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Lower speed fixed broadband usage grew in March 2023, ACCC says Residents using the 25Mbps speed tier grew from 125,000 to approximately 1.4 million or 16% of the NBN wholesale market in the March 2023 quarter, according to figures showed by ACCC’s latest NBN Wholesale Market Indicators Report. Pixar taps Vast Data to produce animated film Elemental
15th June 2023
Macquarie raising $130 million to expand growth Macquarie Technology Group, claiming to have maintained nine consecutive years of Ebitda growth, announced it is raising $130 million to expand its data centre business to leverage “fast-growing cloud and AI megatrends.” Australians try to leverage ChatGPT
14th June 2023
Tasmanian state agencies transition to Telstra and Motorola Solutions’ communications network Minister for police, fire, and emergency management Felix Ellis has announced that eight Tasmanian state response agencies will be transitioning to new emergency services communications network provided by Telstra and Motorola Solutions. Putting 5G to the ultimate EMF safety test at a 5G supercell
13th June 2023
Macquarie Data Centres completes data centre upgrades in Sydney and Canberra Macquarie Technology Group subsidiary Macquarie Data Centres has completed upgrades to its data centre campuses in Sydney and Canberra—a move that is helping government and enterprise customers expand their capacity and improve security posture and compliance. Thirty percent of Aussies think their mobile plan isn’t good value for money: research
9th June 2023
Commonwealth Bank fined $3.55m for breaching spam laws The Australia Communications and Media Authority has fined the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) a record of $3.55 million after it sent more than 65 million emails that did not comply with Australia’s spam laws. Commpete welcomes ACCC’s rejection to NBN Co’s proposed variation to its SAU
8th June 2023
Australia joins five other countries to thwart global scams
7th June 2023
NSW Telco Authority, Optus trial ‘Office in a Box’ solution NSW Telco Authority announced it has collaborated with telco provider Optus and NSW National Parks within the Department of Planning and Environment to trial “Office in a Box,” a solution in the NSW Bents Basin State Conversation Area. Commpete lauds ACMA’s approval for faster phone number porter switch timeframes
6th June 2023
Telstra launches industrial automation capability Telco provider Telstra has launched an end-to-end industrial automation capability following its acquisition of industrial IoT providers Aqura Technologies and Alliance Automation and joint venture with data science provider Quantium, entering the industrial automation market. 5G OI Lab partners with F5, GXC, and Spirent to develop enterprise Private Mobile Network platform
5th June 2023
Two of eight online safety codes fail to provide community safeguards The eSafety Commissioner has decided not to register two of eight online safety codes drafted by the online industry as they fail to provide community safeguards to deal with illegal and harmful online content. Thinxtra raises $5 million in pre-IPO funding Sydney-based massive IoT company Thinxtra has raised $5 million in its pre-IPO funding round.
2nd June 2023
Australians fork as much as $1000 annually for broadband services Australians could be overpaying for their broadband service by as much as $1000 annually with significant price differences between the most and least expensive plans across the board. One should do research if one is looking to switch to an affordable telco service, according to findings by money saving website Mozo. NBN Co offers new wholesale plan
1st June 2023