This Month
Virgin Orbit to slash 85pc of its workforce
The move comes after a failed mission to launch the first satellites into orbit from Europe.
- Michelle Chapman
March
The big names backing TikTok gadfly Internet 2.0
From a senior journalist at The Australian to an AFL Hall of Famer, an influential series of Australians have poured money into the Canberra consultancy.
- Myriam Robin
Company directors playing cyber ‘whack-a-mole’
Corrs Chambers Westgarth technology head James North says breach reporting is “incredibly difficult” and wants it streamlined.
- Lucas Baird
TPG’s Felix may rule out 5G to keep costs low
Consumers are increasingly choosing cheaper prepaid mobile phone plans and virtual network operators like Felix over bigger name brands, according to analysts.
- Lucas Baird
Rational mobile pricing puts floor under telco earnings
The smart money is on another price rise cycle starting again in July, with Goldman Sachs analyst Kane Hannan tipping Telstra to push through a $2 price rise.
- Lucas Baird
Telstra quietly plots overhaul, job cuts in T25 push
The telco’s moves would remove at least 113 jobs from its retail network alone, according to internal emails.
- Updated
- Lucas Baird and Edmund Tadros
Optus sits out Labor’s free broadband initiative
All the major telcos (and quite a few minor ones) are on board. Apart from Optus.
- Myriam Robin
Internet providers hope NBN job cuts signal pricing rethink
Retailers say the NBN may revisit its controversial pricing proposal to more effectively compete against alternatives after cutting one in 10 jobs this week.
- Lucas Baird
- Updated
- Telecommunications
NBN Co braces for sweeping job cuts
The broadband network operator has informed staff this afternoon that it will cut up to 500 jobs from its 4650-strong workforce.
- Lucas Baird
Bevan Slattery stands with Megaport’s short sellers
While Megaport is a heavily shorted stock, its founder has sold more than $200 million of his own stock since 2018.
- Joe Aston
- Sponsored
- Industry Insight
- Telstra
How to combat cybercrime – start at the top
Securing the nation against malicious online actors is going to take a huge collaborative effort.
Sponsored
by Telstra
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Optus not a happy cyber guinea pig
Optus is frustrated that amid universal agreement that our cyber defences need to be co-ordinated, it is helping with four separate reports on its hack attack.
- Tony Boyd
‘No victims’ of Optus data hack: CEO
A defiant Kelly Bayer Rosmarin said while Optus made mistakes related to the 2022 hack, no customer has suffered any financial loss from the massive data leak.
- Lucas Baird
- Opinion
- Cyber warfare
What we learnt at Optus from being hacked
More cyber attacks are coming. There are three things that Australian companies and policymakers need to look at after the high-profile breach at Optus last year.
- Kelly Bayer Rosmarin
Boost Mobile’s Peter Adderton has beef with Optus
Optus’ internet and Mobile Boost product launch last week drew an immediate and furious reaction from Telstra reseller Boost Mobile.
- Myriam Robin
February
- Updated
- Earnings season
TPG doubles fixed wireless customers in NBN assault
The company reported an overall uptick in after-tax profit from $163 million to $559 million in 2022.
- Updated
- Lucas Baird
Telstra says NBN Co should forget about recovering build costs
The country’s largest telco says NBN Co’s $31.5 billion write-off in December was not enough, and customers are paying for the network’s “inefficient” build.
- Lucas Baird
