CommsWire - 19 July 2016

NBN: politicians are short-changing the masses Soon after any federal election, it is common for leaders of one or both major parties to indulge in platitudes about governing in the national interest. In the end, only the most partisan politics prevails. And that is likely to be the same in the case of the NBN. Telstra brand evolution: not a new logo, but a renewed commitment

CommsWire - 15 July 2016

NBN Co takes on raft of new partners to deploy HFC network NBN Co has inked contracts with six delivery partners to deliver the National Broadband Network to homes and businesses across Telstra?s HFC network around Australia. Lendlease scores new NBN infrastructure contract Property and infrastructure group, Lendlease, has been contracted to deliver NBN network infrastructure in the Sydney North and Gold coast regions.

CommsWire - 11 July 2016

Telstra axing jobs as it outsources contact centre work overseas Telstra is slashing more than 300 jobs in its customer service centres, with most of the work to be outsourced to the Philippines. Telstra seals another APAC investment deal Telstra?s growth push in the Asia Pacific region has again been boosted by a strategic investment in Chinese communications application programming interfaces (APIs) provider Cloopen.

CommsWire - 4 July 2016

Election non-result leaves fate of Australian Government and NBN still unknown The fate of the NBN, superannuation changes, company tax cuts, the fate of the coalition Government and even that of the Prime Minster Malcolm Turnbull is still unknown. NZ?s winter weather causes havoc with Spark broadband, landline services

CommsWire - 24 June 2016

Telstra hits the mines as acquisition strategy rolls on Telstra has moved further into new territory in the mining industry with the acquisition of mining communications technology services business CBO Telecommunications and the formation of a new business division, Telstra Mining Services. Genesis: let there be gigabit backhaul speeds and 400Mbps access broadband over copper

CommsWire - 23 June 2016

Former NBN chief intervenes in election to slam Coalition?s broadband plan The founding CEO of the National Broadband Network, Mike Quigley, has intervened in the last two weeks of the federal election, slamming the Coalition for making a ?huge miscalculation? with the network?s use of copper access technologies. NBN not biting as an issue in Australian election

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 - 17 June 2016

Australian data centre services market: growing at 12.4% CAGR to 2022, $2+ Villion by 2021 Demand and growth of the Australian data centre (DC) services market is being driven by big data, IoT, analytics, mobile data, storage, computing power, infrastructure and more. Internet Australia takes Switkowski to task over NBN ?leaks? comments

CommsWire - 26 May 2016

ACCAN brings communications issues to election forefront The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) has joined the election fray to bring attention to communications affordability, future consumer protections, broadband performance monitoring, accessible ICT procurement and accessible programming on TV as priority issues it wants the political parties to focus on. Optus boosts focus on small business with new SMB chief

CommsWire - 23 May 2016

Telstra proposes changes to NBN migration plan; Telstra outages ? modem firmware problems?; What does the NBN have to do with national security?; Big brands admit they are not ready to meet mobile consumers' expectations; SpeedCast awarded new Middle East managed services contract; ACCC won?t authorise mandated security solution for the payments industry.