CommsWire weekly news - 28 November 2014

COVER STORY Fixed line telephony in major global decline; New group launches communications initiative; Not so fast on data retention, says committee; OPINION Brandis: I can see you but you can?t see me ; Telstra launches 4GX in Melbourne; Asia Pacific FTTH reaches 100 million, no thanks to Australia; ACMA flags changed OTT regulation; Chorus reduces UFB cost guidance; Fire service using Polycom video collaboration; Ericsson and IBM collaborate on 5G antenna designs; Telco IT investment growing...

CommsWire daily news - 26 November 2014

Telstra launches 4GX in Melbourne; Asia Pacific FTTH reaches 100 million, no thanks to Australia; Deloitte releases Australian edition of its Mobile Consumer Survey; Ericsson and IBM collaborate on 5G antenna designs; Telco IT investment growing; Chorus reduces UFB cost guidance.

CommsWire daily news - 20 November 2014

Telstra hots up hotspot Wi-Fi war with free offer; BigAir bigger with Oriel; Netflix is coming! Netflix is coming!; ANALYSIS Will Netflix Australia be a Netflop?; Connected services driving mobile growth; but more mobile spectrum ?vital to growth?.

CommsWire daily news - 19 November 2014

OPINION Turnbull lauds ?interim? NBN corporate plan; NBN Co has released a new Corporate Plan to underwhelming response.; ANALYSIS World nears one mobile connection per person; Ericsson?s Mobility Report dissects the numbers; while youth, urbanisation and smartphones are the big drivers in our region; BT expands cloud services in Asia Pacific; A visit to Bell Labs - an idea not a place.

CommsWire weekly news - 7 November 2014

Inabox Group acquires Anittel for $10 million, jobs to go; Now TPG increases Amcom stake; Aussies to break online shopping records; Half of mobile users could switch carriers; Telstra announces ?4GX?; Soprano Gamma brings IP to enterprise messaging ; Airports prepare for the ?connected traveller? ; Turning phone waste into art ; Scammers scam the scam watcher; Turnbull defends data retention; OPINION Turnbull?s data retention hypocrisy revealed; Canberra?s CBRfree Wi-Fi network launches ;...

CommsWire daily news - 7 November 2014

Inabox Group acquires Anittel for $10 million, jobs to go; Now TPG increases Amcom stake; Aussies to break online shopping records; Online holiday spending in Australia tipped to grow by more than 15% this year,; Half of mobile users could switch carriers; ITU and Internet Society join to combat spam; as ITU commits to global ICT agenda; Orange renews contract with Liquid Capital.

CommsWire daily news - 8 September 2014

Optus will pay other carriers? exit fees; iiNet acquires most of Tech2; Thaicom-7 launched, now for NewSat and Optus; 4G revenue boost ?will be short-lived?; Our apps are spying on us, and Android is worst; Japanese giants hit 400 Gbps.

CommsWire daily news - 3 July 2014

TELSTRA IN COURT ? 1 Telstra-NBN battle over CPI indexing heats up; TELSTRA IN COURT ? 2 Telstra wins ? court says dispute ?not a dispute?; Vocus acquisition of FX Networks confirmed; Telstra invests in mobile security company; Teens big users of mobile Internet ? but online less than adults; ECONOMUSE How low can you roam?; Ericsson claims 5 Gbps on prototype 5G

CommsWire daily news - 30 June 2014

Verizon takes Aussie ID product worldwide; but loses out in Germany; Australian mobile phone market down; ITU to promote mobile money for the poor; Faulty charger kills NSW woman; Equinix deploys Ciena for virtual networking; America slows down as Europe picks up; MCF wants mobile towers on NSW Crown Land.