Bloomberg Face More Strife Over “Fake News” Spying Story, Apple Not Happy
Bloomberg are facing the real threat of legal action, after being slammed by Apple boss Tim Cook and now Chinese Super Micro... Read More
5G Vs Wi Fi 6, Why Retailers Will Be The Big Winners
Retailers in Australia are set to get a massive boost from selling 5G devices and Wi Fi 6, these are new generation... Read More
COMMENT: “ABT” Push Set To Hurt Telstra As Their NBN Ambitions Evaporate
Telstra whose executives appear to be more interested in their pay packets are now having to battle a new fast spreading problem... Read More
NBN Connection & Swapping Complaints Down 33%
The NBN Co has today announced a ~33% drop in the number of “connection or changing provider” complaints, citing latest numbers from... Read More
Optus Snares Oz Cybersecurity Business For $23.3M
Optus has acquired Australian cyber-security outfit Hivint for $23.3 million as the telco looks to provide more cyber advisory services to business... Read More
Tech Visa Scheme Stymied By Canberra Turmoil: Report
The Federal Government’s “innovation visa” scheme for importing highly-skilled international tech workers appears to have come to a standstill, following the recent... Read More
Is Bloomberg Exposed As Levo + ZTE Shares Crash Following Chinese Spy Claims
Has Bloomberg left themselves open to a massive defamation law suit after share in Super Micro crashed 43% on Friday hours after... Read More
Wi Fi To Get Radical Makeover
Network Companies will have an easier job defining network gear with the introduction of a simplified Wi Fi standard. Instead of 802.11ax,... Read More
Mobile Wireless Users Outstrip Fixed Internet Connections
Mobile wireless broadband connections are continuing to advance as Australia’s most popular means of accessing the Internet, new figures from the Australian... Read More
NSW Police Break Up Alleged Massive E-mail Fraud Outfit
NSW Police have charged four members of an alleged fraud syndicate, following an investigation into business e-mail scams run across the State.... Read More
Early Signs Are TPG/Vodafone Merger Is Good For Telstra
Telstra shares have risen by 13 cents, or just over 4 per cent, since the proposed $15 billion merger of TPG and Vodafone... Read More
TPG Owned iiNet Tops Broadband Satisfaction, Telstra Trails
Latest numbers from Roy Morgan rank TPG-owned iiNet Australia’s best broadband provider in terms of customer satisfaction. By contrast, TPG’s customer satisfaction... Read More
Xiaomi Set To Launch World-First Phone With 5G Support
Leading Chinese smartphone vendor Xiaomi has confirmed that its new Mi Mix 3 flagship product will feature 5G support, potentially making it... Read More
D-Link Brings Voice Command To Security Cameras
D-Link has brought two new HD Wi-Fi enabled cameras to market supported by the mydlink app, extending the cameras’ abilities to include... Read More
Federal Opposition Wants Briefing On Huawei 5G Decision
The Federal Opposition has requested a briefing from the Government concerning last week’s decision to effectively ban Huawei and ZTE from participating... Read More
Vocus Profit Drops 17 Percent
Australia’s current No 4 telco Vocus has posted a 17 percent drop in net profit for the year to June 30. Net... Read More
China, Vodafone and Optus Upset By Huawei Block
Scott Morrison, in his brief tenure as Home Affairs Minister, has drawn the ire of the Chinese Government, Vodafone and Optus by... Read More
‘No-Change’ Appointment Means Problems Lie Ahead: Budde
Telecoms analyst and commentator Paul Budde, pictured, has raised questions about the future of NBN Co, following the appointment of Stephen Rue.... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Huawei & ZTE Banned From 5G Network Build
Chinese-based Huawei and ZTE have officially been banned from Australia’s 5G network build, with the federal government asserting its involvement presents significant... Read More
TPG & Vodafone Merger Rumours Resurface
Recent reports claim Vodafone Australia and TPG Telecom are amidst merger discussions, with the latest swing of rumours resurfacing after initial market... Read More
Okay Google Show Me The Vision On My Swann Home Security Camera
Australian home and business security Company Swann Communications, has launched a Google Voice first by enabling their security cameras to be activated... Read More
Telstra, Optus & CBA Cause Thredbo Mayhem
Thredbo visitors have continued to face mounting technical difficulties, as mountain operators deal with both a downed Optus network, and constant problems... Read More
Free Airline Wi-Fi May Soon No Longer Be Free: New Warning
Don’t cosy up too close to the free Wi-Fi services now being operated by Australian internal airlines and some overseas operators. A... Read More
Thredbo, Telstra Cuts Off Optus
After cutting of people and businesses off in Thredbo for days during the peak ski season, Telstra has now cut off Optus... Read More
35% Of NBN Users Now On 50Mbps Plans
