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Fixed wireless and wholesale network infrastructure provider Swoop Holdings has acquired Perth-based fixed wireless provider Community Communications (ComComs).

Fixed wireless and wholesale network infrastructure provider Swoop Holdings has agreed to acquire regional wireless broadband provider Speedweb for $1.75 million in cash and shares.

The mobile data service revenues will grow at a 7.1% CAGR over 2020-2025 driven by the projected rise in the adoption of 5G services, which yield higher average revenue per user (ARPU), according to GlobalData.

In-flight broadband could be coming to New Zealand thanks to an agreement between Auckland-based engineering company Broadtech Group and Germany-based in-flight connectivity specialist SkyFive.

Australia’s telecommunications regulator the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released its research program for the 2020 to 2021 financial year, with its primary focus on consideration of how current and future developments in the communications and media landscape will impact public interest outcomes and its regulatory role.

Telstra has begun internal testing of millimetre wave 5G, and is planning to provide some customers with trial access.

South Australia's two largest regional cities are set to get gigabit internet service by the end of 2019.

Vodafone's first FDD Massive MIMO trial site has gone live in Parramatta, the first of five sites across Australia to act as trial locations for 4.9G, with Sydney's Chinatown and Haymarket to follow, and it's using Huawei technology to make it happen. 

New Zealand telco Spark says Invercargill has become the 25th mobile site capable of achieving the fastest mobile data speeds in the country, with 4.5G now switched on in three sites across the city.

Although Exetel is the first Optus Wholesale customer to offer the "Home Wireless Broadband" router, the company clearly expects more of its MVNOs to offer such a service.

The cost of a SIM-only mobile phone plan for unlimited talk and text per 28 days with 1GB of Optus-powered 4G data has fallen to $10, while those wanting the same deal but with 2.5GB data will pay just $20.

With wireless broadband an excellent choice for instant back-up connectivity, and for some even a primary form of broadband, Netgear’s new 4G LTE Modem has come on sale at an opportune moment.

Australian wireless broadband equipment provider NetComm Wireless has secured an IoT Device Supply Agreement with Spain-based global telco Telefónica which it says extends its IoT reach to more than 2500 enterprises worldwide.

Global provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for mobile Internet, ZTE, has won the Best Wireless Broadband Innovation award at Broadband World Forum in London.

Optus has launched new home wireless broadband plans for consumers and small business customers with generous data inclusions.

The 5G world is yet to come, but 4G LTE-A networks are happening now, according to the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), mainstream technology.

NetComm Wireless has ramped up its US market expansion with the establishment of its first research and development (R&D) facility outside of Australia.

The Turnbull Coalition government is promising, if re-elected, "continuous mobile coverage on trains between the Central Coast and Hornsby, as well as Wi-Fi at each train station".

Wireless broadband provider NetComm Wireless has released to the market its new generation VDSL/ADSL Wireless AC1600 Gigabit Gateway (NF17ACV)  that it says will deliver a “fast and powerful wireless experience” as households move to the National Broadband Network  or New Zealand’s Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) fibre networks.

Ericsson is driving the 5GEx project to enable unified European 5G infrastructure service market that integrates multiple operators and technologies in co-operation with industry partners.