CommsWire daily newsletter - 18 December 2020

ASPI report looks at devolved data centre decisions - Macquarie Telecom Group responds The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has released a new report about devolved data centre decisions, reviewing the current situation, the implications and the challenges, with Macquarie Govt's MD, Aidan Tudehope, issuing comment.

CommsWire daily newsletter - 15 October 2020

TelSoc Members, Please note we have been having problems with spammers getting on to our Newsletter lists recently, so I am repeating this edition from yesterday as many of you will not have received it. I suspect this will not be the end of our problems, but we will try to minimise any issues. Best regards, Tim Herring  TelSoc Exec Director

CommsWire daily newsletter - 12 October 2020

Telstra hypes 41% 5G coverage as site number 2000 goes live In the wake of the much anticipated 5G iPhone 12 launch, Telstra has scrambled to promote itself as the number one 5G provider in Australia, with greater than 40% coverage of the population.

CommsWire daily newsletter - 10 July 2020

Optus 5G home Internet is an NBN killer For a while now, there have been mutterings here and there that the NBN Co's vain attempts to raise its average revenue per user — which has the fancy acronym ARPU — will face a real challenge once 5G gets a foothold in the community and retail service providers decide to use it to challenge the government monopoly.

CommsWire - 5 November 2019

Optus launches 'market leading' 5G With nearly 300 5G sites switched on across Australia today, and 1200 sites planned by March 2020, Optus has also announced new 4K Ultra HD video streaming partnerships while reaching 'top peak home 5G speeds' of 400 Mbps.

CommsWire - 11 February 2019

Long wait times as Australian telcos get 88 million customer calls Australia’s five largest telecommunications companies received more than 88 million enquiries in the 2017-18 financial year and in some cases customers had to wait up to 4 to 6 minutes for their call to be answered, according to a new report from the ACMA.

CommsWire - 31 January 2019

Optus 5G launches 50Mbps down, 20Mbps up, $70 unlimited Optus has launched its fixed 5G wireless service, with three sites live now in January 2019, and 1200 to be delivered by March 2020, but a number of quarters are asking if 5G is safe.

CommsWire - 15 January 2019

Optus makes 5G data call on 60 MHz in C-Band Australia’s second largest telco, the Singtel-owned Optus, says it has taken another significant step towards its commercial launch of 5G by making a 5G data call on 60 MHz using 3.5 GHz spectrum.

CommsWire - 12 December 2018

Penn says Telstra set to lead in 5G capabilities Securing between 30-80 MHz nation-wide in the 3.6 GHz spectrum will ensure that Telstra plays the leading tole in bring 5G capabilities and super-cast connections to Australians in both urban and rural areas, the company's chief executive Andrew Penn says.

CommsWire - 2 February 2018

Optus commits to early 2019 5G fixed wireless rollout With 3GPP phase one 5G standardisation achieved, Optus said it will "commence the roll out of 5G technology in Australia by early 2019 with a fixed wireless product in key metro areas."