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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is urging customers of the National Broadband Network's major retail service providers to check if they are entitled to a refund if they have been sold speed plans their infrastructure is incapable of providing.

The regulator has now accepted undertakings from Telstra, Optus, TPG, iiNet, Internode, Dodo, iPrimus and Commander to refund…

Market researcher Mintel says 5G, gaming and the emergence of tech-savvy seniors will heavily influence marketing strategies for telcos in 2019.

#1: 5G

5G wireless will drive heightened promotional activity in areas with new internet competition, and greater urgency for providers to differentiate with strong brand messaging, better experiences, and re-imagined bundles.

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Hong Kong based HGC Global Communications has announced a collaboration with African operator Expresso Telecom Group to provide richer data connectivity to Africa and the Middle East.

As part of the collaboration, the two operators will partner for the provision of global solutions including multi-protocol label switching (MPLS), international private leased circuit (IPLC), IP exchange…

These are interesting times for Huawei, to say the least. On Friday, Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei fired off a companywide email warning that a slowdown in the sale of its 5G gear could lead to job cuts.

The Financial Times newspaper in the UK obtained the email in which Ren, who is also the company's founder, cautioned that a slowdown in the company's fortunes could be in the offing due to…

Synergy Research Group (SRG) estimates that the number of large data centers operated by hyperscale providers rose by 11% in 2018.

In 2018 the Asia-Pacific and EMEA regions featured most prominently in terms of new data centers that were opened, but despite that the US still accounts for 40% of the major cloud and internet data center sites. The next most popular locations are China,…