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Telecommunications industry leads battle against encryption bill The Communications Alliance, which represents the entire telecommunications industry in Australia, has signalled that it intends to lead a charge to have the Government's proposed anti-encryption bill quashed.
19th September 2018
TPG sees full-year profit fall as NBN continues to bite TPG Telecom has reported a net profit after tax of $396.9 million for the year ending 31 July, a drop of 4.6% compared to the previous year, with EBITDA of $841.1 million, down 5.6%. The results reflect the continuing pressure on margins caused by the NBN.
18th September 2018
Telcos get into entertainment business in changing media landscape Telecommunications companies have been increasingly moving into the digital entertainment business, with 21% of video and music streaming subscribers now accessing services as part of a packaged internet or mobile plan, according to a newly publish report.
17th September 2018
Australia Singapore Cable fully operational today After two years to construct; more than five years of planning; 4600km of undersea cable laid; cost of $US170m; and involving more than 60 staff, today marks the fully operational start of Australia’s newest, fastest and most direct connectivity route into Asia.
14th September 2018
Four big US carriers unveil mobile authentication project The four big US mobile carriers — AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon — have announced they are setting up a Mobile Authentication Taskforce that will implement an initiative named Project Verify which will, according to them, be the future of mobile authentication.
13th September 2018
Four big US carriers unveil mobile authentication project The four big US mobile carriers — AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon — have announced they are setting up a Mobile Authentication Taskforce that will implement an initiative named Project Verify which will, according to them, be the future of mobile authentication.
13th September 2018
Four big US carriers unveil mobile authentication project The four big US mobile carriers — AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon — have announced they are setting up a Mobile Authentication Taskforce that will implement an initiative named Project Verify which will, according to them, be the future of mobile authentication.
13th September 2018
NBN Co given 3 months to improve wholesale deals with RSPs NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network, has given the competition watchdog a court-enforceable undertaking to improve its wholesale arrangements with retail service providers within three months.
12th September 2018
Huawei issues joint statement with UL over findings of benchmark 'cheating' Getting phones to run at faster speeds when benchmark software is detected is what Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei has been discovered doing, with the tech maker fessing up and issuing a statement.
11th September 2018
Here we go again: encryption bill will make us all unsafe COMMENT: Monday is the last day on which Australians can submit their statements of support or opposition to the proposed Assistance and Access bill which seeks to force people or organisations to allow access to encrypted communications.
10th September 2018