Networking

Image: JM Black Telstra has said it wants NBN to pick up its obligations to supply voice services within the government-owned wholesaler’s fixed wireless network. Under the 20-year contract that is the Universal Service Obligation, Telstra is paid by the government and industry to supply copper phone lines and behave as a fixed line infrastructure […] More

TPG reported a steady half to January 31 with AU$1.25 billion in revenue reported, up 1% year on year. Broken down between its divisions, consumer increased revenue by AU$20 million to AU$872 million, while corporate dropped AU$10 million to AU$373 million. Beyond that, profitability is a case of how one wishes to read it. In […] More

Telstra CEO Andy Penn with a mmWave hotspot Image: Telstra Australia’s incumbent telecommunications carrier released new climate change targets on Wednesday, with a target of reducing its absolute emissions by 50% in 2030. The company is wanting to be carbon neutral for its operations this year and has plans of “enabling renewable energy generation” equal […] More

Twitter just told all its 5,000 workers to work from home because of the COVID-19 coronavirus. It wasn’t the first, and it won’t be the last. Your company may be next. Fortunately, many video-conferencing services are now offering free access to their services for a limited time to help make life easier during the pandemic. […] More

While each of us certainly hopes that coronavirus won’t become a major health event in their part of the world, the reality is that businesses are already considering every contingency plan with a close eye towards avoiding serious disruption of their operations. Remote working, or the practice of working for an extended period outside the […] More

Dell Technologies delivered mixed fourth quarter results as earnings fell short of expectations and sales were in line. The company reported fourth quarter revenue of $24 billion, up 1% from a year ago, with earnings of $416 million, or 54 cents a share. Non-GAAP earnings were $2 a share. Wall Street was expecting Dell to […] More

At first glance, the proposed deal makes little sense. The Internet Society is trying to sell the non-profit Public Interest Registry (PIR), the registry for the “.org” top-level domain (TLD), to the new private-equity firm Ethos Capital for $1.135 billion. There are about 10.5 million .org domains, and most — but not all — are […] More

Image: Asha McLean/ZDNet Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has seen its revenue decrease by 3%, mobile customer base shrink by 5%, and its net loss blow out from AU$124 million last year to AU$279 million for its 2019 full year. On the positive side, the company grew its fixed-line broadband customers to 114,000 and posted a […] More