CommsWire - 15 January 2016

The Matrixx hits Vlocity and goes Digital, Telstra has access; PCCW Global seals colocation agreement with NEXTDC; SMEs invest in tech to grow businesses, but cloud adoption lags; Online shopping: is it ok at work when majority of OZ companies monitor employee inboxes?; Crackberry takes on a whole new meaning; Microsoft acquires Event Zero's Skype for Business technology; Global Health starts the year with two contract wins.

CommsWire - 17 December 2015

Optus snares multi-year Olympic sponsorship deal; Fifield says ?first 1,000 ?happy homes? on FTTN connected in just 51 days; NEXTDC completes $120m capital raising; Watch out Telstra - Norway?s NetCom reaches 1 Gbit/s speeds with LTE Advanced Pro; Nokia and Nixu collaborate on international cybersecurity; Serial offender faces penalties for breaches of TCP code; Industry on the move.

CommsWire - 7 December 2015

NBN launches 50mbps/20mbps fixed wireless in the bush; 700 ?high-skill? NBN cyber jobs in Melbourne over four years; nbn welcomes new board member: Shirley In?t Veld; Vodafone opens first QLD Business Centre on Gold Coast; NEXTDC links to IBM Direct Link via cloud; Telstra retail boss resigns after short stint in the job; ATO engages SMEs over its digital future.

CommsWire - 30 November 2015

NBN trials new discount pricing model for service providers; Telecoms security reform legislation still a concern for industry; NextDC putting A$200 million into data centre network expansion; Postage, stamp rates on verge of increase to $1; Telstra, NRL extend sponsorship, digital rights deal; ANZ Bank enhances Internet banking with new website; Digital radio takeup increasing to cover home, work, car.

CommsWire - 18 November 2015

DTO snubs advice from peak industry bodies; Microsoft pushes Azure and cloud in Ignite keynote; Macquarie Telecom, VMware collaborate in the cloud; SmartTrans on growth path in China market; Nokia joins Open Compute Project; Cisco's financial results reflect growing demand for switches; Wynyard?s $3.2M cyber solution Telstra deal; Microsoft Office 365 now live through AXONVX virtual exchange.

CommsWire - 17 November 2015

Growing popularity of subscription video on demand services; Symantec gets slapped by Google for a breach in trust; NextDC going to market for A$70 million to fund new Brisbane data centre; Top ten tech predictions for 2016; Service Stream selects IFS to consolidate systems; Playstation 4 implicated as comms tool in Paris terror attacks; Simonsen appointed Polycom Australia, NZ chief.

CommsWire - 7 October 2015

Telstra the new Wi-Fi bandwidth bully; TPPA: No mention of any downside for Australia; The ACMA, Internet providers cooperating to combat cybercrime; NextDC housing Worldox Cloud in Australia; CSE, Alcatel-Lucent team up on distribution; AT&T, Brocade come together on Network on Demand Platform; Tait locates Asia Pacific HQ in Sydney.

CommsWire - 25 September 2015

ACCAN tells telcos: introduce real time usage alerts; Less bill shock for mobile phone users; Preference for tap-and-go over cash, says PayPal; Optus supports fintech start-up hub; Balmain selects NEXTDC for cloud hosting; oneM2M seeks authority as M2M and IoT standard; Telstra and Vodafone plan big openings for iPhone 6S launch.

CommsWire - 16 July 2015

NBN BLOWS OWN TRUMPET ON FIXED WIRELESSThe NBN might be delivering a sup-optimal wired service now the Government has directed it to use copper rather than fibre, but it says its wireless service will be first rate. JAPANESE TELCOS PLAN DSL SHUTDOWN TO FAVOUR FTTHFibre to the Home connections are something many Japanese have signed up to in the tens of millions for years, but DSL connections are steadily falling away to nothing.

CommsWire weekly news - 1 May 2015

M2 trumps TPG bid for iiNet with scrip and cash offer iiNet takeover wars heat up further TPG buys more Amcom shares in bid to block Vocus TPG pipes in a winner against NBN in court case 5G Not about faster speeds but business for operators Big changes ahead for ?GenNBN? generation, says NBN