CommsWire - 29 November 2016

Telstra links up with Fon to offer free Wi-Fi for overseas travelers Telstra is offering its mobile customers free Wi-Fi data at hotspots around the world with its Telstra Air service, claiming a first for a major Australian telco to make the offer available to personal mobile customers.

CommsWire - 23 November 2016

NetComm beats Nokia to win NBN Co FttC tender NBN Co has opted for Australian-made with its decision to award local vendor NetComm Wireless a contract for the supply of distribution point units (DPU) needed for the fibre to the kerb rollout of the National Broadband Network.

CommsWire - 17 November 2016

Internet and NBN complaints up, mobile down The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) report launched today reveals 112,518 new complaints last financial year. Mobile complaints fell, but Internet and NBN complaints rose sharply.

CommsWire - 16 September 2016

VHA joins Nokia push for adopting LTE-based public safety tech Nokia has formed an alliance with mobile operators, including VHA, public authorities and first responders to standardise the use of LTE for public safety. iPhone 7 tough to find, iPhone 7 Plus sold out If you?re hoping to get the iPhone 7 you want today during walk-in sales, you might just have to wait until stocks become available.

CommsWire - 30 August 2016

Comms Alliance, AMTA combine on broadband speed claims Communications Alliance and the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA), have proposed the creation of an industry guideline on making representations to consumers about the performance of broadband services rather than be monitored by the ACCC.

CommsWire - 17 August 2016

NBN ?on track' and buoyed by exceeding network rollout targets Controversy and questions about broadband speed and performance aside, NBN Co, the company building the National Broadband Network, has today released its 2016 financial results and says it has exceeded connection and financial targets for the ninth consecutive quarter.

CommsWire - 11 August 2016

ABS not alone ? DDoS attacks on government systems ?almost daily? claim Macquarie Telecom has weighed into the debate on the census debacle, saying it has seen almost daily DDoS attacks on government systems, and ?all blame? for the census failure should not be aimed at the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

CommsWire - 22 July 2016

NBN HFC network rollout buys tick of approval from Ovum NBN Co is standing tall on its rollout of its HFC network, which will ultimately deliver broadband services to over three million premises across Australia, after commissioning an endorsement of HFC by global analyst firm Ovum. ACCC green light for Telstra NBN migration plan changes

CommsWire - 20 April 2016

Transport sector to double mobile ticket purchases to 23 billion by 2020 23 billion transport and event tickets will be sold per year by 2020, purchased globally using mobile handsets according to new research. auDA to introduce .au direct registrations Domain administrator, auDA, is to introduce direct registrations in .au, after its board accepted the recommendation of the 2015 Names Policy Panel on direct registrations.

CommsWire - 4 March 2016

Telstra outage affected 490,000 pre-paid customers; Verizon Wireless certifies Netcomm?s 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router; The strong Vocus focus on its new national Partner Program; NEC to help Adelaide become ?world-leading smart city? - multi-function polis reborn?; Global Cloud Xchange expands cloud footprint with AWS; Survey says... Apple is wrong; Animal Logic adopts Brocade?s New IP Infrastructure.