5G Doubles Smartphone Market Share As Value Models Soar
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September 9, 2021
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Growth in value and mid-tier devices is set to fuel a surge in 5G smartphones this year, according to new research from... Read More
Kids Under 12 Getting Smartphones Earlier
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September 1, 2021
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Smartphones are becoming ever more popular for kids, with more than one in three Australian children under 12 now having a phone.... Read More
Telcos Need More Empathy For Customers In Hardship: TIO
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September 1, 2021
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Telcos are being urged to have more flexibility and empathy for customers suffering financial hardship in a new report from the Telecommunications... Read More
New Poly Headsets Free Users From Their Desks
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August 26, 2021
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Audio and video communications specialist Poly has introduced a new series of wireless Bluetooth headsets that allow 50 metres of movement from... Read More
Images, Specs Leak For Samsung Galaxy S21 FE
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August 26, 2021
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The release of the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE appears to be imminent, as a listing for the phone has popped up on... Read More
NAB Rolls Out 2000 Pixel Smartphones For Remote Workers
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August 23, 2021
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National Australia Bank has handed out more than 2000 Google Pixel phones to employees in order to assist remote work during the... Read More
Samsung Pledges To Stop Preloading Its Smartphones With Ads
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August 19, 2021
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It’s a bit rich when you spend north of a thousand bucks on a smartphone, only to then be advertised to within... Read More
Vocus Upgrades Optical Network With Nokia
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August 16, 2021
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Vocus enterprise, government, and wholesale customers will see a lift in their broadband speeds, the company says, with a major upgrade of... Read More
Xiaomi Accidentally Reveals Redmi 10 Specs
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August 16, 2021
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Xiaomi is officially set to reveal all about its new Redmi 10 smartphone on Wednesday, but someone at the company seems to... Read More
Massive Twin Tower To Replace Vocus Datacentre
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August 13, 2021
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A massive $1.5 billion twin-tower office complex is being built on the current site of Vocus’s Melbourne datacentre, forcing the recent Macquarie... Read More
Apple, Oppo, Tangerine, Amaysim Take Top WhistleOut Gongs
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August 2, 2021
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Amaysim, Tangerine Telecom, Oppo, and Apple have taken out top honours in the 2021 WhistleOut awards, which focus on consistency and value... Read More
China Mobile Phone Shipments Take A Tumble: IDC
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August 2, 2021
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Researcher IDC’s Mobile Phone Tracker says 79.0 million smartphones were shipped in China in Q2, down 10 percent year-on-year. The decline was... Read More
Motorola Announces Three New Edge 20 5G Phones
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July 30, 2021
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Motorola has officially announced its new suite of 5G-capable handsets: the Motorola Edge 20, Edge 20 Pro and Edge 20 Lite. All... Read More
Will Google, Facebook Require Oz Office Workers To Be Vaccinated?
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July 29, 2021
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Google and Facebook have both publicly announced they will require all American workers to be vaccinated before return to the offices. In... Read More
Warner Bros To Produce 10 New Films Exclusively For HBO Max
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July 26, 2021
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Warner Bros will produce at least ten films in 2022 that will exclusively air through streaming service HBO Max. This is due... Read More
Vocus Oz Finalises Sale To Voyage Consortium
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July 23, 2021
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Voyage Australia, a consortium formed by Macquarie Infrastructure, Real Assets (MIRA) and Aware Super, has finalised the takeover of telco Vocus. The... Read More
Commbank To Offer Cheap NBN
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July 23, 2021
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The Commonwealth Bank is acquiring a 25 percent equity stake in More Telecom and Tangerine, NBN providers with a combined 90,000 customers,... Read More
Webcentral, 5G Networks To Merge
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July 19, 2021
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5G Networks has agreed to merge with domain hosting company Webcentral Group, of which Webcentral will acquire 100 percent of 5GN shares.... Read More
Expectations For Telcos Dealing With Vulnerable Consumers
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July 16, 2021
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The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released guidelines for the telecommunications sector when dealing with consumers in vulnerable circumstances. ACMA... Read More
Macquarie Data Centre Build To Create Jobs
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July 15, 2021
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Macquarie Telecom Group said it will build its largest ever data centre in Sydney. The company said the 32-megawatt facility will create... Read More
Telstra and TPG Combine Tower Signals To Offer Better 4G
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July 6, 2021
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Telstra and TPG Telecom have teamed up to pool their mobile network spectrum holdings, which will result in overall Telstra 4G speeds... Read More
Telecoms Execs Call For EU Regulation Overhaul
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June 30, 2021
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The return of the Mobile World Congress has given top telecoms executives a soap box to call for a total overhaul of... Read More
Amazon Acquires Encryption App Amidst $10B Fight With Pentagon
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June 28, 2021
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Amazon’s cloud services giant Amazon Web Services has acquired encrypted messaging app Wickr. Wickr claims that it is the only messaging service... Read More
Aussie Youngsters Admit To Cyberstalking
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June 28, 2021
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A survey by NortonLifeLock, the research arm on cybersecurity software vendor Norton, has found a striking generational difference among Australians’ cyber stalking... Read More
TCL Unveils Two New Alcatel 1 Smartphones
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June 24, 2021
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TCL is continuing its mighty march into the affordable smartphone market with the Alcatel 1L Pro and Alcatel 1, which offer up... Read More
