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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
Telstra may cut mobile prices to keep market share Telstra may reduce the prices for its mobile plans so that it keeps its existing share of the market as competition grows, according to a new report.
8th October 2018
Broadband provider sees NBN Co move pushing up prices The NBN Co has issued a blog post warning that congestion on the broadband network may "fluctuate" as it forces providers to choose between the original pricing and the new "bundled" pricing system.
5th October 2018
ECONOMUSE: 2018 review of retail broadband pricing The review of September 2018 prices shows that there has not been much movement on the major issues identified with retail broadband prices - wholesale pricing still a problem.
4th October 2018
Full 5G implementation at least two years away, says Ruckus chief Despite all the hype about 5G at the moment, a full implementation of the technology specification is at least two years away, according to Carl Jefferys, ANZ country manager for Ruckus Wireless.
3rd October 2018
Australia bid to push Huawei out of PNG cable project Australia, along with Japan and the US, is once again trying to elbow out Chinese telecommunications company Huawei from building a cable system, this time an internal one in Papua New Guinea.
2nd October 2018
Ericsson, Telstra test ‘ground-breaking’ long range NB-IoT connection Ericsson and Telstra are trumpeting a technology breakthrough with the successful deployment and testing of Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) data connections up to 100km from a base-station in Telstra’s commercial network.
27th September 2018
More than 5b now have access to mobile services: GSMA More than five billion of the world's population are now connected to a mobile network, up from 4.6 billion at the end of 2015, according to a study from the GSM Association released at the United Nations this week.
26th September 2018
NBN Co says transit network capacity doubled National broadband provider NBN Co says it has doubled the maximum capacity on its transit network from 9.6Tbps to 19.2Tbps per fibre link. Macquarie Telecom inks $1m-plus NBN deal with Regional Australia Bank Telecommunications and data centre provider Macquarie Telecom has signed a three-year, $1 million-plus deal to deploy its business class NBN service to Regional Australia Bank.
25th September 2018
Telco bodies, AIIA warn encryption bill could weaken Australia’s security The Federal Government's draft encryption bill could seriously damage Australia’s — and international — cyber security and, would act contrary to its stated aim of increasing security for Australians, a submission jointly made by the telco industry body Communications Alliance, the Australian Information Industry Association and the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association claims.
24th September 2018