Need Faster Internet? TCL Has Unveiled Its New 5G LINKHUB Router
TCL has just announced it is releasing a new, lightweight portable router – the TCL LINKHUB 5G CPE – which promises to... Read More
ACCC Chair Sims Zooms In On CV19 Comms Risk
CANBERRA: Rod Sims, chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, has detailed COVID-19-induced communications risks that the ACCC hopes to mitigate.... Read More
Comrade Kevin Rudd, Left With Egg On Face After NBN Turns It On For Millions
The recent data from the ACCC’s Measuring Broadband Australia test units are showing daytime NBN speeds have not been impacted, and speeds... Read More
Residents Burn Down 5G Towers Claims They Are Causing Coronavirus Spread
What’s caused the Coronavirus has become a big talking point some Chinese nationals in Australia are blaming the US for starting the... Read More
Huawei Now Tries To Flog Australians Questionable Wi Fi 6 Routers
Huawei whose consumer smartphone business has come to a standstill in Australia is now trying to get into consumers’ homes with routers... Read More
Daytime Traffic On NBN Up 70%, Mobile Networks Up 40%
Advice to stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased pressure on the NBN and telecom networks in non-CBD areas. The... Read More
Smart Charging: Top-5 Innovative Chargers 2020
Innovative companies like Belkin, Crest and Cygnett have created a wide variety of chargers to power your devices as quickly as possible.... Read More
COVID-19 Hits Global Internet Speeds, Australia Flat
Despite the coronavirus outbreak putting pressure on global networks, Australia’s internet speeds have stayed relatively flat over the past few weeks. Speedtest.net... Read More
COVID-19: NBN Co & Some Providers Promise To Give Free Data
NBN Co has said it will provide retail service providers (RSPs) with free bandwidth from Monday, in order to support the higher... Read More
LIVE COVID-19:JB Hi Fi Soars As Demand For Home Connect Gear Soars
It’s not all doom and gloom for CE suppliers with several brands reporting “big” demand for products despite the Coronavirus epidemic. The... Read More
D-Link Launches McAfee-Protected Mesh
D-Link has launched its new wi-fi mesh system protected by McAfee, which it says offers security for all devices connected to the... Read More
NBN Braces For Surging Demand In The Face Of COVID-19
The NBN is anticipating record demand on networks as more company employees move to work from home. Technology companies are already experiencing... Read More
Aussie Tech Stocks Survive Early Slaughter Fears
SYDNEY: Australian technology stocks by and large survived what had been expected to be a day of slaughter on the stockmarket yesterday.... Read More
REVIEW: Swann Alert Indoor Security Camera
Whether you want an indoor security camera for checking in on your pet during the day or keeping sure your home is... Read More
TPG revenue creeps up 1pc as Vodafone merger plan closes in
SYDNEY – TPG Telecom has reported revenue of $1.25 billion for its latest half-year, ended January 31 – up just one percent... Read More
Samsung To Build 5G Network With Spark In New Zealand
Samsung electronics has signed on to take part in building the Spark 5G network in New Zealand. Spark, which is New Zealand’s... Read More
COMMENT:Why The Telstra Board Needs To Dump Penn For An Entrepreneur
Telstra boss Andy Penn was back on his soap box yesterday this time, claiming that Telstra will become carbon neutral this year... Read More
EXCLUSIVE:Telstra Pushing 5G & mmWave On’ High Security Risk’ ZTE Products
Telstra chief executive Andy Penn has moved to spruiking products made by a banned Chinese Company who the carrier kicked out of... Read More
ACCC seeks feedback on coming 5G spectrum auction
CANBERRA: The ACCC is seeking feedback on competition issues thrown up by the upcoming auction of 26GHz spectrum for 5G networks. It... Read More
Intel Gears Up For 5G With New Hardware And Software Solutions
New chips dedicated to network optimisation and further investment in its open source toolkit are the highlights of Intel’s plans to support 5G network... Read More
US 5G Conference Panned Before It Gets Under Way
The Trump Administration will host a conference in about a month on 5G attended by the US President that will include companies... Read More
Vocus Taps NBN Satellite To Deliver Comms To Outback Mine
Aussie telco Vocus has inked a deal to provide publicly listed resources company Northern Minerals with a business-grade communications service, using NBN... Read More
Public Distrust Haunts Government’s Digital Push
More than a third of the Australian population is unwilling to provide personal information to the Federal Government because they don’t trust... Read More
NBN Finds Superfast Market
NBN Co has notched a 28% jump in sales of superfast 250Mbps services, after cutting prices and increasing speeds of its No.1... Read More
Free Amazon & Google Wi Fi, eSIM & How TPG Are Set To Dominate
5G is all hype – eSIM is the future and Google and Amazon are set to give away free unlimited connectivity with... Read More
Lame PR, Government Bans, Now Manufacturers Move To Nobble Huawei
As Australian Spin doctors for Huawei keep rolling out lame PR campaigns. that no one is taking notice of, suppliers are now... Read More
US Moves To Nobble Huawei As TPG & Optus Flog Questionable Huawei Gear
Both Optus and TPG are refusing to say why they are still using questionable Huawei routers and fibre connection equipment in Australian... Read More
Telstra Inks Big China Deal
Chinese datacentre company Chayora and Telstra International are teaming to offer co-location services and network connectivity on the Tianjin-Beijing corridor in China.... Read More
Has A Deal Already Been Struck As To Who Will Own TPG Vodafone?