Boost Founder Wades Into TPG-ACCC Bunfight
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June 23, 2021
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The founder of Boost Mobile has weighed in on the spat between telco giant TPG and the ACCC, saying the watchdog “let... Read More
Vocus Group Takeover Poised To Pass Penultimate Hurdle
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June 22, 2021
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The $3.5 billion takeover of telecom Vocus is expected to pass its penultimate hurdle today after the Foreign Investment Review Board cleared... Read More
ACCC Slams TPG-Vodafone Merger As Mobile Prices Soar
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June 21, 2021
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The ACCC has cried “I told you so” over the TPG-Vodafone merger, pointing out that mobile plan prices have risen at all... Read More
Customer Outrage At Internet Outage
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June 17, 2021
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Australians are venting their anger and frustration at the mystery outage that took down service across a huge chunk of the internet,... Read More
World Smartphone Shipments To Favour 5G Handsets
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June 16, 2021
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The global smartphone market will grow 12 percent this year with shipments reaching 1.4 billion units according to industry analyst Canalys. The... Read More
Samsung To Finally Unveil Foldable Smartphone
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June 16, 2021
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Samsung Electronics is likely to introduce its foldable smartphone in August, according to industry insiders. The announcement is expected at the Galaxy... Read More
Google Is A Public Utility, Argues US State Lawsuit
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June 10, 2021
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Google is currently facing antitrust lawsuits that are aiming to lessen its dominance, but a lawsuit filed by Ohio’s attorney general is... Read More
Samsung Topples Apple In Global Smartphone Market
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June 10, 2021
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Samsung has sprinted past Apple to become the world number one in global smartphone sales for the first quarter of 2021. According... Read More
Superloop Snaps Up Exetel For $110 Million
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June 8, 2021
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Superloop is forking out $110 million to buy Exetel, the largest independent internet service provider in Australia. The deal, which includes $100... Read More
Zoom’s Q1 Financials Top Analyst Predictions
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June 2, 2021
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Zoom has blasted past Wall Street predictions, with its first quarter 2021 total revenue reaching $956.2 million, up 191 per cent year on... Read More
Federal Court Slugs Vocus $2.5 Million For Dodo And iPrimus Claims
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June 2, 2021
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Dodo and iPrimus, both owned by the Vocus Group, have been fined to the tune of $2.5 million between them for misleading... Read More
Huawei Takes On Android With Harmony OS
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June 2, 2021
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Huawei launches its inhouse operating system for mobile phones today, in a move to gain independence from American suppliers and re-establish a... Read More
NBN Co Bungle Leaves 20,000 Customers Unable To Connect Or Book Appointments
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June 1, 2021
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NBN Co blames technology problems, but unhappy customers are blaming the service providers such as Optus and Telstra, who say it’s simply... Read More
Swoop Back On ASX
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May 31, 2021
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Telecommunications company Swoop has relisted on the ASX following a 15-fold oversubscribed $20 million capital raise. The fixed wireless and wholesale network... Read More
‘Microsoft Your Phone’ Feature Comes To Even More Samsung Devices
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May 31, 2021
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The partnership between Samsung and Microsoft grows even stronger as Microsoft Your Phone, the app that allows Samsung Galaxy phones to run... Read More
Optus Posts A $208 Million Net Loss Over 12 Months
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May 28, 2021
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Optus has cited travel restrictions, COVID, and the structural impacts of the National Broadband Network as the main factors for a net... Read More
Apple Offers Trade-In Program To Lure LG Customers In Samsung’s Homeland
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May 28, 2021
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The South Korean arm of Apple are launching a very novel and aggressive campaign to lure LG smartphone users across to Apple... Read More
Boost Mobile Is The People’s Choice
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May 27, 2021
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Boost Mobile has taken out the ‘Most Recommended’ and ‘Network Reliability’ awards at Mozo’s 2021 People’s Choice Awards, which were announced today.... Read More
2021 Smartphone Growth To Reach Highest Peak Since 2015
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May 27, 2021
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According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, shipments of smartphones are forecast to increase 7.7 per cent over 2020. 1.38... Read More
NBN Co. Paid Executive Bonuses “Equivalent To 88 Cartier Watches Each”
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May 26, 2021
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New data submitted to Federal Parliament shows NBN Co. really splashed out on the Chrissy bonuses last year, paying out close to... Read More
LG Will Produce A Very Limited Edition Rollable Phone
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May 25, 2021
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LG Electronics is out of the phone game, but why waste a perfectly good product? The very first rollable smartphone in the... Read More
TPG Hit By Cyber Attack
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May 24, 2021
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TPG has been hit by a cyber attack, with its legacy cloud hosting service, TrustedCloud, the target. The company told investors that... Read More
Leaked Photos Show Major Pixel 6 Refresh
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May 24, 2021
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It looks like Google’s Pixel 6 is in for a major upgrade. New leaks images show that the phone will sport a... Read More
Watchdog Warns Telstra, Optus, Medion About Number Porting ID Issues
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May 21, 2021
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The Australian Communications and Media Authority has issued a stern warning to Telstra, Optus and Medion Mobile, after finding they failed to... Read More
Telstra Pissed Off Over Optus’ mmWave 5G Announcement
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May 21, 2021
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Yesterday, Optus announced that it had switched on its first six mmWave 5G sites in Australia: four Sydney sites at Kings Cross,... Read More
