A Senate inquiry report into last year’s Optus outage provides the government with a blueprint to modernise the telco industry.
- Associate Professor, School of Engineering, RMIT University
The telecommunications ombudsman has recommended ‘an overhaul of how telecommunications services are regulated’.
Domestic roaming could reduce the disruption – including to Triple Zero services – caused by a major outage on one mobile network.
The nationwide outage highlights problems with how the network is designed.
While it might seem simple, there are many steps involved between you calling Triple Zero, and paramedics, police or firefighters arriving to help.
The outage has sparked fury and condemnation – and builds the case for stronger action against telcos.
An overhaul of the mobile network could help us send texts and make calls in even the remotest areas. But there are technical challenges we’d need to overcome.
Enterprises across Australia and the world are struggling to cope with a huge software outage – but your home computer is probably safe.
The telecommunications giant is looking to meet its own cost-cutting targets as it faces increasing competition in a maturing market.
A review of the November 2023 Optus outage has sparked an overhaul for the Triple Zero system and more transparency for telcos.
Australia’s NBN Co wants to offer services up to five times as fast at no extra cost. What’s the catch?
Optus says the unprecedented outage last week was caused by a ‘routine software upgrade’. An expert explains why this points to more serious problems with the network.
As communications networks grow, they become incredibly complex. The concept of “three-layer architecture” helps to make sense of it all - and understand what can go wrong.
Optus suffered one of the largest telecommunications outages in Australian history today. Here are the factors that can cause such events.
If the Coalition wins the election, Aussies can expect to continue to lag behind the rest of the world in terms of internet speeds and access.
Telstra and Optus have already made arrangements to support customers with extra, free data during the COVID-19 pandemic. But what is the NBN doing?
The new payphones have Wi-Fi, mobile charging and transport information. But city councils are concerned they’re digital billboards for Telstra, which could cost billions in lost productivity.
The NBN is on track to be privatised after the infrastructure is completed, but there are a number of other options that would retain the benefits of its disruption of the telecommunications market.
The new strategy is centred on investment in 5G while making Telstra smaller and simpler. But 5G might not fill the A$3 billion hole caused by the NBN.
If Australia needs to build a broadband infrastructure that would lift its global rankings, would Labor’s NBN plan help do that?
Five academic experts recently gave their views to the Senate Select Committee on the NBN. Here’s what they had to say.
Mobile networks are making the transition to 5G technology, promising faster data transfer and improved coverage.
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