Customers signing up to yet-to-be-released mobile plans will receive free 5G connectivity for at least 12 months.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra has begun selling its first commercial 5G device, an HTC-manufactured mobile hotspot that also supports 4G. The company's CEO also revealed today that Telstra would charge many of its customers a premium to receive 5G connectivity.
Source: ARN
The HTC 5G Hub can be ordered today, delivering 5G speeds in active areas, and working as a 4GX modem elsewhere (although no 3G capabilities are within), with Telstra saying it isn't just Australia's first 5G/4GX media hotspot, but the world's, too.
Source: iTWire
Set to be available via Telstra and Samsung's own Experience Stores from May 28, and a free upgrade for select Telstra S10+ customers earlier this year, the S10 5G will also feature a 6.7-inch screen, bigger battery and the promise of "an incredible camera experience".
Source: iTWire
Optus has launched a new suite of international usage and roaming add-ons on selected prepaid plans targeting travellers.
Source: iTWire
Telstra will offer 5G connectivity free to all customers with a compatible device for at least a year, marking its aggressive entry into the next-generation cellular space.
Source: iTnews Australia
The first signs of progress in a proposed shake-up of the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) are emerging, as the ombudsman begins consulting on the removal of alleged industry influence.
Source: iTnews Australia
Vodafone Australia is sitting around the level of Aussie Broadband and MyRepublic in the latest ACCC Wholesale Market Indicators Report.
Source: ZDNet Australia
The proportion of households with services at the slowest NBN speed tier decreased during the first quarter of the year, with the number of 12 megabits per second (Mbps) services also dropping in absolute terms, according to figures released today by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
Source: Computerworld
NBN Co is servicing 166,569 fewer premises on the lowest 12Mbps tier than just three months ago, with Vocus and TPG seeing particularly large falls in their 12Mbps user bases.
Source: iTnews Australia
Nearly 60% of the 5.2 million Australian households connected to the NBN at the end of March are on plans that offer 50Mbps or higher download speeds, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says in its quarterly Wholesale Market Indicators Report.
Source: iTWire
NBN Co is set to make its Sky Muster Plus satellite service - capable of bursting above 25Mbps - generally available in July following commercial trials that start this month.
Source: iTnews Australia
Internet providers are under renewed pressure to scale back their advertised “typical” evening speed claims for NBN services following the release of a new metric that shames alleged under-performers.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra, Optus and Vodafone are trying to work out the implications of the latest hit to Huawei, this time through the Android operating system.
Source: SMH
Study finds adding a phone number to a Google account blocks all automated attempts, 99% of bulk attacks, and 66% of targeted attacks.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Optus is set to invite more customers to connect to its 5G precursor fixed wireless service after getting the first crop of users to achieve average speeds of 100Mbps.
Source: iTnews Australia
Australia's second biggest telco Singtel Optus will give select customers in five suburbs the opportunity to sample its 5G Home Broadband product by the end of the month.
Source: iTWire
The Indigo consortium’s subsea cables connecting Singapore-Perth and Perth-Sydney are “about to go live”, entrepreneur Bevan Slattery says, adding a new route option for Australian internet traffic.
Source: iTnews Australia