telstra-Nbn Migration Plan ; Consumers ?better Protected? Under Revised Nbn Plan; Volte And Vilte Storm Coming, Radical Simplification Advised; Mobile Device Authentication Via Facial Recognition To Boom.

USO reboot: pass it to NBN Co, bring in mobile

The end of TUSMA, and the ongoing NBN Co-Telstra negotiations, herald the ideal time for a drastic rework of the Universal Service Obligation ? shifting it to NBN Co rather than Telstra, and bringing mobile into the mix. That?s the view of industry veteran professor Reg Coutts, a member of the expert panel that advised on the previous version of the NBN. And with Coutts? ideas including the possible provision of more mobile backhaul in regional areas, this concept might just mesh with the...

CommsWire weekly news - 11 July 2014

Expedia to buy Wotif; Triple Zero review; NT Government and Telstra connect the bush; My Net Fone acquires iBoss; Huawei Australia to expand into data centres; The Trans-Pacific Partnership debate; Zuckerberg says the Internet more important than the printing press; SubPartners to use NextDC's P1 for APX cables; Alcatel-Lucent hits 10 Gbps over copper; NewSat secures $11.7 million contract for Jabiru-2 capacity; Australia ?lags the world? on mobile strategy; Respecting your privacy ? new ?...