CommsWire - 24 February 2017

Vodafone grows customers to 5.5 million, but MTR rates cut spawns loss Vodafone Hutchison Australia has posted a net loss of $241.8 million for the 12-months to the end of December, with the telco putting the loss down to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission decision to cut mobile termination rates (MTR).

CommsWire - 23 February 2017

Optus says launch of 4.5G network paves way for 5G mobile services Australia?s second largest telco Optus has begun preparing the way for the introduction of 5G mobile services with the switching on of 4.5G network services across the suburb of Macquarie Park in Sydney?s hi-tech district north-west of the city.

CommsWire - 21 February 2017

Vodafone pushes Telstra into second place in Sydney Telstra, Optus, Vodafone. That's the normal market share order for mobile service providers in most Australian capital cities. But Sydney is an exception: Vodafone is in the lead.

CommsWire - 19 December 2016

Vodafone to build Cyber Defence and Response Centre Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has partnered with Dimension Data and FireEye as part of a multimillion dollar five-year investment to build its first Cyber Defence and Response Centre (CDRC).

CommsWire - 13 December 2016

Government proposes $40m broadband levy on telcos for regional NBN rollout The Government has proposed legislation to establish a Regional Broadband Scheme and the introduction of an industry levy to fund the costs of paying for the provision of the National Broadband Network in unprofitable regional areas.

CommsWire - 3 November 2016

Spark NZ to move customers from ?fault prone? copper to fibre, wireless networks New Zealand?s largest telco Spark has set out on a major programme to upgrade its broadband networks across the country to move as "many as possible" of its customers off old copper networks and onto newer technologies ? fibre and wireless broadband.

CommsWire - 2 November 2016

Who?s afraid of mobile data? Is it possible ? or wise ? to have unlimited data over wireless? Mobile Mentor undertakes BYOD deployment to 33,000 ABS census field officers Mobile systems provider Mobile Mentor is claiming one of the largest bring-your-own-device (BYOD) deployments in Australian history with the rollout of the ABS?s 2016 Census Collect app to 33,000 field officers.

CommsWire - 28 October 2016

Pauline Hanson wants Fifield backing for Norfolk Island fibre link Pauline Hanson, now a member of the Senate?s Joint Standing Committee for the National Broadband Network, has written to Communications Minister Mitch Fifield seeking his support for a 90km fibre optic link to Norfolk Island from the Hawaiki Cable that will link Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Hawaii.

CommsWire - 20 October 2016

Vodafone to offer NBN-based broadband by end-2017; Telstra loses another top executive as CISO quits; Google Pixel on sale today - first looks; Kogan goes after new customers with enticing ?first birthday? deal; Vodafone denies it is cutting pre-paid phones; Vodafone?s European NB-IoT push for Q1 2017 gets analysed; WikiLeaks accuses Kerry of getting Assange off net; 

CommsWire - 13 October 2016

Govt gives Hanson seat on NBN committee; Turnbull says NBN represents 'great corporate turnaround'; Vodafone and Nokia?s first Australian ?live public 5G trial?; Telstra joins industry initiative to explore ?truck platooning? benefits; Huawei Marine to build PNG national broadband network; Ghana joint venture to expand SpeedCast African satellite coverage;