News
SEA-ME-WE cable outage means Telstra Apple speed outrage; 50M vehicles with in-vehicle wireless charging by 2020; COMMENT: Metadata and site blocking to stay under Fifield?s Comms fiefdom; Software-defined Infrastructure will ?overhaul? data centre services opportunities; T-Mobile/Experian hacked, user data stolen; Wi-Fi routers the next attack vector.
6th October 2015
First nbn satellite makes it off the ground; Mobile operators lag in customer data monetisation: research; Kmart Australia data breach ? online shoppers affected; Link links with Fujitsu for managed infrastructure; Weather forecasting just got better - much better.
2nd October 2015
Vodafone and TPG?s billion dollar deals; ACCAN congratulates nbn and Arianespace on successful satellite launch; Amaysim?s amazing unlimited 1GB plan for $24.95; COMMENT: Has Microsoft led Macquarie Uni up the garden path?; Rackspace moves into managed security; NZ?s The Instillery partners with Purple WiFi.
1st October 2015
OTT mobile voice revenues to hit $10+ billion by 2020 at telco expense; Europe and China sign key 5G partnership; Macquarie Uni dumps Gmail for Office 365 over US security concerns; Intralinks, HP team up in new data centre; Audinate ramps up Asia Pacific business.
30th September 2015
Vocus, M2 to merge and create $3 billion telco; M2 and Vocus merger a welcome addition of scale: Ovum; Attention next-gen startups: Telstra?s muru-D wants you!; Telstra and Swinburne Institute launch Australian Digital Inclusion Index; ISPs could go out of business over data retention warns peak body.
29th September 2015
2015 review of broadband pricing; COMMENT: We shouldn?t stop at already out of date MTM; Dubber seals deal with UK?s The Voice Factory; First loss in 30 years for Australia Post as letter service declines; Data breaches a growing threat to mobile payments.
28th September 2015
ACCAN tells telcos: introduce real time usage alerts; Less bill shock for mobile phone users; Preference for tap-and-go over cash, says PayPal; Optus supports fintech start-up hub; Balmain selects NEXTDC for cloud hosting; oneM2M seeks authority as M2M and IoT standard; Telstra and Vodafone plan big openings for iPhone 6S launch.
25th September 2015
China?s Appetite for Broadband Fuels Growth in CPE Market, Reports IHS; COMMENT: iOS security breach far greater than thought; Telstra toughens up tradie phone to the Max; Cel-Fi Pro legally boosts 3/4G signals; Vodafone offers two Galaxy-sized tablets with 4G; Ruckus looks to APAC for further growth; xMatters bolsters regional management team.
24th September 2015
Internet issues shift from Brandis to new Comms Minister; TPG rings in the year with healthy growth; Telstra secures multi-year Medibank Private contract; Optus delivers first 100Gbs service on Southern Cross cable; CloudCentral migrates to Brocade to support growth; Dropbox makes being a team player easy.
23rd September 2015
NBN launches FTTN service to RSPs, rollout to accelerate; MyNetFone claims Aussie first with Internet plan for renters; Chinese iTunes security breach described as worst hack in history; Skype outage being fixed, focus on restoring full service; ACCAN welcomes Sen Mitch Fifield as new Comms Minister.
22nd September 2015