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Image: ACCC Users of 100/40Mbps plans on the National Broadband Network (NBN) are seeing an almost 6Mbps dip in their evening speeds according to the latest instalment of the Measuring Broadband Australia report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) covering November. The report states that the decrease begins after 5 pm, is at […] More
Special Feature A U.S. District Court has rejected a lawsuit trying to block the T-Mobile-Sprint merger and to clear the way for the wireless providers to merge. The Federal Communications Commission in a statement said it was “pleased with the district court’s decision.” by Judge Victor Marrero of the U.S. District Court for the Southern […] More
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it has found “no quantifiable adverse health effects in humans caused by exposures at or under the current cell phone exposure limits”, after reviewing numerous studies conducted between 2008 and 2019. The FDA recently updated its page on scientific evidence for cell phone safety and notes that […] More
Two charismatic gentlemen: Minister Paul Fletcher and NBN CEO Stephen Rue Image: Chris Duckett/ZDNet NBN has reported a 40% decline in its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) for its half-year to the end of 2019. Total revenue increased by 39% to AU$1.8 billion, while operating expenses declined 5% to AU$1.04 billion. This […] More
Forrester has published a piece on RCS called: “More Myth Than Magic — For Now.” For those of you not following RCS, it’s basically the carrier’s upgrade to SMS, which is nearly 30 years old at this point. There have been a couple of recent announcements that I wanted to address. First, the US carriers […] More
As the number of exhibitors choosing not to attend Mobile World Congress (MWC) over coronavirus fears mount, the GSMA is stepping up measures to “reassure attendees and exhibitors”. Attendees and exhibitors from China’s Hubei province — the home of the first reported outbreak of novel coronavirus — will not be able to enter MWC Barcelona, as well […] More
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed to provide a group of satellite companies up to $14.7 billion in exchange for freeing up spectrum that could be used for 5G services. Announced on Thursday, FCC chairman Ajit Pai explained that the plan [PDF] would entail satellite companies giving up mid-band spectrum, known as the […] More
T-Mobile delivered better-than-expected fourth quarter and fiscal year financial results on Thursday as it continues to work through its $26.5 billion merger with Sprint. T-Mobile said Q4 earnings were $751 million, or 87 cents per share, on revenue of $11.9 billion, up 4% from a year ago. Wall Street was looking for fourth-quarter earnings […] More
