Traffic Flowing On Superloop’s Subsea Sydney-Singapore Cable
Superloop says its Indigo subsea cable linking Sydney, Perth and Singapore is now carrying live traffic and its Australian national backbone network... Read More
EXCLUSIVE:Serious Questions Raised About ‘Aussie Mintt Smartphones, Spruiked By A Current Affair
Serious questions have been raised about a new Chinese made smartphone branded Mintt, that A Current Affair and their tech journalist... Read More
Telco Ombudsman Slams NBN Telemarketing Tactics
An investigation into telco telemarketing practices has found high-pressure sales tactics are being used to mislead consumers and small businesses into signing... Read More
Huawei Hands Out Big Discounts Just To Get A Smartphone Sale
Huawei’s Consumer Division has moved to handing out vouchers in the hope that consumers buy their smartphones as sales of their handsets... Read More
Telstra CEO Warns 5G A Threat To NBN
Telstra CEO, Andy Penn, has warned high-speed mobile technology (such as 5G) could prove “incredibly damaging” to the National Broadband Network (NBN)... Read More
Huawei H1 Revenue Up 23% Despite US Ban
Chinese telco giant, Huawei, has post a notable 23% year-on-year lift in half-year revenue, seemingly undeterred by bans from international governments, and... Read More
LG Profit Down 15%, Appliances Offset Smartphone Loss
LG Electronics has reported record Q2 revenues for its home appliances division, while smartphone sales continue to weigh results. Overall Q2 results... Read More
LG Trademark Rollable Smartphone
LG has trademarked several names which appear to be for a future smartphone device with a rollable display. Spotted on Nashville Chatter, the... Read More
Apple Yet To Fix iPhone Security Bug Found By Google
Security researchers working for Google have found security flaws in the operating system that powers it’s rival Apple’s smartphones, including one the... Read More
ByteDance To Make Smartphone
As if the smartphone market isn’t crowded enough, Chinese social media firm ByteDance is developing a new phone, following a deal with... Read More
Companies Using ‘Like’ Button Now Data Responsible
The EU’s top court has ruled that companies that embed Facebook’s “Like” button on their Web sites must seek users’ consent to... Read More
OZ Mobile Users Under Attack By ‘Nation-States’
Un-named “nation states” are increasingly targeting mobile users in countries including Australia for intelligence gathering and disruption of national rivals, according to... Read More
iPhone Sales Tumble To Sub 50% Of Apple Sales Wearables Up
iPhone sales are down 12% and for the first-time sales of Apple’s smartphone is sub 50% of overall sales, profits have also... Read More
Vodafone Stay Committed To Merger As Losses Soar
Joint venture mobile network Vodafone Hutchison Australia has reported a before tax loss of more than $150 million for the first half... Read More
Report: Oz Govt Got Incorrect Advice On Huawei Ban
Huawei has leapt on a new report from Ovum, which it claims proves the Australian government was given incorrect advice over its ban... Read More
Vandals Target Sydney Telstra Exchanges
More than 40 Telstra exchanges across Sydney have been vandalised in a spree of attacks. Exchanges were broken into and live wires... Read More
TikTok App Owner To Enter Phone Business
Considered among the world’s most valuable start-ups, ByteDance – the owner of viral video app TikTok – has confirmed it’s releasing its... Read More
TPG’s Internode Gonged
TPG-owned Internode, a provider of Internet services, has won a gong in the Roy Morgan group’s monthly Internet Service Provider Customer Satisfaction... Read More
New $2K Motorola Razr Tipped For OZ
A new 2019 version of the Motorola Razr is tipped to be launched in Australia. At the recent launch of a new... Read More
Oz Media Execs Praise Foxtel-Netflix Deal
Several senior Australian media agency executives have praised Foxtel’s integration of Netflix, categorising the deal as mutually beneficial. The news comes after... Read More
Boost Founder Peter Adderton Misses Out On US Buyback
Boost Mobile founder Peter Adderton has vowed to keep up the pressure on the MVNO’s expected new owners after missing out on... Read More
Huawei Release New Watch GT Models In Oz
Chinese telco giant, Huawei, has launched its new Watch GT Active and GT Elegant in Australia, landing at Mobileciti in August, with... Read More
Apple Tipped To Launch Three 5G iPhones In 2020
Renowned Apple commentator, Ming-Chi Kuo, expects all three 2020 iPhones to be 5G-compatible, complementing several other significant re-designs. The news follows Apple’s... Read More
ACCC Slam Facebook & Google For ‘Market Distortion’
The ACCC’s landmark ‘Digital Platforms Inquiry’ has slammed tech giants (notably Facebook and Google) for distorting the local market, impairing several businesses... Read More
Apple Buy Intel Smartphone Modem Business For $1B
