CommsWire - 15 June 2017

Telstra set to sack 1400 staff in cost cutting drive Telstra is set to lay off about 1400 workers as part of an ongoing plan to reduce its operating costs by about $1 billion over five years. Spark, Nokia seal partnership on road to NZ 5G introduction New Zealand?s biggest telco Spark is partnering with Nokia in a move designed to prepare New Zealand for the introduction of 5G, ultra-broadband and IoT.

CommsWire - 20 April 2017

Telco positions escape 457 visa axing Telecommunications jobs have largely been unaffected by the scrapping of the 457 visa skilled migration program announced this week by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

CommsWire - 19 April 2017

Cormann rejects write-down advice on NBN from Slattery COMMENT: Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has rejected advice from telco veteran Bevan Slattery who has suggested that the government write down most of its investment in the national broadband network and lower access prices.

CommsWire - 11 April 2017

Tucker: Australia locked out of world class broadband Australia?s increasing use of fibre to the node (FTTN) has locked the country out of world-class broadband for years to come. If Australia is ever to obtain first-class broadband services, it will be necessary to replace FTTN with higher speed technologies says Professor Rod Tucker.

CommsWire - 22 March 2017

Which telco is preventing the introduction of virtual mobile numbers? MNF's plan to introduce a virtual mobile number service has been stymied by the refusal of a certain carrier to maintain the 'any to any' connectivity that is a key feature of the phone system.

CommsWire - 17 March 2017

Regional mobile coverage improving as blackspots steadily disappear Mobile blackspots in rural and regional Australia are steadily being eliminated as Telstra, activates new mobile base stations in remote areas.

CommsWire - 10 March 2017

Australia 51st globally for mobile and fixed internet speed Australia now leads the Asia-Pacific region for average mobile internet speeds at 13.8Mbps. But it has a way to go with an average of 10.1Mbps for fixed broadband.

CommsWire - 21 February 2017

Vodafone pushes Telstra into second place in Sydney Telstra, Optus, Vodafone. That's the normal market share order for mobile service providers in most Australian capital cities. But Sydney is an exception: Vodafone is in the lead.

CommsWire - 16 February 2017

Morrow admits NBN can?t deliver affordable superfast broadband NBN Co chief Bill Morrow has admitted that the National Broadband Network cannot deliver an affordably priced superfast broadband product to Australians. However, he claims we don't need it anyway and wouldn't use it even if it was free.

CommsWire - 16 February 2017

Morrow admits NBN can?t deliver affordable superfast broadband NBN Co chief Bill Morrow has admitted that the National Broadband Network cannot deliver an affordably priced superfast broadband product to Australians. However, he claims we don't need it anyway and wouldn't use it even if it was free.