The much-criticised telecoms industry Universal Service Obligation (USO) finally looks set for the scrapheap, with the Productivity Commission recommending to the Federal Government the winding up of the program by 2020.

There has been a plethora of comment about the impending closure of the USO, with Vodafone predicting it to be the final nail in the coffin of the outdated scheme ad the ALP describing it as a chance to reframe telecoms services in an NBN world.

Aussie mobile phone users are not tempted by the “latest and greatest” smartphones with many of them planning on keeping the same smartphone for three years on average.

Mobile network operators in the Asia Pacific region, including in Australia, see support for new revenues and a lower costs of total ownership as the key drivers to deploy 5G by 2023, according to new research.

Budget mobile services provider amaysim is upping the ante in its challenge for a bigger share of the NBN broadband market with the launch of a ‘first month free’ trial offer across all of its NBN plans which it claims will break down the barriers people face when switching to the National Broadband Network.

Australian education cyber security provider Family Zone is expanding its operations in the US market after passing the 120 mark of schools in the country deploying its cyber safety platform.

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