CommsWire daily news - 24 March 2015

Resistance grows to TPG/iiNet deal Malone says iiNet board ?out of ideas? Telstra lodges revised NBN Migration Plan Executive Summary of Telstra?s submission Senate ?should demand clarity? on data retention costs - CA Small cells pass ten million mark Rating the major vendors ? Huawei on top

CommsWire weekly news - 20 March 2015

Data retention to become law But how much will it cost? The TPG ? iiNet deal in depth NBN Senate committee makes second report Telco complaints drop to eight year low Turnbull flags GST on Google ads Telstra to acquire Globecast

CommsWire daily news - 17 March 2015

What will the Government pay for data retention? Telcos write to Turnbull and Brandis as Abbott agrees to journalist sources amendment Turnbull flags GST on Google ads iiNet and TPG ? what about the customer? Telstra tool to help manage kids? screen time Smart Homes are very insecure

CommsWire daily news - 16 March 2015

TPG to acquire iiNet ? Why the $1.4 billion deal makes sense ? how TPG and iiNet complement each other ? Should the ACCC allow the deal? Greens say no ? Australia?s telcos ? a statistical comparison ? iiNet brands top customer ratings ? TPG last Netball?s Telstra live streaming app launches ACCC says beware of NBN scammers PM opens Vodafone?s Hobart customer centre

CommsWire weekly news - 13 March 2015

TPG to acquire iiNet for $1.4 billion ACCC rejects Telstra?s access charge plans NBN Co confirms DOCSIS 3.1 Vodafone adds carrier aggregation Telstra of Arabia Optus and Netflix versus Telstra and Presto Pacnet extends SDN and NFV into the optics Closer watch on European M&A activity

CommsWire weekly news - 20 February 2015

Thodey retires ? Penn new Telstra CEO; Finally! Vodafone turns the corner; For sale ? Australia?s mobile towers; Data retention to cost up to $400 million a year; Telstra expands to the highveld; iiNet breaks billion dollar barrier; The billion dollar cyber heist

CommsWire daily news - 20 February 2015

iiNet breaks the billion dollar barrier; while TPG trots out FTTB again; Spark ?on track? with mobiles up; ACCC issues draft NBN LTRCM determination; 5G World Alliance will be launched at MWC; Vocus to buy more submarine cable capacity; Affordable telecoms a win for everyone, says ACCAN ? but many still paying for 1800 calls from mobiles

CommsWire weekly news - 23 January 2015

TELSTRA GOES VIDEO; Telstra and Verizon launche 100G on submarine networks; Megaport adds Google Cloud interconnect; ACCAN questions new NBN greenfields costs; ANALYSIS Cherries are in season ? but only NBN Co can pick them; ECONOMUSE Netflix ? the elephant in the pay TV room; Hutch to buy UK?s O2 off Telefonica?; Ofcom prepares for 5G; Telstra enters the Matrixx; Indonesia?s Telkom pulls out of 2 Degrees bid; Optus extends 4G Plus to its entire network; Vodafone pushes 4G as broadband...

CommsWire daily news - 23 January 2015

ANALYSIS     Should other network providers subsidise NBN in the bush?; Internet Society comes out against Data Retention Bill; SpeedCast to use O3b in Papua New Guinea; SingTel now Singtel, with new ?brand identity?; Next two Inmarsat GX birds to fly soon; Google to become an MVNO?

CommsWire daily news - 20 January 2015

Telstra moves into global video content delivery; ACCAN questions new NBN greenfields costs; ANALYSIS   Cherries are in season ? but only NBN Co can pick them.; Optus extends 4G Plus to its entire network; Megaport adds Google Cloud interconnect; Australian Interconnection provider Megaport is now a Google Cloud Platform; ShoreTel adds Polaris; Hutch to buy UK?s O2 off Telefonica?