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Timing of Optus job cuts shows 'contempt' for workers: union The union that covers telecommunications workers claims the sacking of 400 more workers at Singtel Optus shows the "reprehensible contempt" that management has for the workforce.
30th May 2018
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Optus to phase out Virgin Mobile, 200 jobs to go Australia's second biggest telco Optus will phase out its Virgin Mobile subsidiary within the next two years, putting 200 jobs at risk. Court rules Telstra's 'unlimited' ads are misleading The Federal Court has found that Telstra's use of the word "unlimited" in some ads for its mobile service is misleading, in a complaint brought by rival telco Optus.
24th May 2018
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Optus mum on rumours of ditching Virgin Mobile Australia's second biggest telco Optus is unwilling to comment on what it characterises as "rumour and speculation" that it will be moving all customers off its Virgin Mobile subsidiary and retiring the brand.
17th April 2018
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Vocus North-West Cable System is up and running The Vocus Group, Australia's fourth largest telecommunications outfit, has successfully connected its high-speed fibre-optic North-West Cable System to the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project and Shell?s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas facility located off the north-west coast of Australia.
16th October 2017
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Federal Police raid Labor Party offices over NBN documents leak; IA wants telco USO regs changed to include consumer rights to data access; Virgin Mobile Australia outages ? 18 and 19 May; Business Council joins expanding IoT Alliance Australia; Speedcast, Airbus team up on satellite ground station; NextDC prepares for second Melbourne data centre; Satellite operator SES does major deal with Indonesian satellite telco.
20th May 2016
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Telstra breached SSU obligations, says ACCC The competition watchdog has found that Telstra breached its obligations under the Structural Separation Undertaking (SSU) during the 2015 financial year. Telstra selling out of China?s Autohome for $2.1 billion Telstra is selling most of its stake in Chinese car sales website Autohome to one of China?s largest insurers, Ping An Insurance Group, for A$2.1 billion (US$1.6bn).
18th April 2016
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Nokia flags job cuts after merger with Alcatel Lucent; Revenues up, profits up as Optus continues network expansion; Apple can?t make our iPhones an expensive paperweight ? Error 53 sucks; 5G will drive ?massive? increase in mobile connections: ACMA; Virgin Mobile pops up with 12GB for $50 with unlim Oz calls and text; Australia?s first Tier 4 data centre ? Micron21; In search of cheap Netflix - a scam with teeth.
15th February 2016
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Telstra continues push into health care with new acquisition; The ACMA hits non-compliant telecommunications providers ? again!; Skype apologises for 21 Sept outage, offers free call time; Superloop shelling out $5.8 million for APEXnetworks; Virgin Mobile pops out free 1GB bonus streaming data with Guvera; 4G Americas publishes new details on 5G technology requirements; Inmarsat?s Pacific endeavour ensured critical comms in military exercise.
9th October 2015
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Mobiles ? The Older You Are, The More You Pay;m2m A ?strategic Imperative? For Mobile Operators;5g Hype, 4g Reality;virgin Mobile?s Data Rollover And Double Data Deals;optus Mobile Outage Frustrates Users In Three States.
27th July 2015
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TIO: Net and landline complaints up, overall complaints down; Telstra breached Structural Separation obligations in 2014: ACCC; Telstra?s new Pre-Paid mobile data prices: impressive; Virgin Mobile?s new plans deliver more data too; Samsung announces new ARTIK 1 chip for next-gen IoT devices; ECONOMUSE: Are CVCs ?evil, stupid and counterproductive??
14th May 2015