CommsWire - 9 November 2018

Optus half-year profits fall by a fifth due to NBN migration charges Optus has seen a 20% fall in profits year-on-year for the first half of its 2018 fiscal year, with Australia's second biggest telco reporting $259 million in net profit for the period against $325 million for the first half a year ago.

CommsWire - 11 September 2018

Huawei issues joint statement with UL over findings of benchmark 'cheating' Getting phones to run at faster speeds when benchmark software is detected is what Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei has been discovered doing, with the tech maker fessing up and issuing a statement.

CommsWire - 26 March 2018

NBN Co opens lab to train workers for network field tasks NBN Co will provide training and assessments for more than 2000 in-field workers on how to deploy, activate and maintain the network, using simulation as a teaching tool.

CommsWire - 7 February 2018

NBN Co trials enterprise gigabit service NBN Co has begun a trial of a new wholesale product that will provide symmetrical speeds of up to 1Gbps and three of the largest fixed line telecommunications providers have jumped on board.

CommsWire - 20 November 2017

Rudd blames News Corp ties for 'sub-standard' Coalition NBN Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd claims the Coalition Government changed its NBN policy to ensure "a sub-standard network" due to its "cosy relationship" with the Rupert Murdoch-owned News Corporation.

CommsWire - 21 September 2017

OVO cuts price on 100GB mobile plan as demand soars Australian mobile provider OVO has seen demand for its 100GB for $100 pre-paid plan soar to the extent that it has now reduced the price to $69.95. Telcos using few NBN Co fixed-wireless towers Australian telecommunications companies have co-located equipment only on a few of the NBN Co's fixed wireless towers so far, the company says.

CommsWire - 6 September 2017

Mobile provider OVO bids to provide an NBN alternative Australia's mobile Internet speeds are among the best in the world. But the one thing that prevents people depending on mobile accounts for their Internet use is data quotas. Mobile provider OVO believes it can remedy this.

CommsWire - 4 August 2016

Coles, Optus out to grab mobile users with data pitch The increasingly competitive push by mobile operators to lure data-hungry consumers with much bigger data allowances has been ramped up by Coles in its latest deal with Optus. Spirit Telecom connects first building with ?superfast? Internet