Telcos announce investment in trans-Tasman cable
A new submarine cable project that will link New Zealand and Australia at a cost of around US $60 million ($71 million) has been announced by Telecom, Vodafone and Telstra.
A new submarine cable project that will link New Zealand and Australia at a cost of around US $60 million ($71 million) has been announced by Telecom, Vodafone and Telstra.
Telstra, Vodafone and Telecom will build a new US$60 million submarine cable between Auckland and Sydney to provide greater capacity and connectivity for New Zealand.
Two Telstra 4G LTE devices launching later this year will be capable of up to 150Mbps downloads, Telstra has announced. The telco said it plans to launch two “category 4” devices, a Wi-Fi dongle and a handset.
Telstra is considering speed- or application-based ADSL plans, it has revealed in a blog post aimed at busting the "myths" around its P2P throttling trials, following backlash from the public.
Telstra and the New South Wales government have announced a broadband adoption effort targeting seniors.
Telstra has completed repairs to a damaged redundant inland fibre cable near Harlin in Kingaroy, restoring emergency triple zero services.
Telstra landline, mobile and broadband services are progressively being restored across Central and Northern Queensland following repairs to a damaged fibre optic cable at Colosseum.
Optus is providing mobile and fixed services to central and north Queensland via its fibre network following outages in Telstra’s network due to flooding in Queensland.
Telstra said it finished migrating South Brisbane copper services to fibre ahead of schedule. The telco moved 18,000 services to fibre, covering 13,000 homes and businesses in the area, it said.
The federal government’s $1.46 billion funding in improvements to cyber security networks and establishment of an Australian Cyber Security Centre has received a largely positive response from information security professionals who say it is a good step forward.
Telsta will set up a global applications and platforms business to ward off challenges by over-the-top players, the telco said.
Telstra customers now have 4G coverage in Hong Kong after it signed an international roaming agreement with Hong Kong CSL.
Telstra rivals have condemned the Australian telecom giant’s proposed acquisition of Adam Internet as a move that will reduce telecom competition.
Optus is using all its bargaining chips to try and get the lowest possible price for the 700MHz spectrum on the Digital Dividend, according to an analyst.
Telstra completed a $4 million investment in Whispir that will help the cloud-based software company expand into Asia.