CommsWire - 1 February 2018

Govt pressure forces Verizon to drop Huawei devices The US Government has brought pressure to bear on Verizon and forced the telecommunications firm to give up the idea of selling any phones made by Chinese firm Huawei, including the recently released Mate 10Pro, a report claims.

CommsWire - 17 July 2017

Australian laws aim to force decryption to fight crime Australia has announced that it will promulgate laws to force companies like Google and Facebook to decrypt messages sent by suspected terrorists and other criminals.

CommsWire - 10 March 2017

Australia 51st globally for mobile and fixed internet speed Australia now leads the Asia-Pacific region for average mobile internet speeds at 13.8Mbps. But it has a way to go with an average of 10.1Mbps for fixed broadband.

CommsWire - 8 March 2017

Optus, Cisco collaborate on digital transformation & ?workplace of future? Optus has announced a collaboration with Cisco which it says is aimed at accelerating digital transformation for Australian businesses and government organisations.

CommsWire - 27 January 2017

Optus brings native Wi-Fi voice calling to market Optus has launched native Voice over WiFi ? or WiFi Calling ? which the telco says allows customers to easily make and receive calls, SMS and MMS where there is limited mobile coverage but an accessible WiFi service, such as home or public WiFi.

CommsWire - 22 August 2016

GfK upgrades 2016 smartphone forecast, Australia demand down 9% Emerging markets are powering smartphone sales, according to forecaster GfK, with full year global smartphone sales for 2016 set to increase from $400.7 billion to $426 billion, up 5%. However, demand in Australia is down, with a savage drop in sales in 2Q16.

CommsWire - 19 August 2016

Cisco sheds 5500 jobs in shift from switches to software Cisco has always been about the metal ? sure, you needed a highly paid rocket scientist to set it up, but once done it was the very fabric of the network. No longer, heavy metal is now considered a low growth area

CommsWire - 21 June 2016

Telstra goes small to go big for ?even more? 4G to regional Australians Telstra is rolling out 135 4G small cell base stations so more than 130 rural and regional communities will benefit from Telstra?s fast 4G mobile coverage. Cisco networking report underlines need for faster broadband.

CommsWire - 21 March 2016

Mobile tech take-up delivers $43bn in productivity, workforce participation benefits: research; DCL launches ?Australian first? large scale ISO containerised date centre; Telstra apologises for mobile outage, free data day Sunday 3 April; Mobile tech take-up delivers $43bn in productivity, workforce participation benefits: research.; Optus, Cisco plan $12 million joint investment; Domino?s Pizza plans ?world-first commercial autonomous delivery vehicle?.

CommsWire - 9 March 2016

Telstra and Cisco promised 'redefined customer experience' with SDN; Kogan goes all ?Hulk Hogan? on 28 day billing periods; ACCC investigation: Vaya telco responds; Enterprise Cloud - privacy and security remain top concerns; Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise signs Integrated Products as newest OZ distie; Jennifer Kyriakakis talks Matrixx, telcos, Telstra, tech and International Women?s Day.; D-Link Launches Extreme Streaming Education Campaign.