CommsWire daily newsletter - 2 December 2022

Axiata and Telenor complete the Celcom and Digi merger Malaysian multinational telco Axiata, the Asian office of Norwegian global telco Telenor and Malaysian mobile provider Digi have announced the completion of the merger of the telco operations of the mobile arm of Axiata, Celcom, and Digi.

CommsWire daily newsletter - 7 September 2022

BT strengthens ScottishPower's network connection British telco BT has signed an agreement with ScottishPower to strengthen the connectivity of the company's network of wind farms and offices and its hard-to-reach rural green energy sites. Construction workers struggled with mental health during the pandemic

CommsWire daily newsletter - 21 April 2022

NBN be warned as T‑Mobile smokes the competition in the US T-Mobile announced that the company welcomed its 1 millionth Home Internet customer, remarkable growth just one year after launching the service commercially. This indicates that an aggressive deployment of fixed wireless infrastructure in our Australian suburbs might be viable.

CommsWire daily newsletter - 17 June 2020

COVID-19 boosts 5G global subscription forecasts The forecast number of 5G subscriptions worldwide by 2025 has been raised from 2.6 billion to 2.8 billion, with telecommunications equipment maker Ericsson attributing the additional growth to an increasing number of 5G subscriptions as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic.

CommsWire - 18 October 2019

Europeans close to 5G security agreement The Member States of the European Union are close to finalising a new framework for assessing the risk of 5G networks. FCC narrowly approves T-Mobile-Sprint merger T-Mobile and Sprint, will finally merge – maybe. The transaction has been approved by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by a 3-2 vote, but some states have filed lawsuits against the deal.

CommsWire - 24 April 2019

UK gives Huawei green light for 5G role: report British Prime Minister Theresa May has reportedly agreed to let Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies play a role in the rollout of 5G networks in the UK.

CommsWire - 21 January 2019

Iridium Certus goes live as $3 billion satellite constellation completed Telecommunications provider Pivotel has congratulated Iridium Communications on the commercial launch of its Iridium Certus broadband service, enabled by the company's new $3 billion Iridium NEXT satellite constellation.

CommsWire - 8 June 2016

Australian elections: major parties silent on NBN policy The Australian federal election campaign has just crossed the halfway mark but one topic both major parties seem eager to avoid is the national broadband network. Telecommunications market under microscope with Productivity Commission review

CommsWire - 6 October 2015

SEA-ME-WE cable outage means Telstra Apple speed outrage; 50M vehicles with in-vehicle wireless charging by 2020; COMMENT: Metadata and site blocking to stay under Fifield?s Comms fiefdom; Software-defined Infrastructure will ?overhaul? data centre services opportunities; T-Mobile/Experian hacked, user data stolen; Wi-Fi routers the next attack vector.

CommsWire daily news - 4 August 2014

ANALYSIS     NewSat in disarray, blames everybody elseAustralian satellite operator NewSat is not a happy place. Its shares are plummeting, three directors have resigned, and analysts are panning it. It wasn?t meant to be like this. Mint Wireless doubles revenues ? and lossesMobile payments company Mint Wireless has boosted revenues, but is still burning money.