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In what is billed a Tasmanian first, Telstra has announced it would "trial the installation of small cell mobile technology on TasNetworks infrastructure to help fill some of Tasmania’s mobile black spots".

Vodafone has expanded its Australia-wide mobile network, adding 128 new mobile sites across the network.

Telstra has announced "a major step forward in the development of the Internet of Things in Australia with the successful deployment of Narrowband technology in its IoT Network", with some of the details announced at CES 2018 in Las Vegas where iTWire was present.

Technical experts who have closely followed the rollout of the NBN say Telstra's HFC network will need considerable work done on it to meet the needs of NBN customers.

Telstra has completed the second upgrade of its transmission network by deploying high-capacity next-generation optical transport technology between five Australian cities – Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency and TasNetworks will explore a more detailed feasibility and business case for a second Bass Strait interconnector connecting grids.

Tasmanian-owned telco Launtel has officially launched its Blue Ocean gigabit NBN Internet service promising “lightning fast” services connecting the state with the global gigabit economy.

The head of an Internet service provider in Tasmania has outlined a method whereby, he claims, the current crop of NBN users who are on copper can be upgraded to all-fibre connections without any upfront payment.

Tasmanian school Scotch Oakburn College has selected a Hewlett Packard Enterprise hyperconverged and Pointnext solution designed to boost its performance and improve the user experience, while minimising connectivity disruptions and operational costs.

Parking business Smart Parking has secured a new contract valued at approximately $800,000 with Hobart City Council in Tasmania.

Optus is set to complete the shutdown of its 2G network and turn off 2G services across Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT, South Australia and Tasmania.

Tasmania's largest financial institution MyState Bank has started offering Samsung Pay to more than 100,000 customers.

Experienced telecommunications executive and Optus co-founder Terry Winters has been appointed chairman of Tasmanian company and digital services provider TasmaNet as it embarks on its next phase of growth with its five-year expansion plan.

Launceston has gone live with new fibre-to-the-premise (FttP) services from the national broadband network after Tasmanian-owned telco Launtel turned on what it claims are some of the fastest Internet services of any city in Australia.

Tasmania expects to be the first state to become IoT-ready, with 95% of the population set to be covered by a dedicated IoT network before the end of this year.

The Tasmanian Government says 50 new IT jobs have been secured for the state as part of an industry assistance package of up to $1.36 million for a term of five years for DXC Technology to expand its enterprise delivery centre in Hobart.

Telstra and Ericsson have used network software across Australia to enable a Cat-M1 LTE network that will allow for the deployment of Internet of Things applications.

Vodafone is expanding its Tasmanian network with six new towers in and around Launceston and upgrading a number of existing sites to provide improved 4G services to its customers in the city.

Digital transformation company Fronde has appointed former Tasmanian Premier and Science and Innovation Minister David Bartlett as company chairman.

Almost a quarter of Australians — equating to three million people — are dissatisfied with their home broadband speed, according to a newly published survey.