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Image: ACCC The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) released its first monthly edition of its Measuring Broadband Australia report on Thursday, which covered the performance of the National Broadband Network (NBN) between February and April. The report showed that from the start of coronavirus lockdowns in mid-March, during busy hours, users on 50Mbps and […] More
Intel said on Wednesday that it has acquired Rivet Networks, makers of the popular Killer brand of Wi-Fi products. Intel said acquiring Rivet Networks will help the company scale its PC Wi-Fi portfolio. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Featured stories Rivet Networks’ products are geared toward gamers and performance users. Its technology […] More
SK Telecom has deployed its artificial intelligence (AI) voice call service to assist health authorities with monitoring the health status of those in quarantine as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company said. The South Korean telco’s AI, dubbed Nugu, will make voice calls twice a day to those in mandatory 14-day quarantine. The quarantine is […] More
Image: Facebook Facebook, together with China Mobile, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, STC, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone, and WIOCC, have announced they will partner to build a subsea cable to improve connectivity between 23 countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. The 37,000 kilometres long cable, called 2Africa, is expected to provide nearly three times the total […] More
Verizon Australia has reported its 2019 full year to December 31, with revenue up, but higher expenses and not winning the foreign exchange lottery, resulting in the company posting a lower profit for the year. The company said over 2019 it received AU$167 million in revenue, made up of AU$107 million from services, AU$3 million […] More
Microsoft is acquiring Metaswitch Networks, a maker of virtualized network software and unified communications solutions for operator, for an undisclosed amount. Los Altos, Calif.-based Metaswitch sells software and services designed to run on commodity hardware in private, public and hybrid clouds. Its software underpins voice, data and communications services for fixed, mobile and converged operators. […] More
M1 is under investigation for a service outage that spanned two days and affected residents in several areas across Singapore. The service provider has attributed the cause to “a network issue” that impacted subscribers of its fibre broadband service. In its first update on May 12 morning, M1 acknowledged on its Facebook page that customers […] More
Australian fixed broadband users that are on networks capable of 25Mbps or quicker, and not connected to the National Broadband Network (NBN), will soon need to pay an extra AU$7.10 monthly charge to subsidise those connecting to NBN’s loss-making fixed wireless and satellite technologies. The Regional Broadband Scheme (RBS), also known as the broadband tax, […] More
