News
ACMA probe of triple zero failure finds Telstra in breach An ACMA investigation into the lack of provision of a triple-zero service by Telstra after an outage in May has found the telco in breach of a rule that requires it to ensure that such calls go to the emergency call service operator.
23rd October 2018
S&P says 5G no magic bullet to solve telcos' NBN issues The advent of 5G networks will not provide any kind of salvation for telecommunications providers who are desperate for some way of fighting back against the unreasonably high prices charged by NBN Co, a report from the credit ratings agency S&P Global Ratings says.
20th October 2018
Govt to amend copyright act to block infringing sites The Coalition Government will introduce changes to the copyright law on Thursday, to give creative industries what it calls "even more powerful weapons" to fight copyright infringement by sites based outside the country.
19th October 2018
Telstra shareholders bite back, reject executives' bonuses ANALYSIS The big news at Telstra's annual general meeting on Tuesday wasn't the fact that the telco reported another drop in profits. Rather it was that the top executives still expected bonuses after another performance that could hardly be described as stellar.
17th October 2018
Telstra shareholders bite back, reject executives' bonuses ANALYSIS The big news at Telstra's annual general meeting on Tuesday wasn't the fact that the telco reported another drop in profits. Rather it was that the top executives still expected bonuses after another performance that could hardly be described as stellar.
17th October 2018
Telstra profits down as NBN, increased mobile competition impacts business Telstra has taken a hit to its bottom line for the second year running, according to full-year 2018 results released today revealing net profits fell by 8.9% to $3.5 billion despite a 3% increase in income to $29 billion.
16th October 2018
Labor not ruling out writedown of NBN: Rowland The Australian Labor Party is keeping open the option of writing down the value of the national broadband network if it were to win the next federal election, according to Shadow Communications Minister Michelle Rowland.
15th October 2018
Please note the earlier editions this week were dated wrongly due to the change to DST clashing with the algorithm at our U.S. Server! TimH
11th October 2018
Bloomberg says big US telco hit by China hardware tampering Apparently undeterred by strong criticism of a supply chain attack story it published last week, Bloomberg has put out another yarn, dealing with a similar theme, this time about a "major US telecommunications company" that allegedly encountered doctored hardware made by the US company Supermicro Computer.
10th October 2018
Basslink refers Hydro Tasmania dispute to arbitration Basslink, the company that manages the undersea data and power cable that links Tasmania to the Australian mainland, has referred the dispute between it and Hydro Tasmania to arbitration, after dispute resolution procedures failed to resolve the issue.
9th October 2018