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CommsWire newsletter TelSoc financial members (including student members) now receive a free subscription to "CommsWire", a leading daily and weekly online publication about the Australian Telecommunications market. (CommsWire normally costs $1495 per year). Non-members may also receive headline news daily or weekly but will need to join TeleSoc to receive the full daily newslettter or weekly...
20th June 2014
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Headlines ANALYSIS Digital Post Australia to closeSurprise, Surprise. Digital Post Australia has announced it will close down. What on earth where they thinking to launch it in the first place?Telstra Global expands into USTelstra has announced new cloud infrastructure services in the US, expanding on its offering already available in the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore. Amazon releases Fire...
19th June 2014
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Introduction Cellular networks have been undergoing significant changes in the process of meeting our ever increasing demands on data rate and quality of service. Since its invention in 1980s, the cellular network has evolved from the first generation to the 4th generation, and is advancing towards the 5th generation. Some of the major changes, which have driven the development of cellular...
June 2014
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Headlines All three carriers hit with major outages ? Vodafone offers free data weekendTelstra, Optus and Vodafone all had serious network problems yesterday.Vodafone is offering a free weekend of data to make up for it. Optus boosts IT and telecoms integration Optus Business has revamped its organisational structure, announcing a number of new initiatives and appointments. ? and hires former HP...
20th June 2014
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Headlines COVER STORYAll three carriers hit with major outages ? Vodafone offers free data weekend Optus boosts IT and telecoms integration ? and hires former HP boss for top ICT role ACCC acts on ATM agreement Vodafone New Zealand claims world?s fastest mobile broadband ? Telstra best in Oz ANALYSIS 10Digital Post Australia to close Telstra Global expands into US Mobile coverage...
20th June 2014
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Introduction AARNet, the Australian national higher education and research network organisation, has launched a number of initiatives for its members in the 'cloud computing' space. This paper is concerned primarily with a new service called 'Cloudstor+', but it first sets out the context and rationale for providing this service. AARNet is owned and operated by 38 Australian universities...
June 2014
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Introduction This paper provides much needed insight into the potential impacts and challenges associated with Next Generation Broadband (NGB) in Australia. Australia's investment in NGB infrastructure is informed by research suggesting that high capacity networks can support human development and economic growth (Benkler et al. 2010, Budde 2013, Gans and King 2010). However, international...
June 2014
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Headlines ACCC varies fixed line FADsThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has decided to vary the existing final access determinations (FADs) for four fixed line telecommunications services. Australian business embracing social mediaMore than one in four Australian businesses now has a social media presence as at 30 June 2013, up from one in five the previous year.SubPartners...
23rd June 2014
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Introduction In August 2011, in an essay written for the Wall Street Journal, Marc Andreessen, the founder of Netscape, Opsware and VC firm, Andreessen Horowitz, said, ?Software is eating the world.? (Andreessen, 2011). This article will make clear that this trend is manifest in the networks of telecommunication companies, or telcos. This emergent development, known as network functions...
June 2014
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Headlines Telstra in major monitored security dealTelstra has announced a joint venture with security firm SNP to ?establish a platform in the monitored security industry?. Patrick Fair to head CA security panelFormer Internet Industry Association Chairman Patrick Fair will chair Communications Alliance?s new Communications Security Reference Panel (CSRP). Continuity is assured. NBN cabling site...
24th June 2014