CommsWire - 18 April 2016

Telstra breached SSU obligations, says ACCC The competition watchdog has found that Telstra breached its obligations under the Structural Separation Undertaking (SSU) during the 2015 financial year. Telstra selling out of China?s Autohome for $2.1 billion Telstra is selling most of its stake in Chinese car sales website Autohome to one of China?s largest insurers, Ping An Insurance Group, for A$2.1 billion (US$1.6bn).

CommsWire - 12 April 2016

Telstra secures massive $1.6 billion nbn deal Telstra has inked a new $1.6 billion contract with the National Broadband Network to deliver planning, design and construction of its existing hybrid fibre coaxial network (HFC). The massive expansion and upgrade is expected to be completed by 2020. HFC deal sparks ACCC ?competitive? concerns on Telstra NBN work

CommsWire - 5 April 2016

nbn sets new CVC discount pricing model to encourage ?enhanced broadband experience?; Jobs to go as Optus restructures company; Telstra reinforces its commitment to ?network resilience?; Telstra Free Data Day 2: 2,686 TB of data, 46% more than 14 Feb; Fifield claims Labor Party ready to ?backflip? on nbn; ACMA takes action over alleged breaches of Do Not Call register act; Vodafone expands 4G services to now reach 23 million Aussies; Ciena appoints new chief for Australia, NZ.

CommsWire - 4 April 2016

Hawaiki announces construction of trans-Pacific cable; Telstra?s 3 April free data day: fast and slow, previous record busted; 43rd anniversary of the first cellular phone call by Martin Cooper; IT Scalability on Demand: pay-per-use arrives in the data centre; iOS malware sidesteps iPhone mobile device management; Call for telcos to take action over toll fraud; BlackBerry may release another Android handset soon.

CommsWire - 1 April 2016

Singtel, SubPartners, Telstra to jointly build new submarine cable; ACCAN warns consumers of a mobile phone data ?rip off?; Ruckus Wireless: smart wireless tech now in Alex Perry?s new hotel; Cleantech start-up to help African nations get solar-powered Internet connectivity; Slack opens APAC HQ in Melbourne; Global Capacity appoints telecoms industry veteran as CTO.

CommsWire - 30 March 2016

Basslink cable fault finally pinpointed; Lightning Broadband promises faster, cheaper broadband without the NBN; BlackBerry: soon to exit smartphones or analyst mischief?; Ezako has a go, helping telcos tackle e-commerce triumphantly; Windows 10 Mobile now in store at Telstra; Visy - first to extend remote site backup to Microsoft Azure using SteelFusion; FBI gains access to iPhone data, ends Apple stoush.

CommsWire - 24 March 2016

Voice is a growth market, being ignored: Mynetfone; Dubber and MyNetFone: ?world-class? cloud call recording for landline customers coming; TPG?s NBN bundles for small business; Zerto zeroes in on teachings from Telstra?s outage troubles; Why iPhone SE makes sense; Optus offers free calls to Belgium.

CommsWire - 23 March 2016

Telstra Hellstra? Telstra #outage strikes again; Vodafone pounces on Telstra?s troubles, says ?join Vodafone?; Australia tops average peak connection speed rankings: State of Internet report; Verizon expands partner program to boost Asia Pacific presence; NextDC Canberra data centre connects to AXONVX; Telstra?s muru-D showcases successful Singapore startups; GoDaddy launches Cloud Servers and Cloud Apps worldwide;

CommsWire - 22 March 2016

Australia back on the fibre track; Mobile and contactless payments to reach $3.6 trillion this year; Norwood sings first distribution agreement MoU with major Vietnamese full-service telco; MCG comms upgrade will make the 'G' mobile device ?friendly?; Patton fires broadside on piracy back at Creative Content Australia; Veritas offers onshore cloud services..

CommsWire - 21 March 2016

Mobile tech take-up delivers $43bn in productivity, workforce participation benefits: research; DCL launches ?Australian first? large scale ISO containerised date centre; Telstra apologises for mobile outage, free data day Sunday 3 April; Mobile tech take-up delivers $43bn in productivity, workforce participation benefits: research.; Optus, Cisco plan $12 million joint investment; Domino?s Pizza plans ?world-first commercial autonomous delivery vehicle?.