CommsWire - 28 September 2016

Telcos want changes to proposed tax reforms for satellite services Communications Alliance, has recommended the need for further adjustment to proposed reforms to taxation arrangements for satellite services in Australia to better support commercial, regulatory and national interests.

Information and Communication Technology in Antarctica

The Australian Antarctic Division has a long history of providing telecommunications as part of the support provided to expeditioners within the Australian Antarctic Territory. Since the days when Mawson?s expedition in 1911 setup the first transmitter at Commonwealth Bay, the Division has provided continuous and increasingly sophisticated telecommunications capability that now includes data to support medical services, science, education and Internet access. The provision of telecommunications...

Radio Communication by Artificial Satellites

A remarkable paper from 1961 demonstrates that the Post Master General?s Department was at the forefront of technological developments concerning radio communications by artificial satellites before the launch of Telstar.

CommsWire - 17 September 2015

September a big month for Australian bush says Morrow; Most countries not going all fibre says Morrow; Telstra launches VoLTE calling and world-1st Cat 11 600Mbps-capable device; Ericsson shows off 16A Software behind Telstra?s Cat 11 600Mbps network; Telstra adds new ?Trader Voice? solution to financial trading portfolio; Boost Mobile gets 4G boost well before Telstra MVNOs.

CommsWire - 14 August 2015

ANALYSIS: WHERE WILL TELSTRA’S GROWTH COME FROM?Telstra’s annual results were good, but not outstanding. Even with mobiles, it is outgrowing its traditional market of Australian telephony. How can it grow? … AND SHUFFLES BOARDTelstra has made changes to its board, nominating a US venture capitalist.

CommsWire daily news - 15 September 2014

Optus 10 and Jabiru-2 satellites launched; Australia?s satellite history; Allen Lew back in Australia as new Optus CEO; AMTA welcomes spectrum review; Telcos rush to sell iPhone 6; Turnbull blames Labor for TPG cherry picking; ECONOMUSE Vertigan?s cost benefit analysis ? chickens, eggs and the ogre of mobile substitution.

CommsWire weekly news - 29 August 2014

COVER STORY     NBN ANNUAL REPORT ?    The NBN ? one year into the Turnbull era?    NBN Co hits 2014 targets?    The world according to Bill Morrow?    NBN Co?s financial performance?    ANALYSIS      Astounding finding ? NBN cost not worth benefit ?    Turnbull vs Clare on Vertigan?s cost vs benefit ?    OPINION      FTTN explained, by schoolmaster Turnbull?    FTTP needed for teleHealth, say Labor MPs

CommsWire daily news - 25 August 2014

Thodey warns call centre jobs will goTelstra boss David Thodey has told ABC radio that he believes the company?s call centre jobs will be gone in five years, replaced by online interaction. ANALYSIS     From call centre to contact centre ? and beyondDavid Thodey is right. Call centre jobs as we know them will disappear. But customer interaction will not.