5G – channelnews

[newsletter_form]

Australia’s #1 technology news source

[newsletter_form]

[bd_sorted_posts]

Telstra, Optus Escalate 5G Speed Wars

Jake Nelson April 8, 2021 No Comments

Telstra has hit back at Optus’ claim yesterday that it achieved “record” 5G speeds at a mmWave test in Brisbane. Optus, working with Nokia, broke the 10Gbps barrier by aggregating…

UPDATED Optus Pays $250M For Amaysim In Effort To Grow Mobile Base

David Richards November 2, 2020 No Comments

Days after cutting a questionable deal with Harvey Norman, Optus has moved to acquire listed mobile phone and data business Amaysim – who at one stage was flogging grey imported…

Digi-Checks For All, Big Push For 5G As Govt. Embraces Tech

Computer Daily News October 1, 2020 No Comments

CANBERRA: The Morrison Government is expanding the use of digital identity checks when accessing services online. Digital identity checks are set to be expanded under an $800 million new-technology budget…

Telstra Pumps Up High-End NBN Deals – Beginning At $85/Month

Computer Daily News September 30, 2020 No Comments

MELBOURNE: Telstra claims its latest high-speed NBN offerings are bringing higher quality video calls to high-paying users, even when several household members are using the Internet at the same time.…

Optus Hikes Home 5G Prices With New Plans

Jake Nelson September 10, 2020 No Comments

Optus is expanding its home 5G internet offering with two new plans – one with a maximum speed of 100Mbps, and one uncapped. Both are more expensive than its current…

Samsung Beats Nokia To $US6.6bn Contract

Jake Nelson September 8, 2020 No Comments

Samsung has triumphed in America with a $6.6 billion USD contract to supply 5G technology to telco giant Verizon. Samsung beat Finnish rival Nokia for the deal, which will see…

Google To Improve Batteries On New Pixels: Leak

Jake Nelson August 24, 2020 No Comments

Details have leaked of Google’s upcoming Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 handsets, including specifications and a side-by-side image. In a post to Reddit (since taken down), the leaker reported…

AAPT, Optus, Vodafone TPG & Telstra, Face New Product Bans

David Richards August 18, 2020 No Comments

Optus AAPT, Telstra and Vodafone TPG are facing new problems after the US Commerce Department announced additional restrictions overnight that will affect the thousands of Chinese routers and switches that…

Coming Next: Super 5G – Fletcher Puts Strict Rules On Spectrum Sale

Computer Daily News August 14, 2020 No Comments

CANBERRA: The Federal Government has announced strict new limits on the purchase of new high-level 5G spectrum to be made available at auction in March next year. The auction of…

LG Velvet Smartphone With 5G Coming To Oz

Elise Reid July 24, 2020 No Comments

LG Australia, who are struggling in the smartphone market with less than 1% market share, are having a new crack at trying to get mobile traction with their new model,…