Networking

Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) was pitched like this: Virtualization can make a selected part of a very broad and distributed data center cloud look like the entirety of an enterprise data center network. Already, this seems like a trick that Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and the others pull ...

Image: Aussie Broadband Managing director of Aussie Broadband Phil Britt has issued a warning that NBN’s proposed soft cap will be useless for half of its life. Last week, NBN floated the prospect of a soft cap on overage CVC charges to limit the amount Australian telcos have to pay ...

Image: Chris Duckett/ZDNet The company responsible for running the National Broadband Network on Tuesday said it is planning to offer on-demand full fibre upgrades to users on its fibre-to-the-curb (FttC) network that wish to receive over 250Mbps. In September, NBN announced it would be looking to spend AU$4.5 billion to ...

A few years ago, video meetings were still rare for most people, something you did once a month, maybe, if you worked in an office for a big enough company. These events were infrequent enough that everyone struggled to remember how to make everything work. And then a global pandemic ...

Image: ACCC Singaporean-owned Australian telco Optus has said it will be switching off its 2100MHz band for 3G services in April 2022, with the spectrum reallocated to its LTE network. Consequently, the telco is warning that instead of having a dual-band 3G network using both 900MHz and 2100MHz spectrum, it ...

Image: Getty Huawei reported on Wednesday its first quarter sales were down 16.5% compared to last year, but an expected result. Revenue for the Chinese giant was reported at 152 billion yuan, with its carrier business remaining steady, and its consumer business seeing sales decrease thanks to selling off its ...

The company responsible for the National Broadband Network has floated the prospect of a soft cap on overage CVC charges to limit the amount Australian telcos have to pay for increases in traffic. For the soft cap to kick in, total NBN costs before rebates for any telco would need ...

The future Australian telcos dream of Image: Optus Australian carriers revealed on Friday how much they had paid in the recent 26GHz spectrum auction. First cab off the rank was Telstra, which announced it would be paying AU$277 million over five years for 1000MHz in the 26GHz band. “We’re delighted ...

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The future Australian telcos dream of Image: Optus Australian carriers revealed on Friday how much they had paid in the recent 26GHz spectrum auction. First cab off the rank was Telstra, which announced it would be paying AU$277 million over five years for 1000MHz in the 26GHz band. “We’re delighted ...