CommsWire - 12 December 2018

Penn says Telstra set to lead in 5G capabilities Securing between 30-80 MHz nation-wide in the 3.6 GHz spectrum will ensure that Telstra plays the leading tole in bring 5G capabilities and super-cast connections to Australians in both urban and rural areas, the company's chief executive Andrew Penn says.

CommsWire - 7 November 2018

Broadband: Australia cheapest in Oceania, but still pricey Australia may be the cheapest place for broadband in the Oceania region but it ranks a lowly 84 globally. The cheapest broadband packages in 195 countries surveyed by the UK's Cable.co.uk site was in Ukraine and cost US$5 per month.

CommsWire - 11 September 2018

Huawei issues joint statement with UL over findings of benchmark 'cheating' Getting phones to run at faster speeds when benchmark software is detected is what Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei has been discovered doing, with the tech maker fessing up and issuing a statement.

CommsWire - 6 September 2018

Vodafone strikes back against MVNOs, telcos, in prepaid race Vodafone has made Optus' and Telstra's prepaid plans look like overpriced 28-day expiry jokes with too little data and not enough international countries, but Amaysim still has the best 365-day "as you go" plan.

CommsWire - 3 September 2018

Vodafone completes successful trial of regional 4G mobile services hub Vodafone has completed a successful trial of a self-install mobile coverage solution – the Vodafone Regional Coverage Hub – which is designed to deliver 4G voice and data services in locations across Australia where commercial networks are not traditionally deployed, or where coverage is patchy or unavailable.

CommsWire - 30 August 2018

Vodafone Australia and TPG announce ‘merger of equals’ Australian telcos Vodafone Hutchison Australia and TPG Telecom have announced a merger of equals, with the scrip deal creating a company with an enterprise value of about $15 billion, according to an announcement made to the ASX.

CommsWire - 2 August 2018

Vodafone extends 'endless data' to SMEs Small business customers can now take advantage of Vodafone plans that include unlimited — albeit throttled — data. ITU launches global ICT sector initiative The International Telecommunication Union has launched a new global research initiative to identify emerging and future ICT sector network demands beyond 2030 and the advances expected of IMT-2020 (5G) systems.

CommsWire - 26 July 2018

Vodafone flies high with Qantas pilot flight plans solution Vodafone has created what it says is a "one-of-a-kind" roaming solution which will allow pilots with Australia’s national and international airline carrier, Qantas, to do away with filling out paperwork or relying on Wi-Fi to complete their pre and post flight checks.

CommsWire - 25 July 2018

S&P report says 'damaging' write down of NBN inevitable Australia's national broadband network, the NBN, will not return a profit on the billions invested in the project and will suffer a ‘damaging’ write down, a new report from credit ratings agency Standard & Poors says.

CommsWire - 29 June 2018

*** This is Friday's edition, which just arrived *** Vodafone revamps tablet and mobile broadband plans in win for customers Vodafone has "revamped" its approach to tablets, no longer following the well worn plans of telcos that lock devices to mobile services plans for two years.