Battle Begins For mmWave 5G Spectrum
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April 14, 2021
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Australia’s fastest 5G spectrum is officially up for grabs and telcos, satellite firms and communication providers are jostling to get their piece... Read More
Global Chip Drought Is Affecting Australia’s NBN
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April 8, 2021
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That tiny but mighty piece of technology – the silicon computer chip – is wreaking havoc on the world as its supply... Read More
Why Dicker Data CEO Doesn’t Cut Himself A Salary
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March 29, 2021
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IT mogul David Dicker runs ASX-listed tech giant Dicker Data, which hit over $2 billion in revenue for the full-year. But he... Read More
Covid Impact To Hit Xero, Despite Stock Trading High
SYDNEY: Shares in cloud accounting software maker Xero rose yesterday, after the trans-Tasman company laid the figures bare at its annual meeting,... Read More
Telecoms Industry Ombudsman Opens Urgent Line For At-Risk Consumers & Small Businesses
The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman has opened phone lines to deal with urgent complaints resulting from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on... Read More
Telstra In New Bid To Abandon $270m/Year NBN Voice Contract
MELBOURNE: It’s not like Telstra to give away easy government money, but that seems to be just what it’s about as it... Read More
Seek stock drops as CEO tips more corona-virus strife ahead
MELBOURNE: ASX-listed job search operator Seek has reported revenue of $875 million and net profit after tax of $75. 6 million for... Read More
eBay Mulls Sale Of Classifieds
E-commerce giant eBay is in discussions with several suitors over the possible sale of its classified-ads business. The company said it expects... Read More
Coronavirus Hits Korean Tech: Samsung Factory Shut Down
Samsung Electronics has shut down its mobile device factory complex in the South Korean city of Gumi, after one of the workers... 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
Fortress Melbourne eSports Arena Partners With Dell/Alienware
Melbourne’s largest dedicated e-sports venue, Fortress Melbourne, has announced its partnership with both Dell Technologies, and its gaming brand Alienware, as its... Read More
Apple To Reopen Shanghai Store
The coronavirus threat is far from being contained nut Apple decided to reopen one of the seven retail stores it has in... 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
CBA & ANZ Urge RBA To Regulate Afterpay
ANZ Bank and Commonwealth Bank are throwing their support behind the Reserve Bank, saying regulatory action should be taken to enable retailers... Read More
Google Takes On EU In Court Over Record Antitrust Fines
Google is taking on European Union over antitrust fines at Europe’s second-highest court in a landmark case that would determine how EU... 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
Shoppers, Beware: Aussie Banks Begin Pushing For A BNPL Tax
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) users, beware. Two of Australia’s top banks are urging the Reserve Bank to set up a system... 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
Adobe A/NZ Expands, Offers New MS Azure-Based Platform
Adobe A/NZ has launched a new “Adobe Experience Platform” said to deliver “great customer experiences at scale”, using Microsoft Australia’s Azure datacentre... 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
Toll Does Not Negotiate With Hackers
Toll is refusing to negotiate with hackers, stating they will not pay the ransom required to unlock its operational systems after the... Read More
New Consumer Data Rules For Banking
The Australian Consumer Competition Commission (ACCC) has today announced new rules regarding the delivering of consumer data in banking. Following the Treasurer’s... Read More
Kogan Tops Complaints Register
Give ‘em marks for consistency. Online retailer Kogan has reportedly topped the NSW Fair Trading complaints register in December 2019, after also... 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
Apple TV Now On 2019 LG TVs
LG Electronics, who introduced its 2020 smart TVs with the Apple TV support at this year’s CES, is now launching the Apple... Read More
Beware Free Music: Kaspersky
Free music downloads can also be loaded with malware, according to security software company Kaspersky. The company said criminals are using names... Read More
New Robocall Crackdown
In a bid to stop the increasing number of robocalls, US law enforcers are seeking approval to hold telecommunications companies responsible for... Read More
Telstra Set To Offer Cloud Call Recording Service
Telstra customers will be able to sign up to use the services of Dubber, an ASX-listed provider of cloud-based call recording services... Read More
99 Smartphones & Google Maps Is The Problem
Performance artist Simon Weckert has brought Google Maps to a virtual standstill, using 99 second-hand smartphones to turn an empty suburban street... 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
Coronavirus Interrupts China’s Tech Supply Chains
The coronavirus outbreak has placed China’s vast technology supply chain at risk as many of the component makers are situated in or... Read More
CBA Triples Stake In Klarna
In a bid to head off encroaching fintech companies like Afterpay and Zip, the Commonwealth Bank has invested in Swedish company Klarna in... 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
OK Telstra,OK TPG: NBN To End Direct Deals
Bowing to pressure from players such as Vocus, Telstra and TPG, and following accusations of preferential treatment given to companies such as Macquarie Telecom,... Read More
‘Alexa, Let’s Share A Coke’
Coca Cola Australia has teamed up Amazon to share a Coke with Alexa, offering Aussie customers a personalised bottle. Australians can now... Read More
Cops Billed For Google Search
When the police search Google they come armed with a warrant, but the search giant is hitting back, charging them up to... 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
RIP Nintendo Wii: 2 December 2006 – 31 March 2020
Nintendo has confirmed the end of the Wii video game console, with the Japanese company unceremoniously announcing it would be closing repair... Read More
Gold Coast Calls In Smart Camera
The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has revealed it is planning to help the Gold Coast Waterways Authority set up a smart... Read More
Aussie ISP Freenet Operator Cops Six Years In Jug For Fraud
The former director of Queensland-based Internet service provider (ISP) Freenet has been jailed for six years for alleged fraud, following to a... 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
Optus Launch Regional Bushfire Regrowth Grant Program
Optus is announcing funding opportunities to support businesses impacted by the devasting bushfires through a grant program to help re-establish connectivity within... Read More
HP Holding Printers Hostage To Force Customers Into Monthly Subscription
HP is holding printer cartridges ransom, leaving perfectly good ink still in the printer, in an effort to force their customers into... 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
Amazon Flexes New ‘Uber’ Delivery Program
Amazon is flexing its muscles in the delivery field with the appointment of independent contractors (kinda like Uber drivers) to pick up... Read More
