Australia's familiar network of payphone booths will disappear if the Productivity Commission's recommendation to scrap the voice-based telecommunications universal service obligation is accepted by the government.

Our Kiwi neighbours are getting cheaper broadband. Ninety per cent of the recent reductions in the regulated wholesale broadband prices charged by New Zealand's Chorus have gone through to consumers, according to a study by the New Zealand Commerce Commission.

Meanwhile New Zealand telco Spark has switched on 4.5G in the iconic tourist spot of Queenstown, with the town becoming the first in the country to have the fastest mobile data services.

Printers don’t get a lot of airplay these days so mindful of the fact that the paperless office remains in many instances a pipe dream Ray Shaw has some reviews of the latest printer offerings in the market.

NTT ICT has launched SD-WAN (software-defined wide area network)  a service which aims to abstract fixed and mobile connections to allow greater choice, improved performance and enhanced security.

And of course, there's plenty more so for all the news visit www.itwire.com.

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