CommsWire - 16 November 2018

Telstra BGP routing error hits other Australian ISPs Australia's biggest telco Telstra took down part of the Internet in the country on Thursday morning due to a stuff-up with the routes it advertised through the border gateway protocol. The company claims a third party was responsible for the error.

CommsWire - 25 October 2018

Telstra signs 5G deal with Ericsson, tech rolled out in three cities Telstra has announced that Swedish telecommunications supplier Ericsson will be its main partner in rolling out 5G, with an agreement signed by the two companies on Wednesday.

CommsWire - 3 October 2018

Full 5G implementation at least two years away, says Ruckus chief Despite all the hype about 5G at the moment, a full implementation of the technology specification is at least two years away, according to Carl Jefferys, ANZ country manager for Ruckus Wireless.

CommsWire - 2 October 2018

Australia bid to push Huawei out of PNG cable project Australia, along with Japan and the US, is once again trying to elbow out Chinese telecommunications company Huawei from building a cable system, this time an internal one in Papua New Guinea.

CommsWire - 20 September 2018

Big telcos 'benefit from delay' in special business services moving to NBN Big telecommunications companies are pushing for a delay in the disconnection date for special business services to migrate from legacy infrastructure to the NBN because they benefit financially, the owner of a small ISP in Launceston claims.

CommsWire - 14 September 2018

Australia Singapore Cable fully operational today After two years to construct; more than five years of planning; 4600km of undersea cable laid; cost of $US170m; and involving more than 60 staff, today marks the fully operational start of Australia’s newest, fastest and most direct connectivity route into Asia.

CommsWire - 7 September 2018

Sunshine Coast to get ‘fastest’ cable connection to Asia A new international submarine cable contract has been agreed between Queensland’s Sunshine Coast Council and telecoms network operations company RTI-C Connectivity, with claims the cable will deliver Australia’s fastest telecommunications connection to Asia and second fastest to the United States.

CommsWire - 6 September 2018

Vodafone strikes back against MVNOs, telcos, in prepaid race Vodafone has made Optus' and Telstra's prepaid plans look like overpriced 28-day expiry jokes with too little data and not enough international countries, but Amaysim still has the best 365-day "as you go" plan.

CommsWire - 5 September 2018

Vocus puts ASC into service early as SMW-3 cable fails The Australia Singapore Cable has been switched on for use ahead of its scheduled 14 September service date, following a major disruption on the Sea-Me-We3 submarine cable between Perth and Singapore.

CommsWire - 6 August 2018

ACMA releases spectrum auction info ahead of 5G introduction Critical information for the auction of spectrum in the 3.6GHz band – which will pave the way for 5G telecoms services in Australia - has been released by the broadcasting and telecommunications regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).