COMMENT: 24 hours after TPG and Vodafone got the green light to merge the big question now is who will control the... Read More
Trump Orders Test GPS Outages
US President Donald Trump has given an executive order directing US agencies to test the vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure systems in the... Read More
Parliament House Unprepared For Cyberattack, Investigators Find
Australia’s parliamentarians and Parliament house officials only have themselves to blame for the major cyberattack that breached the parliamentary network in February... Read More
Oz Enjoying Faster Average Download Speeds, FTTN Still Underperforming
A recent ACCC report shows that Australians are benefitting from faster average download speeds, with retail service providers (RSPs) now delivering more... Read More
10.5 Million Oz Premises Ready To Connect, As Rollout Nears End
NBN Co has declared a 39 percent increase in revenue to $1.8 billion for the six months ended December 31, as it... Read More
Phone & Internet Complaints Down 12% In Q4 2019
Complaints to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman from residential consumers and small businesses were down 12% in Q4 compared to the previous quarter,... Read More
Move Over SkyMuster, Elon Musk Is Coming For Oz Regional Broadband
SkyMuster NBN technology may be under threat in regional and rural Australia as Elon Musk takes the next step in bringing satellite... Read More
NBN Tests Short-term Satellite
The National Broadband Network (NBN) is testing satellite-based connectivity at bushfire emergency evacuation centres. A spokesperson for the company told ZDNet that... Read More
Protests Grow As Musk’s SpaceX Heads For Oz Skies, Foxtel Object
Elon Musk’s SpaceX satellite broadband service has taken its first step into the Australian market. The communications regulator has added the company... Read More
TPG, Optus Still Installing Dodgy Huawei Gear
Days after it was revealed that Meriton is installing questionable Huawei routers into their apartments and rental accommodation it’s been revealed that... Read More
Huawei uses UK deal to push for return to Oz market
Huawei is pinning its hopes on the company’s win to operate in the UK, helping to see it brought back into the... Read More
Homes With Fibre Connected Huawei Routers A Security Risk Including Thousands Of Meriton Apartments
Fibre to the home operator, LBNCo and network and fibre solution provider Opticomm could be putting thousands of homes at risk after... Read More
TelSoc Calls For Broadband Boost
Australia’s Telecommunications Association (TelSoc) has repeated its call for a bipartisan approach to develop more robust communications infrastructure for Australia. This was... Read More
Smartphone Sales To Rebound In 2020 Thanks To 5G
Worldwide smartphone sales are expected to rebound in 2020, buoyed by expanding 5G networks and expected to rise 3% year-over-year, especially in... Read More
Huawei Decision To Hit Europe, But US Sales Rules In Limbo
No matter what decision the UK has made overnight on Huawei’s involvement in its 5G roll, it will affect other similar networks... Read More
NBN Co Looks To Snare ‘Dark Fibre’ For Key Rollouts
NBN Co is looking to acquire access to so-called “dark fibre” as it increasingly looks to boost services to enterprise and government... Read More
Aussie Broadband Means Aussie Call Centre
Aussie Broadband is staying true to its name with the grand opening of a brand new Aussie call centre on the outskirts... Read More
Ring Launch First-Ever Indoor-Only Security Cam
Ring has unveiled its first-ever indoor-only security camera, which is Ring’s most affordable camera yet, available for purchase on February 18 for... Read More
COMMENT: Loyal Customers Screwed By Sonos As They Desperately Try To Force Upgrades
If you were an early adopter of a Sonos sound system and you have a house that has been configured with their... Read More
Bluetooth Upgrade Incoming For Audio Devices, Hearing Aids & More
Bluetooth is set for a massive upgrade with the two-decade-old technology soon to support high-quality audio at low data rates for better... Read More
‘Replace On Failure’ 207 OZ Cisco Access Points Broken
Cisco access points have been deemed so broken that the company has issued a ‘field notice’ with the solution to replace the... Read More
More Jobs Go At Nokia
Finnish telecoms equipment maker Nokia plans to cut around 180 jobs in Finland this year, while also planning to invest more in... Read More