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Construction begins on the Japan-Guam-Australia subsea cable

Construction of the Japan-Guam-Australia Cable System (JGA) has officially commenced, according to Japan’s NEC Corporation. The project is being constructed…

Australia gets first 5G-enabled Wi-Fi hotspots

5G-enabled Wi-Fi hotspots have been turned on in Australia by telecom provider Telstra. The company is using the connectivity via…

Australian operator tests 5G-enabled Wi-Fi in Gold Coast

Australian telecommunications incumbent Telstra has announced that it is testing 5G-enabled Wi-Fi hotspots on two streets in Gold Coast in…

Telstra achieves record gigabit smartphone speeds in Australia

In an Australian first, telecom provider Telstra has recorded smartphone speeds in excess of 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) on…

Australia to auction 5G spectrum in October

The Australian government plans to auction off 125MHz of spectrum in the 3.5GHz band in October this year for use…

Australian telco to commence 5G roll out in 2019

Australian telecom provider Optus has announced its intention to commence the roll out of 5G technology in Australia by early…

Hawaiki Transpacific cable system ready for service by June 2018

New Zealand-based company Hawaiki Submarine Cable LP, and TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity company specializing in undersea communications technology, announced…

Australia gets NB-IoT network roll-out

Australia’s largest telecom provider Telstra announced a major step forward in the development of the Internet of Things (IoT) in…

Nokia signs five-year agreement with Australian telco

Nokia and Australian telco Optus have signed a five-year agreement under which Nokia will manage and maintain key components of…

Australian telco breaches verification rules for prepaid mobiles

Vodafone Australia will have to significantly improve its processes for verifying the identity of prepaid mobile customers under an enforceable undertaking…

Australian watchdog takes Optus to court for misleading customers

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) instituted proceedings in the Federal Court in mid-December against Australian telecom company Optus,…

New subsea cable to connect Australia and Singapore via Indonesia

Australian telecommunications company Vocus Group is building a submarine cable to replace the slower South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe (SEA-Me-We…