CommsWire - 10 August 2017

ECONOMUSE: Price rebalancing to make the NBN affordable The debate about NBN Co technology choices should be buried. It is not the lack of fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) that is holding us back. It is what you do with whatever you have. It is the current business model relying on CVCs that is not working, as some are belatedly realising. 

CommsWire - 2 August 2017

Vodafone incurs losses but invests $2 billion to boost mobile network Vodafone Australia is touting a spend of $2 billion on development and expansion of its Australian mobile network over the full year 2017 despite a year on year loss of $81.5 million for the first half.

CommsWire - 5 June 2017

VHA takes ACCC to court over domestic roaming decision Vodafone Hutchison Australia is taking the ACCC to the Federal Court over its recent draft decision not to declare domestic mobile roaming, claiming that the review process is flawed.

CommsWire - 28 March 2017

Optus ups the ante with new data-heavy mobile plans Optus is keeping up the pressure in the data-hungry mobile phone environment with its latest release of a new premium mobile plan giving customers 100GB of data. NBN: AVC, CVC charges ?put gigabit plans out of reach? New Zealand can offer its residents 1Gbps broadband plans for NZ$130 (A$120) a month because the access virtual circuit (AVC) charges are low, the ISP MyRepublic says.

CommsWire - 14 February 2017

Carriers, consumers want telco competition laws to stay A group of telecommunications carriers and consumers has called on federal parliament not to pass amendments that would remove competition protection measures in the Competition and Consumer Act.

CommsWire - 9 December 2016

RRRC pushes for better data, voice services after USO review The newly-formed Regional Rural and Remote Communications Coalition is hopeful voice and broadband access for Australians living and working in rural and remote areas will be improved as a result of a review of the USO.

CommsWire - 7 November 2016

MyRepublic takes up the Internet speed challenge with first offer Singapore-based Internet service provider (ISP) MyRepublic will officially launch in the Australian market next week with its first unlimited Internet data plans.

CommsWire - 12 August 2015

TURNBULL RESPONDS TO MYREPUBLIC CEO COMMENTSThe head of Singaporean broadband supplier MyRepublic got a lot of publicity yesterday with his comment that the NBN was ‘shit’. Malcolm Turnbull begs to differ. NUMBERS SHOW NETFLIX COEXISTING WITH FOXTELNetflix refuses to disclose Australian subscriber numbers, but Roy Morgan Research makes a good estimate based on polling of households. It is in 8% of Australian homes.

CommsWire - 11 August 2015

Myrepublic To Challenge Nbn Resellers; Macquarie Telecom To Resume Paying Dividends; Ipstar Celebrates Ten Years; Reports Of Death Of Tv Ads Greatly Exaggerated; Superloop Gets Hong Kong Telco Licence; Telcos Spared Extra Costs With Inms Number Allocation System; Aldi Goes Xxl-Rated With New $45 Mobile Plan.