
ACCC rejects NBN Co’s latest SAU variation proposal
Australia’s ACCC has rejected NBN Co’s proposed variation to its Special Access Undertaking (SAU), though it’s better than the previous one. Read more…
Australia’s ACCC has rejected NBN Co’s proposed variation to its Special Access Undertaking (SAU), though it’s better than the previous one. Read more…
Australia’s smaller broadband providers continued to increase their market share in the NBN wholesale market in the most recent quarter, says ACCC report. Read more…
Celcom, Digi, Maxis, Telekom Malaysia, U Mobile and YTL agree to take equity stakes in DNB, though access terms are still being hashed out. Read more…
With the deadline to sign wholesale deals with or buy stakes in DNB looming, it’s still uncertain what Malaysia’s big four telcos will do. Read more…
Malaysian operator Yes has announced its full commercial 5G launch with data plans it says are up to 300% cheaper than existing 4G plans. Read more…
Four Malaysian telcos are seeking a majority stake in 5G state agency DNB, challenging the minority ownership offer from the government. Read more…
Malaysia’s comms minister says DNB’s 5G single wholesale network will enable consumers to experience cheaper and better services. Read more…
Malaysia will offer up to 70% equity in state-owned 5G agency DNB to telcos, amid concerns that a single 5G network could hamper competition. Read more…
The ministerial memorandum on Malaysia’s controversial wholesale 5G rollout plan will be released to the Cabinet on March 11. Read more…
Malaysia’s major wireless carriers have recommended the government allow a second 5G wholesale service to be set up, sources say Read more…
Malaysia’s plan to roll out 5G through a single shared network is being reconsidered by the cabinet amid mobile carrier resistance. Read more…
DNB will offer wholesale 5G services to mobile carriers at no cost during an initial rollout next week, amid concerns over its pricing plans. Read more…
i3forum launches a database where wholesale carriers can share voice traffic data for analytics purposes. Sharing data is a prerequisite. Five have signed on. Read more…
The ITW Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF) has announced the successful completion of a multi-lateral blockchain proof of concept (PoC) that demonstrated the viability of a platform that can settle voice transactions between multiple carriers in Read more…
The Asian Carriers Conference returns to Cebu in a couple of weeks, and this year’s plenary looks ahead to the new decade as the carrier industry works to transform recent visions of 2020 into actionable Read more…
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says it has commenced a public inquiry to decide whether to extend, vary or revoke the domestic mobile terminating access service (MTAS) declaration, or whether to make a Read more…
Telstra has announced a new restructuring strategy that involves simplifying its operations, cutting its workforce, reducing its cost base and establishing a standalone infrastructure business. The strategy – codenamed ‘Telstra2022’ – outlines four pillars, one Read more…
Something is not right with the telecoms industry just now. Some of you would say it hasn’t been right for a long time but a number of things have happened of late that make me Read more…
Many challenges will have to be addressed before operators can harvest the full potential of blockchain, but wholesale automation is the most promising use case for now. A recent article in the Harvard Business Review Read more…
PCCW Global and Colt Technology Services have collaborated with blockchain start-up Clear to demonstrate that blockchain technology can reduce inter-carrier settlement times from hours to minutes. The objective of the Proof of Concept (PoC) was Read more…
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