CommsWire - 16 April 2019

‘Credential abuse’ via ISPs main attack source in Australia Ninety percent of the Australia’s credential abuse attacks are delivered from within Australia via local ISP networks, according to a new study which also found that a growing number of internationally-based cybercriminals are routing attacks via homegrown networks.

CommsWire - 22 November 2018

Dutton accuses Labor of dragging feet on encryption bill Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says he wants the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security to deal with the government's encryption bill "as quickly as possible", and accused Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus of delaying things.

CommsWire - 7 May 2018

EPL 'has paid off' for Optus: Roy Morgan Optus's decision to acquire the Australian rights to English Premier League (EPL) football seems to be having the desired effect and paid off handsomely for the number two telco, according to new research.

CommsWire - 4 May 2018

Hawaiki Cable final splice means system complete in June The carrier-neutral Hawaiki submarine cable system connecting Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, American Samoa, Hawaii and Oregon in the US is set for final testing before its June 2018 service start.

CommsWire - 4 April 2018

Australian Internet usage on a tear: ABS The latest Internet stats from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have arrived, and on the major metrics on usage and download, the numbers are all up.

CommsWire - 29 March 2018

Australia-Singapore cable laying gets underway Laying of the Australia-Singapore subsea cable has commenced, with two ships laying two distinct sections from near Christmas Island to Fremantle, and the other in shallow water between Singapore and Christmas Island.

CommsWire - 23 January 2018

Vodafone's lower NBN prices mean new battles now to win consumers Price wars: a new hope for lower NBN prices, striking back against an empire of expensive telcos to ensure a return of the happy customer ? can Vodafone's lower prices awaken consumer interest?

CommsWire - 15 September 2017

Vocus to face class action over allegedly misleading investors Australia's fourth largest telco Vocus Group faces a proposed shareholder class action over allegedly misleading investors. Optus launches dedicated SD-WAN technology Optus has launched its first dedicated SD-WAN technology for its software-defined network in partnership with Riverbed Technology.

CommsWire - 9 August 2017

Wireless VR 650% growth massively straining data networks Said to be equivalent to 3 billion hours of 4K video streaming, wireless VR via smartphone-based and standalone headsets will leave data networks strained, generating 21,000 petabytes of traffic by 2021!

CommsWire - 30 June 2017

Optus announces another $10m mobile coverage boost Australia's second biggest telco Optus has announced an investment of $7 million to improve mobile coverage in and around Busselton, Margaret River and Bunbury.