CommsWire daily newsletter - 18 August 2020

Qualcomm, Chinese firm achieve first 700MHz band 5G data call Semiconductor, services and software firm Qualcomm Technologies has demonstrated the first large-bandwidth 2x30MHz 5G data call in the 700MHz (Band n28) FDD spectrum band, the company says.

CommsWire daily newsletter - 6 August 2020

NBN satellite outage caused by extreme weather event The NBN Co's Sky Muster satellite was hit by an outage today due to an extreme weather event, with services not available from about 10.30am till 4pm.

CommsWire daily newsletter - 9 July 2020

NBN Co turfs out 800 staff as COVID-19 surges again As the COVID-19 pandemic surges and again forces large parts of the country into lockdown, Australia’s broadband network provider NBN Co has announced it would be sacking 800 employees before the end of the year.

CommsWire daily newsletter - 18 June 2020

OPPO India live launch cancelled after Indo-China border clashes Chinese smartphone maker OPPO cancelled a live online launch planned in India on Wednesday for its flagship Find X2 5G phones, after a border clash between the two countries led to calls from Indian trader groups to boycott Chinese products.

CommsWire daily newsletter - 13 May 2020

ACCC, TIO cooperate on telecoms industry compliance issues The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) have inked a new agreement setting out how they will work together on ensuring compliance with consumer law and their approach to the resolution of systemic issues in the telecommunications industry.

CommsWire - 12 November 2019

NBN Co lost another $1.1b in 1Q 2020, ARPU still at $45 Another day, another set of quarterly results from the NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's broadband network, but little change from earlier quarters. For the first quarter of FY 2020, the company said on Tuesday it had recorded losses of $1.18 billion, compared to $875 million a year earlier.

CommsWire - 9 September 2019

Merge NBN Co with separated InfraCo, says telco guru Telstra’s infrastructure division, known as InfraCo, should be completely separated from Telstra and become a new public company with minimal Telstra shareholding. What’s more, it should be merged with NBN Co according to a leading telecommunications industry pundit.

CommsWire - 19 July 2019

AIIA urges govt to make changes in encryption law The Federal Government's encryption law in its current form will have a negative impact on the country's ICT industry and block practitioners from innovating and exporting the products of their innovation, the Australian Information Industry Association claims.

CommsWire - 26 June 2019

Victoria to ban mobiles in state schools from 2020 The Victorian Government will ban the use of mobile phones during school hours in state schools from the beginning of the school year in 2020, with the state's Education Minister James Merlino saying the ban is aimed at stopping cyber-bullying.

CommsWire - 23 May 2019

Optus outage puts services on the blink, US-based sites hit Australia's second biggest telco, Singtel Optus, has been hit by a serious outage that has been affecting a number of services for the past day.