CommsWire - 24 April 2018

Vocus drops plans to sell New Zealand business The Vocus Group says it has dropped plans to sell its assets in New Zealand and has ended talks with all parties that had expressed an interest in buying its New Zealand business.

CommsWire - 12 March 2018

Qld plagued by Internet, phone problems: report Phone and Internet problems in Queensland have dominated reports to the State?s community legal sector workers, according to a new report by the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) and Community Legal Centres Queensland.

CommsWire - 3 November 2017

ACCC announces public inquiry into NBN wholesale service standards The ACCC has announced "a public inquiry to determine whether NBN wholesale service standard levels are appropriate, and to consider whether regulation is necessary to improve customer experiences."

CommsWire - 3 July 2017

Flying Doctor chief: NBN to bring 78% cost reduction The CEO of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (RFDS) expects the arrival of the National Broadband Network to its bases in remote areas to result in savings of millions of dollars based on recent deployments and a special rate for the Sky Muster service.

CommsWire - 23 May 2017

Review recommends redefining ACMA role, sector-wide reforms still to come The Federal Government?s two-year review of the Australian Communications and Media Authority has made 27 recommendations for reform of ACMA including a more defined role of its regulatory remit at a time of ?radical change? in the communications sector over 10 years.

CommsWire - 17 May 2017

TPG raises $320m, joins cashed-up Telstra competitors Australia's fourth largest telecommunications player TPG has achieved its targeted fund-raising announced a month ago, raising $320.2 million to help fund its planned new mobile network. TPG has now joined a coterie of well-funded competitors threatening Telstra?s dominance.

CommsWire - 1 March 2017

NBN Co reveals suburbs that will get FttDP NBN Co has revealed that about 700,000 homes will receive NBN services through fibre to the distribution point (FttDP), a technology that it calls fibre to the curb.

CommsWire - 15 December 2016

Remaining blocks in 700 Mhz spectrum to be sold The Australian Communications and Media Authority will begin the process of auctioning off the remaining blocks of spectrum in the 700 MHz band next month. ATO services downed by HPE hardware crash Hardware supplied by Hewlett Packard Enterprise has malfunctioned, causing a major IT outage at the Australian Taxation Office, with staff unable to use systems on Monday and Tuesday.

CommsWire - 9 November 2016 Special Edition

NBN rollout will be done by 2020 says Morrow; IA says time for govt to review NBN strategy; Telstra?s first mobile leasing plan for SMBs to stay ?up to date?; Motorola Solutions buys Australia?s Gridstone; Smartphone VR: over half of VR shipments by 2021; Verizon helps out with fight against childhood rheumatic heart disease; 

CommsWire - 9 November 2016

There was a problem with the formatting of the CommsWire Newsletter this morning, so I am re-sending it. Tim Herring NBN rollout will be done by 2020 says Morrow The National Broadband Network raked in $181 million in revenue in the three months to the end of September as take-up of the network continues towards completion of the rollout by 2020.