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• SingTel reports stable Optus full-year results

  SingTel has reported that its Australian subsidiary, Optus, has achieved an operating revenue of $9.37 billion, up 1 per cent, and an EBITDA of $2.36 billion, up 2 per cent for the full year to 31 March 2012. Net profit for the year was up 2 per cent to $787 million.

  By Tim Lohman | 10 May, 2012 10:03

  Tags: wireless, telco, singtel, optus, financial results

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  NewSat secures 10-year contract for Jabiru satellite capacity

  Australian satellite company, NewSat (ASX: NWT), has signed a 10-year contract with a Middle Eastern telco for Jabiru satellite transmission capacity worth more than $67 million.

  By Rebecca Merrett | 12 December, 2011 16:38

  Tags: contracts, jabiru-1, NewSat, satellite communication, telco

• Vodafone plans to improve its customer service after highest number of telco complaints

  Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) recently announced its plans to improve its customer service and support after its poor performance in this area over the financial year.

  By Rebecca Merrett | 09 November, 2011 17:43

  Tags: complaints, telco, telcos, Vodafone, Vodafone Hutchison Australia

• ACCAN slams telco opposition to ACMA regulation

  Australian telecommunication providers will have to face up to mandatory regulation of their industry and the introduction of measures such as standard pricing for data costs, according to telco lobby group, The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN).

  By Hamish Barwick | 26 July, 2011 10:31

  Tags: accan, ACMA, Reconnecting the Customer, telco, telecommunications

• Optus pens $30m contract with Sydney Water

  State water authority, Sydney Water, has penned a four-year managed services contract worth almost $30 million with Optus for the delivery of a whole-of-business telecommunications service.

  By Chloe Herrick | 18 July, 2011 12:32

  Tags: networking, optus, sydney water, telco, telecommunications

• Telstra deal cuts NBN costs, time: Quigley

  The boss of the company building the $35.9 billion national broadband network (NBN Co) says the recent deal with telecommunications giant Telstra will cut the costs and time to construct the scheme.

  By AAP | 06 July, 2011 08:43

  Tags: broadband, infrastructure, National Broadband Network (NBN), nbn co, optus, telco, telecommunications, Telstra

• Telstra pressures ACMA to speed up clearance of 700MHz spectrum

  Telstra has called for the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to expedite the process of auctioning off the 700MHz spectrum so high demands for mobile data capacity can be met.

  By Spandas Lui | 26 May, 2011 13:55

  Tags: 700Mhz, 800MHz, Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), broadband, spectrum policy, telco, telecommunications, Telstra, wireless broadband

• Free calls for charities no stunt: VHA

  Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has played down the suggestion that its decision to make calls to selected charities free is little more than an effort to put a positive spin on what has been a troubled three months for the merged telco.

  By Tim Lohman | 09 March, 2011 08:57

  Tags: mobile, telco, vha, Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA)

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  Content drives carrier upgrades in 2011: Juniper Networks

  Major upgrades of local mobile networks are set to soar next year as service providers struggle to supply bandwidth to the exploding number of smartphones, according to Juniper Networks.

  By Tim Lohman | 06 December, 2010 12:22

  Tags: bandwidth, cloud, juniper networks, service providers, telco

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  ACMA releases telco complaints hearing dates

  The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released details on the public hearings it will be holding into the state of complaints-handling in the Australian telecommunications sector.

  By Computerworld Staff | 15 October, 2010 12:29

  Tags: ACMA, customer service, isp, telco

• US mobile operators are open to new wireless gadgets

  Mobile operators say that they are open to accepting a range of wireless devices on their networks as well as using new models for charging people for services to those devices, based on experiences with the Kindle and the iPad, but they will still want a degree of control over their networks.

  By Nancy Gohring | 25 March, 2010 05:44

  Tags: telco

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  NBN Co won't dob on job seekers

  The National Broadband Network Company (NBNCo) has poured cold water on reports it will contact the employers of prospect executives who attempt to jump ship from other telecommunications providers.

  By Darren Pauli | 09 March, 2010 08:25

  Tags: careers, isp, National Broadband Network (NBN), NBN, NBNco, telco

• Italian telcos caught up in massive Mafia fraud

  Italy's telecom sector Wednesday was reeling from the news that two of its biggest operators were caught up in a massive fraud allegedly orchestrated by members of the Calabrian Mafia, considered the most powerful and dangerous of the country's organized crime groups.

  By Philip Willan | 25 February, 2010 05:38

  Tags: telco

• Five reasons wireless providers should fear Google

  When Google chief executive Eric Schmidt took the stage at Mobile World Congress, it seemed that many of his remarks were meant to placate the mobile phone industry. And for good reason: Over the last year, Google has become a mobile powerhouse -- this was Schmidt's first keynote in Barcelona, after all - that, in many ways, competes with wireless service providers. The past year has seen a proliferation of Android phones and the debut of powerful mobile apps such as Google Voice and Maps Navigation. It's a good thing in that Google's driving sales, but it's also a cause for concern. Here are five reasons mobile telcos should be worried about Google:

  By Jared Newman | 18 February, 2010 04:51

  Tags: eric schmidt, Google Android, Mobile World Congress, telco, wireless networks

• Verizon dances on grave of AT&T lawsuit

  Verizon wasted no time gleefully mocking AT&T after the rival carrier dropped its lawsuit challenging the legitimacy of Verizon's "There's a Map for That" ads.

  By Brad Reed | 04 December, 2009 06:33

  Tags: at&t, mobile phones, smartphones, telco, verizon