Spotlight on telecommunications & networking Spotlight on telecommunications & networking

As the rollout of the NBN presses on, 5G is fast approaching along with regulatory changes that will shape enterprise buyers and suppliers alike.

These shifts all come as Internet of things becomes ubiquitous, mobile evolves to a default consumer and workplace channel and intelligent and intuitive networks evolve rapidly.

In our Spotlight on Telecommunications and Networking, iTnews examines how and why enterprises and government are responding to new challenges, innovations and solutions as they emerge.

Macquarie Group's telco Nu Mobile reveals its plans

Macquarie Group's telco Nu Mobile reveals its plans

Used iPhones and Galaxy devices, sizable data and call quotas.
Ry Crozier Jul 16 2019 8:42PM Telco/ISP
NBN Co shifts IT ops onto ServiceNow

NBN Co shifts IT ops onto ServiceNow

BMC Remedy out for ITSM use.
Ry Crozier Jul 16 2019 7:58PM Cloud
Optus fears storage cost blowout to retain 5G metadata

Optus fears storage cost blowout to retain 5G metadata

Calls for 5G M2M and IoT services to be exempt.
Ry Crozier Jul 16 2019 4:52PM Telco/ISP
Huawei should not be kept "entirely" out of UK 5G networks

Huawei should not be kept "entirely" out of UK 5G networks

Given glimmer of hope to play at the edge.
Ry Crozier Jul 16 2019 12:36PM Networking
Vodafone must also refund users stung by third-party billing

Vodafone must also refund users stung by third-party billing

Goes back through complaints made since 2015.
Ry Crozier Jul 16 2019 11:37AM Telco/ISP
Launceston expands free wi-fi network

Launceston expands free wi-fi network

Rolling out 50 new access points.
Ry Crozier Jul 15 2019 12:17PM Networking
Microsoft admits it couldn't afford its own cloud

Microsoft admits it couldn't afford its own cloud

Humiliating backdown after rebellion over partners’ entitlements.
Simon Sharwood Jul 15 2019 12:15PM Cloud
Govt now says 'premature' to cut Telstra from future NBN sale

Govt now says 'premature' to cut Telstra from future NBN sale

Leaves door open for telco’s InfraCo unit.
Ry Crozier Jul 11 2019 5:40PM Telco/ISP
NBN Co to fix aerial cable run between two trees in Sydney

NBN Co to fix aerial cable run between two trees in Sydney

“Inherited in that condition” from Telstra.
Ry Crozier Jul 11 2019 2:26PM Telco/ISP
Infratil cleared for Vodafone New Zealand buy

Infratil cleared for Vodafone New Zealand buy

Merger won't lessen competition, Kiwi watchdog declares.
Juha Saarinen Jul 11 2019 7:35AM Telco/ISP
NBN Co's most complained-about access tech is FTTC

NBN Co's most complained-about access tech is FTTC

Several thousand complaints a quarter.
Ry Crozier Jul 10 2019 12:36PM Telco/ISP
Dodo stung for streaming promises on low-quota NBN plans

Dodo stung for streaming promises on low-quota NBN plans

Forced to refund up to $360K in excess usage charges.
Ry Crozier Jul 10 2019 10:23AM Telco/ISP
Coles CIO Sniezek preps for Azure migration

Coles CIO Sniezek preps for Azure migration

Plans to push apps in "week-by-week".
Ry Crozier Jul 10 2019 7:10AM Cloud
MacTel presses NBN Co to boost reach of 100Mbps+ business services

MacTel presses NBN Co to boost reach of 100Mbps+ business services

To fuel its own NBN-powered growth.
Ry Crozier Jul 9 2019 7:45AM Telco/ISP
Amazon blasts Australia's "technically flawed" anti-encryption laws

Amazon blasts Australia's "technically flawed" anti-encryption laws

Protections don't go far enough.
Justin Hendry Jul 8 2019 6:08PM Strategy
Govt maintains NBN Co's $19.5bn loan "will be" refinanced

Govt maintains NBN Co's $19.5bn loan "will be" refinanced

Puts a date on it - but redacts it from view.
Ry Crozier Jul 8 2019 1:10PM Telco/ISP
Vault says anti-encryption laws harming its tech exports

Vault says anti-encryption laws harming its tech exports

Laws motivating data exodus.
Justin Hendry Jul 5 2019 12:01PM Security
Aussie telco metadata requests again on the rise

Aussie telco metadata requests again on the rise

First 2017-18 numbers revealed by three agencies.
Ry Crozier Jul 5 2019 12:00PM Telco/ISP
EU opens road to 5G connected cars in boost to BMW, Qualcomm

EU opens road to 5G connected cars in boost to BMW, Qualcomm

Wifi-based standard proposal rejected.
Foo Yun Chee Jul 5 2019 6:41AM Telco/ISP
ACMA finds worst NBN modems 'barely break' 50Mbps wi-fi speeds

ACMA finds worst NBN modems 'barely break' 50Mbps wi-fi speeds

Reveals its NBN FTTN/B modem router bake-off results.
Ry Crozier Jul 4 2019 2:47PM Telco/ISP

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