CommsWire daily newsletter - 3 March 2021

Global 5G roaming services set for four year boom The number of international 5G roaming subscribers is forecast to reach 147 milion by 2025, increasing from just 4.3 million in 2021, according to a new study.

CommsWire daily newsletter - 11 September 2020

Huawei positions own mobile OS, HarmonyOS, as rival to Android Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies will release its own mobile operating system, HarmonyOS, by year-end and position it as an alternative to Google's Android mobile operating system, a senior company official told a developers' conference in Dongguan on Thursday. The conference was streamed live on YouTube.

CommsWire daily newsletter - 12 March 2020

Britain announces £5B for gigabit broadband and 2% digital services tax The UK has introduced a 2% digital services tax on the revenues that certain digital businesses earn from 1 April, in its 2020 budget which was presented to Parliament on Wednesday. Also announced was £5 billion for inaccessible places to get gigabit broadband.

CommsWire - 2 December 2019

1500 Australian jobs will go as result of govt 5G ban, warns Huawei Huawei Australia intends to warn its network of local Australian suppliers that the coming year will be one of jobs carnage unless the Federal Government allows the Chinese telecommunications giant to play a part in the nation’s 5G rollout.

CommsWire - 21 October 2019

2019 review of retail broadband pricing  There is a crisis in disconnected wholesale and retail pricing. This will be the last annual review of retail broadband pricing.

CommsWire - 15 October 2019

Germany snubs US over Huawei 5G ban Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies will not be excluded from the rollout of 5G in Germany, with the government stating on Monday that no company would be banned.

CommsWire - 18 September 2019

AARNet launches live high bandwidth services on Indigo subsea cable Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) has launched live high-bandwidth services delivering more than one Terabit per second for research and education on its spectrum of the new Indigo subsea cable system connecting Sydney, Perth and Singapore.

CommsWire - 5 August 2019

Activist group launches campaign against Apple censorship in China Anti-corporate activist group SumofUs has launched a campaign against tech corporation Apple’s compliance with the Chinese government’s censorship demands in order to remain operating in the world’s most populous country.

CommsWire - 22 July 2019

ISP backs NBN Co's efforts to make gigabit speeds possible on HFC The NBN Co's efforts to make it possible to get gigabit speeds on HFC will help alleviate the scaling problem that exists due to the pricing model for CVC, according to the head of a small ISP.

CommsWire - 6 March 2018

Adelaide goes ten gigabit with first buildings connected The first CBD buildings have been connected to Ten Gigabit Adelaide, a fibre optic network which is designed for businesses and corporate big data users located in the Adelaide CBD to gain a competitive advantage for their businesses.