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Demand for entertainment subscriptions defies economic challenges, Deloitte report finds Australian demand for entertainment remains strong despite current economic challenges with the average household now shelling out for 3.1 digital media subscriptions — up from 2.3 last year. According to Deloitte's annual eleventh edition Media Consumer Survey, spending went up to $62 per month—a jump from $55 in 2021.
24th October 2022
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Cloudflare opens four data centres in ANZ The content delivery network and DDoS mitigation company Cloudflare has opened four data centres in the past 12 months in Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart, and Christchurch—increasing its network footprint in Australia and New Zealand. Former telco reseller Red Telecom meted with $450k fine for failing to pay 7 customers
14th July 2022
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TelSoc announces this years Henry Sutton Oration speaker Each year TelSoc hosts the Henry Sutton Oration in Melbourne to commemorate the distinguished but scarcely known Victorian scientist, engineer and inventor from Ballarat. Nokia to exit the Russian market Just yesterday Kenn Mendoza reported that Ericsson had withdrawn from Russia. Today Nokia has done similar announcing that it is exiting the Russian market.
13th April 2022
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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.
12th October 2020
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Vocus signs three-year deal to provide national services for ATO Fibre and network solutions provider Vocus has signed a three-year deal to provide secure national data and Internet services to the Australian Taxation Office.
21st September 2020
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Global smartphone sales plummet 20% in second quarter Global sales of smartphones fell by a fifth (20.4%) in the second quarter of the year, the technology research firm Gartner says, adding that this meant only 295 million units were sold during the period.
26th August 2020
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Telecoms customers ‘satisfaction’ holds up despite pandemic impact Despite significant impacts on Australia’s telecommunications services and infrastructure by the Covid-19 pandemic, customer satisfaction improved slightly during the most recent quarter, according to a new report by telecoms lobby group Communications Alliance.
17th August 2020
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CA crows about drop in telco services consumer complaints Complaints about telco services by telecommunications consumers dropped nearly 14% in the three months of the January to March quarter this year, compared to the same quarter last year, according to the latest report from telecommunications lobby group Communications Alliance.
10th June 2020
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RRRCC calls for Senate passage of Telecommunications Reform Package Passage of the Telecommunications Reform Package is a key step towards guaranteeing country communities access to reliable communications, according to the Regional, Rural and Remote Communications Coalition (RRRCC), which has again issued a call to Government for the legislation to be passed by the Senate.
3rd March 2020
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Performance drop prompts TelSoc call for NBN rescue plan Australia’s Telecommunications Association (Telsoc) has repeated its call for a bipartisan response by Australia's politicians to the National Broadband Network and a rescue plan for the NBN as “Australia’s broadband performance falls even further”.
31st January 2020