CommsWire - 5 April 2019

Optus call for regulatory reform to facilitate 5G deployment Optus has called for national reform to facilitate 5G deployment and urged industry and government collaboration to reassess what it calls “outdated” deployment rules. New social media laws rammed through Parliament New laws that target social media platforms which allow live streaming and broadcast of violent crimes has been passed by the Australian Parliament.

CommsWire - 4 March 2019

Coles snubs Telstra, cuts $100m NBN deal with Optus Retail giant Coles has unveiled a multi-year $100 million partnership with the business division of Singtel Optus to move its outlets to the national broadband network.

CommsWire - 1 March 2019

Telco prices down and more data offered, says competition watchdog Australia’s competition watchdog, the ACCC, says lower prices and growing data services have been the key consumer benefits in the period 2017–18, with mobile phone services dropping by 8.3% in real terms, and fixed broadband prices falling by 1.5%.

CommsWire - 14 February 2019

Telstra profits drop by 28% as NBN continues to bite Telstra has revealed a fall of 27.4% in its net profit after tax and a drop of 4.1% in its reported income for the first half of fiscal year 2019. The company has also further slashed its dividend.

CommsWire - 7 February 2019

Telstra plans $160m spend on Vic mobile network projects Telstra has plans to invest more than $160 million on 600 mobile network projects in Victoria during the 2018-19 financial year, with the aim of eliminating black spots, improving data speeds and capacity.

CommsWire - 5 February 2019

Smartphone shipments had worst ever year in 2018 Smartphone shipments fell for the fifth consecutive quarter in the final quarter of 2018, with 375.4 million units shipped, a drop of 4.9% year-on-year, according to its preliminary figures from technology analyst firm IDC.

CommsWire - 20 December 2018

Australian 5G will cost billions more due to Huawei ban: claim Australia's ban on the use of 5G equipment from Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies will result in the cost of deploying wireless base stations being higher by anything from 15% to 40%, Huawei chairman Ken Hu says.

CommsWire - 14 December 2018

ACCC raises concerns over proposed Vodafone-TPG merger The Australian Competition and Consumer Commissions says that removing TPG, which it viewed as being on the way to becoming a fourth mobile competitor in Australia, from the fray through its merger with Vodafone would substantially lessen competition in the sector.

CommsWire - 27 November 2018

Sydney contactless payment trial extended to metro trains Commuters in Sydney will now be able to use their credit cards or mobile phones to tap on and off on metro train services, instead of using their Opal cards, after the contactless payments trial run by Transport for NSW and the Commonwealth Bank, Cubic and Mastercard was extended.

CommsWire - 26 November 2018

Telstra fixed line services to be regulated until June 2024 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has decided to extend the declaration of Telstra's six fixed-line telecommunications services until 30 June 2024.