Chinese communications vendor, Huawei, has been confirmed as the equipment supplier for the rollout of the Optus 4G LTE network in Newcastle, New South Wales, and surrounding areas.

Optus’ acquisition of Vividwireless Group for $230 million is a good deal considering the capital expenditure that has already been spent on the business, according to communications research firm, Telsyte.

Optus is in the process of acquiring Vividwireless group for $230 million which will aid the telco's plans to rollout its 4G LTE network.

It has been an eventful year in the telco space to say the least! Here's are some of the highlights.

Telstra recently made its highly anticipated 4G LTE network widely available in capital cities and various regional centres across Australia.

Vocus nabs multi-year deal with vividwireless

Telstra is set to run a commercial pilot of its 4G LTE network with around 2000 of its business customers in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

NBN Co has secured 24 licences and Telstra has nabbed 12 in the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) 2.3GHz spectrum auction.

CEO of vividwireless, Unwired and Wireless Broadband Australia, Martin Mercer, talks to ARN about the decision behind launching a 4G network, how wireless will fit in the National Broadband Network (NBN), and ISP filtering.