The Australian Greens political party has announced a "plan to fix NBN, protect digital rights and ensure our digitally-connected world is accessible", so what are the details?

As Australians continue to make do with half-baked 50Mbps broadband, New Zealand has indicated that it would be reducing prices for its ultra-fast gigabit broadband services announcing that half a million had taken up the service.

The race to deliver ever larger amounts of data over mobile networks has continued raging, with Amaysim's newest plan an obvious response to competitive moves and the quest to deliver ever better customer value. Will it soon be a matter of who needs fixed line data?

Australia’s telcos are dragging the chain in meeting a new compliance standard requiring them to clearly set out minimum complaints-handling requirements and processes.

Australia’s second largest telco Optus is investing a further $23.6 million into its South Australian network, building more than 40 new sites by the end of March next year in a move aimed at improving network coverage and to deliver faster download speeds.

TripAdvisor has completed its move into the social space and ”the world’s largest travel community" says you can now "enjoy and discover useful content, advice and recommendations from friends, family and more than a thousand trusted experts".

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