CommsWire weekly news - 27 March 2015

TPG iiNet deal in the balance Malone says board ?out of ideas? Data retention now the law of the land Don?t say you weren?t warned, says Ludlam Website blocking the next battleground Nextflix arrives - Video wars get serious Tucker says FTTP costs ?confusing? Troubled Newsat asks for trading halt

CommsWire daily news - 23 March 2015

Telstra invests in another video analytics player IT'S OVER THE TOP V Video wars get serious Netflix announces Australian pricing Telstra joins Netflix attack with Presto bonus Watch out Netflix - Foxtel??s IQ3 now available Apple readies its own OTT TV service ACMA releases new phone numbering plan The real cost of data retention Inmarsat extends VOD TV to the high seas

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings shares his thoughts on NBN, data quotas and VPNs in Australia

Reed Hastings discusses why Netflix is coming to Australia. 

CommsWire daily news - 11 March 2015

Optus and Netflix versus Telstra and Presto; How many VoD services does Australia need?; Pacnet extends SDN and NFV into the optics; Cloud casts a shadow over IT in ANZ; Globalgig ships D-Link router with 4G SIM; PABX market slides as UC picks up

CommsWire daily news - 4 March 2015

The path to 5G opens up The biggest news at Mobile World Congress; Netflix ANZ here on 24 March; iiNet pays $204,000 in penalties for advertising breach; Inmarsat and Aussie aviation partner on global flight tracking; HP to acquire Aruba Networks; Broadband over HFC booming ? Arris the leader; Optus to release own brand ?Cash by Optus? smartphone; Telstra and Cisco team for on-demand services; Ericsson cloud gets ?hyperscale upgrade?; Facebook founder underwhelms at MWC

CommsWire weekly news - 30 January 2015

2015 ? the year of video streaming; Stan joins Presto, Netflix, Fetch TV, BigPond Movies, Quickflix, Apple TV ?; FCC warns hotels against blocking Wi-Fi; Data retention hearings ? why bother? Newsat defaults; Hutchison moves on O2; iPhone 6 gives Apple record result

CommsWire daily news - 30 January 2015

Public hearings begin on data retention ? why bother? No Choice but to ?HideMyAss? for global and secure content access; Quickflix looking for a way out as Netflix looms; Amazon joins email market with WorkMailFCC warns hotels against blocking guests? Wi-Fi.

CommsWire daily news - 27 January 2015

Stan is here ? and so is Presto, Netflix, Fetch TV, BigPond Movies, Quickflix, Apple TV; OPINION     Government discovers digital transformation; Hutchison confirms planned O2 acquisition; Venture Crowd raises $363K for Crowd Mobile ? but IPO falters; iPhone demand remains strong as Samsung regains ?some momentum?; Quin?s departure sparks changes at the top.

CommsWire weekly news - 23 January 2015

TELSTRA GOES VIDEO; Telstra and Verizon launche 100G on submarine networks; Megaport adds Google Cloud interconnect; ACCAN questions new NBN greenfields costs; ANALYSIS Cherries are in season ? but only NBN Co can pick them; ECONOMUSE Netflix ? the elephant in the pay TV room; Hutch to buy UK?s O2 off Telefonica?; Ofcom prepares for 5G; Telstra enters the Matrixx; Indonesia?s Telkom pulls out of 2 Degrees bid; Optus extends 4G Plus to its entire network; Vodafone pushes 4G as broadband...

CommsWire daily news - 19 January 2015

Telstra launches 100G on submarine cables to accommodate growth in data and video; ECONOMUSE     Netflix ? the elephant in the pay TV room; Ofcom prepares for 5G; Mobile connections ?to reach 9.5 billion in 2019?; Virgin and Qualcomm launch satellite venture.