Latest numbers from the ACCC reveal 35% of NBN users are now on 50Mbps plans – a “nine fold increase” this year,... Read More
Key Telstra 5G Partners Have Chinese Communist Party Links, As Huawei Tipped To Get Green Light
Chinese Company Huawei is tipped to get the green light to be a major supplier of 5G mobile technology as serious questions... Read More
NBN Co deploys DOCSIS 3.1, restarts stalled HFC rollout
NBN Co says it has started deploying DOCSIS 3.1 technology into its HFC pay-TV network, the rollout of which has been stalled... Read More
1000 Jobs Cut At Symantec
Symantec has cut its workforce by 8 per cent, or by 1000 workers, after a string of negative events ranging from weak... Read More
Speedtests: Telstra wins and loses
Is Telstra the best Australian broadband supplier – or one of the worst? It all depends on where you get your information,... Read More
Nearly 10% Aussies Missing Out On Max NBN Speeds
The latest ACCC broadband speed report shows 7 per cent of NBN customers are receiving less than half of their maximum speed... Read More
New Pixel Stand Charger Revealed
Updates to the Google App reveal a new device type, codenamed Dreamliner, will bring wireless charging and personal assistant functionality in the... Read More
Swann Managing Security Camera Drama
Australian based security Company Swann claims that problems associated with their Smart Security Camera have been fixed after claims that a simple... Read More
Updated Mesh WiFi Orbi Out Now
As of today you can pick up Netgear’s next generation of Orbi WiFi Systems, allowing for better signal distribution within large homes... Read More
Qualcomm Antennas Herald 5G
Qualcomm has unveiled its first mmWave 5G antenna for smartphones, signalling that ultrafast gigabit mobile broadband is on the way. The chipmaker’s... Read More
War Of The Frenemy Hackers Now Hitting Aussie Organisations
Australian companies are being ripped off more than ever by customers, suppliers and cyber-hackers who are using the Dark Web, backed by... Read More
MyRepublic Pays $25k Fine For Misleading NBN Speeds
NBN provider MyRepublic has paid a $25,200 penalty after the ACCC found the company guilty on two accounts for having false or... Read More
Telcos Set To Bid For $500M Sydney Public Wi-Fi Deal
The Sydney City Council is offering Australian telcos a massive public Wi-Fi deal worth an estimated $500 million over 10 years The... Read More
Linksys Launches New Velop Dual-Band Mesh WiFi System
US networking equipment manufacturer, Linksys, has today announced Australian availability of its new Velop Dual-Band Mesh Wi-Fi system – a compact more... Read More
Telstra Makes Its First 5G Call Over Commercial Mobile Network
Telstra has successfully completed its first end-to-end 5G non-standalone data call on a commercial mobile network. Andy Penn, CEO at Telstra says... Read More
Amazon Tipped To Shake Up Networking Market
E-commerce giant, Amazon, has further expanded its home-brand electronics portfolio, following reports it’s developing a line of networking hardware – news which... Read More
Renewables Taking 29% Of Australian Grid – New Report
Renewable energy generated nearly 19 percent of national grid power in the year to June 30, according to a new report from... Read More
Telstra Switches On LTE-Broadcast For Sporting Apps
Telstra has turned on its LTE-Broadcast (LTE-B) technology across Australia giving its customers HD streaming when watching sport of the telco’s dedicated... Read More
D-Link June Revenues Down 7%
Networking equipment manufacturer, D-Link, has post a 7.86% decline in on month revenues for June, notching NT$1.697 billion (US$55.68 million) in consolidated... Read More
IoT Net To Spread Across Lake
A networking company has said it will set up an Internet of Things (IoT) network across the Lake Macquarie local government area... Read More
D-Link Reveals Sub $200 MU MIMO Fast Wi FI Router
D-Link has lowered the access price to fast MU MIMO Wi Fi technology with the release of its sub $200 DSL-3785 AC1200... Read More
Hackers Hit ANU Network: Report
The Australian National University’s computer network has been “significantly compromised”, according to a so far unconfirmed Fairfax report. But the AU is... Read More
Facebook Blitz Hits Australia
The worldwide PR blitz Facebook launched in April to counter the Cambridge Analytica scandal has finally hit Australia. Facebook is bombing television,... Read More
Big Users Squeeze Huge Data From NBN: New Report
NBN Co says the biggest downloader using its service is an unnamed residential customer who in April consumed 23.59 terabytes of data... Read More
Oz IoT Outfit Rides With Vodafone
ASX-listed IoT company CCP Technologies, which specialises in critical control point monitoring, has signed a global services agreement with Vodafone under which... Read More
ATO Says It’s Mended Its Ways On Lack Of Threat Protection
A contrite Australian Tax Office says it has learnt from its mistakes, which in the part have seen it ruled to have... Read More