Displaying items by tag: Vodafone

Network software provider Mavenir and telecommunications company Vodafone have completed the first data Voice over LTE call across a containerised 4G small cell Open RAN solution in a lab environment.

The Commerce Commission has released its final decision on the allocation of payments for the Government’s Telecommunications Development Levy for 2020/21 among providers of telecommunications services.

Vodafone recently announced a 4G Home Internet deal, and tripled its 5G coverage in Australia, and while the footprint is still smaller than that of Optus and Telstra, Vodafone's Black Friday deals show real confidence and ultra-competitive spirit.

The New Zealand Commerce Commission has released its draft decision on the allocation of payments for the government’s Telecommunications Development Levy, proposing that Spark, Vodafone, Chorus, and 2degrees collectively pay approximately 88% NZ$10 million levy from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Vodafone launched a new 4G Home Internet plan with unlimited data, for existing mobile customers.

The five European operators have signed a memorandum of understanding MoU to set their technical priorities to "guide and foster the development of non-fragmented Open RAN ecosystem and vendors' roadmaps while ensuring Open RAN reaches parity with best-in-class traditional RAN solutions".

It's not evident on Telstra Exchange blog post or its information pages for the 5G Home Internet and 5G Business Internet pages, but in the Critical Information Summary is the good news that downloads after 1TB continue at a still decent "up to 25mbps", which is a welcome jump from 1.5Mbps speeds on mobile plans, but is 5G Home or Business Internet available in your area yet?

COMPANY NEWS: Snowflake, the data cloud company, today announced the winners of the annual Data Drivers Awards for Asia Pacific, the premier data awards that honour Snowflake customers leading their organisations and transforming their industries with the data cloud.

Ookla have published their Q3 internet performance results for Australia.

Telecommunications company Telstra takes the top spot for its 5G upload speed while Optus ranks first for its download speed, according to the 5G Experience report by independent telco research firm Opensignal.

TPG Telecom and Vodafone, two firms that merged last year, have both started offering 5G home Internet plans, in what is a welcome development for those stuck on the NBN.

Nokia announced that 5G World has honoured it with the “Most Innovative Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning Technology for the Network” Award for Anomaly Detection Service, a software product jointly developed with Vodafone, that detects and remediates network anomalies before they impact customers.

Amazon Web Services updates new capabilities for Amazon Connect to improve contact centre agent productivity and provide more effective, personal, and natural customer interactions.

GUEST OPINION: While the rapid advance of 5G communications delivers comprehensive benefits for communication service providers (CSPs), the new technology also presents challenges in security and cost.

Vodafone has launched what it claims to be Australia’s only mobile plan which offers customers unlimited mobile data usage at maximum available speeds for just $85 per month.

Mobile services revenue in New Zealand is expected to reach US$1.9 billion in 2026 with a marginal compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.8% over 2021-2026, supported by growth in smartphone subscriptions and mobile data service revenues, according to a new forecast by analyst firm GlobalData.

Analytics company Opensignal analysed the mobile experience of users who switched mobile operators (or those who decided to quit), and found that two out of three users had an unsatisfactory experience before they jumped to another provider.

Cybersecurity company Tesserent has appointed Hamish Soper to the role of senior partner for New Zealand.

Nokia and Vodafone launched a jointly developed machine learning (ML) product, running on Google Cloud, to quickly detect and remediate network anomalies before they impact Vodafone customers.

This week, we had the ACCC issue a report on increasing mobile pricing by the three major mobile network operators (MNOs), Telstra, Vodafone and Optus. In reporting this, they assigned the blame at the court for overturning the ACCC's banning the of the merger of TPG and Vodafone. The're wrong - see why!