CommsWire daily news - 26 November 2014

Telstra launches 4GX in Melbourne; Asia Pacific FTTH reaches 100 million, no thanks to Australia; Deloitte releases Australian edition of its Mobile Consumer Survey; Ericsson and IBM collaborate on 5G antenna designs; Telco IT investment growing; Chorus reduces UFB cost guidance.

CommsWire weekly news - 11 July 2014

Expedia to buy Wotif; Triple Zero review; NT Government and Telstra connect the bush; My Net Fone acquires iBoss; Huawei Australia to expand into data centres; The Trans-Pacific Partnership debate; Zuckerberg says the Internet more important than the printing press; SubPartners to use NextDC's P1 for APX cables; Alcatel-Lucent hits 10 Gbps over copper; NewSat secures $11.7 million contract for Jabiru-2 capacity; Australia ?lags the world? on mobile strategy; Respecting your privacy ? new ?...

CommsWire daily news - 10 July 2014

Turnbull launches National Map; NT Government and Telstra connect the bush; SubPartners to use NextDC's P1 for APX cables; Alcatel-Lucent hits 10 Gbps over copper Bell Labs has developed a prototype technology which it says paves the way; NewSat secures $11.7 million contract for Jabiru-2 capacity; Australia ?lags the world? on mobile strategy; US networking market 'healthy'.

CommsWire daily news - 3 July 2014

TELSTRA IN COURT ? 1 Telstra-NBN battle over CPI indexing heats up; TELSTRA IN COURT ? 2 Telstra wins ? court says dispute ?not a dispute?; Vocus acquisition of FX Networks confirmed; Telstra invests in mobile security company; Teens big users of mobile Internet ? but online less than adults; ECONOMUSE How low can you roam?; Ericsson claims 5 Gbps on prototype 5G

Towards 5th Generation Cellular Mobile Networks

In this article, we show the path of the evolution in both standards and techniques and provide our vision for the future of the cellular networks. We review the evolution of international standards for cellular mobile networks in the last two decades, describe how the network layout has been migrating from rigid cellular architecture to random and dense small cells, and provide an in-depth discussion on potential enabling techniques for the next generation (5G) cellular networks

CommsWire weekly news - 13 June 2014

Headlines COVER STORY     The new look Australia Post ? two divisions and 1000 less staff SingTel buys two digital advertising vendors Quickflix repels corporate raider Sydney landing station for Hawaiki cable Nokia buys Australia?s Mesaplexx  ANALYSIS      Why Australia lags in video streaming  The $2000 cloud based personal robot is here  ECONOMUSE     An introduction to utility prici

How 5G will be different

This article summarises the ?state of play? in 5G by reviewing the requirements that are driving its development, the performance targets it is aiming for and the technologies being explored to achieve these. It also compares the main capabilities of 5G with those of the earlier generations of mobile technology

How 5G will be different

This article summarises the ?state of play? in 5G by reviewing the requirements that are driving its development, the performance targets it is aiming for and the technologies being explored to achieve these. It also compares the main capabilities of 5G with those of the earlier generations of mobile technology

Interesting issues for an industry at a time of record growth

This editorial notes several key indicators of record growth in Australian telecommunications, as the backdrop to the second issue of this multidisciplinary policy Journal. The growth in social connectivity and 'big data', together with the rapid evolution of new infrastructure technologies, all pose interesting challenges for good policy making – and for keeping up with new developments