CommsWire daily newsletter - 27 September 2022

Ericsson and Bluesky bring faster mobile connection in Samoa Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson has partnered with telecommunications and network service provider Bluesky to provide equipment services to modernise the network in Samoa.

CommsWire daily newsletter - 24 August 2021

Equinix attains Commonwealth Government certification Equinix Australia has attained the Commonwealth Government’s Certified Strategic Hosting Provider status, the highest-level assurance required of data centre providers to host Commonwealth Government data, based on requirements defined in the Hosting Certification Framework managed by the Digital Transformation Agency.

CommsWire - 14 October 2019

Court throws out ACCC case against TPG over pre-payments The Federal Court has thrown out a case filed by the Australian consumer watchdog claiming that telco TPG Telecom had made false and misleading claims to obtain pre-payments for Internet, home telephone and mobile plans.

CommsWire - 13 November 2018

More residents on high-speed NBN 50+ plans says ACCC The number of Australian residents who have a connection to the national broadband network at home has risen to 4.5 million, with nearly half on speeds of 50Mbps or more, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says.

CommsWire - 22 August 2018

Optus to cut another 600 jobs over next two months Following in the footsteps of its larger competitor Telstra, Singtel Optus will sack 600 workers over the next two months in what it says is a bid to reduce the number involved in back-office work.

CommsWire - 13 June 2018

Superloop adds 10,000 broadband customers with SkyMesh purchase Networking and infrastructure group Superloop has increased its presence in the NBN retail market with its purchase of the broadband customer base of SkyMesh, the Australian subsidiary of Bigblu Broadband.

CommsWire - 24 January 2018

NBN Co planning to drop HFC from rollout plans? Is the NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network, planning to drop HFC altogether from its multi-technology mix that it adopted after 2013 for the network?

CommsWire - 9 November 2017

Telstra agrees to refund 42,000 customers over NBN speed claims Telstra has been forced to compensate up to 42,000 users of its NBN Internet services after the ACCC censured the carrier for failing to deliver the promised speeds that were advertised.

CommsWire - 6 November 2017

Laying of southern portion of Hawaiki cable set to start The laying of the southern portion of the 15000km Hawaiki cable system from Sydney and then across the Pacific Ocean is poised to get underway, with more than 6500km of undersea fibre-optic cable on board the TE Subcom cable ship Responder berthed in the harbour city.

CommsWire - 12 September 2017

ACMA: 5G spectrum planning pushes forward with mmWave progress Millimetre wave spectrum for 5G broadband is the subject of the ACMA consultation paper, released yesterday, with invitation for comments open and the deadline 13 October, 2017.