Apple and Intel have signed an agreement for Apple to acquire the majority of Intel’s smartphone modem business in a deal valued... Read More
US Treasury Claim Amazon “Destroyed” Retail
As the government considers its response to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Digital Platforms Inquiry, a high ranking US regulator has... Read More
Google Expand Hearing Aid App Roll-Out
Google has expanded its hearing aid app to more devices after launching earlier this year. The Sound Amplifier app uses a smartphone’s... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Samsung Galaxy Fold To Launch September
Samsung’s Galaxy Fold will finally be ready for launch in selected countries from September, but local representatives say there is still no... Read More
Google Images Adds Lens In Oz
Google has added support for its Lens AI to Google Images in Australia to give users more information on the things they... Read More
Vodafone Calls For NBN Pricing “Makeover”
Vodafone Australia is calling for a major makeover of the wholesale prices charged by the NBN Co as the “current model is... Read More
Facebook Cuts Off Sony, Microsoft Data Access
Social media giant Facebook will again try to cut off companies including Microsoft and Sony from accessing data, as it seeks to... Read More
New Leak Reveals iPhone 11 Specs
According to new leaks reported by 9to5Mac, Apple is planning to launch three new iPhone 11 models in September this year. The... Read More
Slow Internet? Your Fault Says NBN
The corporation in charge of delivering Australia’s national broadband network has released research suggesting users should better optimise their home internet networks... Read More
New Microsoft Patents For Foldable Device
A new patent from Microsoft has been spotted by Windows Latest relating to orientation-specific controls for foldable phones. The patent titled “Orientation... Read More
Huawei Appoint New Oz Cyber Security Officer
Huawei Australia has announced its current Chief Technology Officer David Soldani will also take charge of cyber security. Dr Soldani joined the... Read More
Data Retention: Oz Agencies Swoop On 295,000 Cases
Law enforcement agencies sought access to information covered by Australia’s data retention regime on more than 295,000 occasions in the financial year... Read More
Apple Tipped To Buy Intel Smartphone Modem Business
iPhone manufacturer, Apple, is reportedly in ”advanced talks” to purchase Intel’s smartphone modem chip business – just months after Intel axed its... Read More
Pixel 4 To Get Big Bezel, Motion Gestures
New images leaked online purport to show the Google Pixel 4 will have a large “forehead’ bezel, in contrast to recent trends... Read More
Pennytel To Sell Nokia Phones Outright
Local MVNO Pennytel is offering 25 per cent off plans and new mobile phones as it expands into selling handsets outright. The... Read More
Telstra 5G Network Going Nowhere Till 2023 Claims Gartner
As Telstra continues to spruik their limited 5G network users in the UK are complaining that they are only getting sub 200Mbs... Read More
Report: Aussie 4G Faster Than 5G
A report from mobile analytics company OpenSignal claims Australian 4G users are receiving faster speeds than 5G users. The company’s analysis of... Read More
Report: iPhone Loyalty At All-Time Low
A new report claims iPhone loyalty has dropped to an all-time low, as more consumers trade in their Apple products for other... Read More
Macquarie MVNO Takes On Boost Mobile Refurbished Phones
Days after Boost Mobile launched a program selling pre-owned phones, Macquarie Group-backed Nu Mobile has started to do the same. Like Boost,... Read More
Report: 56% To Choose 5G For Next Smartphone
The majority of Australians who are aware of 5G technology said they are likely to buy a 5G device next time they... Read More
Symantec Claims WhatsApp, Telegram Can Be Hacked
If you thought your files from encrypted messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram were safe, you’re wrong. Researchers at Symantec have... Read More
Isentia Launches Live Alerts For Media Monitoring
Isentia has launched Live Alerts, a broadcast media monitor-style alert service, which aims to keep communications professionals abreast of important events happening... Read More
NBN Co Tops 1Gbps On HFC Net
Comms Minister Paul Fletcher has claimed the kudos for NBN Co’s latest achievement, announcing that NBN Co has trialled DOCSIS 3.1 on... Read More
Optus Calls On Govt. To Prevent 5G Data Blowout
Optus is concerned that its data-storage costs could blow out if Australia’s data retention regime is not “reviewed and calibrated” to deal... Read More
MS Word Passes 1 Billion Android Installs
Microsoft Word has been installed on more than 1 billion Android devices, making it one of the rare apps not made by... Read More
Microsoft Word For Android Installed More Than 1bn Times
Microsoft Word for Android has been installed more than one billion times, according to the Google Play Store. Microsoft’s other office apps,... Read More