CommsWire daily newsletter - 23 April 2020

ACMA announces relief from telco enforcement action during COVID-19 The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has announced that it will conditionally relax enforcement on telcos who do not comply with certain segments of the TCP Code during COVID-19 health crisis.

CommsWire - 11 October 2019

5G for Business in Australia awn for explosive growth The latest research from Samsung Australia and Tech Research Asia explores 5G readiness of Australian businesses. ANU gets grant for research into optical technologies The Australian National University has been given a grant of $34.9 million by the Federal Government to set up the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems.

CommsWire - 17 July 2019

NBN Co says speed trials demonstrate ‘gigabit future’ of HFC network NBN Co, the company building Australia’s broadband access network, says it has achieved trial download speeds of 994Mbps – or 1Gbps – in technology trials on its Hybrid-Fibre Coaxial (HFC) access network.

CommsWire - 20 June 2019

NBN Co set to issue wholesale pricing review paper Australian national broadband provider NBN Co is set to issue a wholesale pricing review to a number of telecommunications providers on Thursday in a bid to quell disquiet in the industry.

CommsWire - 30 April 2019

No info-sharing if you use Huawei, US tells UK The United States says it sees no distinction between the core of a 5G network and its radio access network, and will reconsider sharing information with any ally that uses equipment made by Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies in its next-generation telecommunications network.

CommsWire - 16 January 2019

Many Australians seek to change Internet plans after Xmas Product comparison firm iSelect says it has seen an average increase of about 40% in the number of Australians inquiring about changing their Internet plans after the festive season.

CommsWire - 18 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.

CommsWire - 8 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.

CommsWire - 19 July 2018

Australia 8th in mobile speeds, but 54th in fixed broadband Australia has enviable mobile download speeds, averaging out at 50.53Mbps and sitting eighth in a list of 124 countries compiled by Ookla, the company that provides the online Speedtest application for testing download and upload speeds.

CommsWire - 1 June 2018

Vocus customer hack used to swamp triple-zero service Australia's triple-zero service was hit by a malicious attack last weekend, with up to 600 calls at a time made through a customer of telco Vocus, with the attacker flooding the number during three short periods between 6.09am and 7.55am.