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Optus switches new towers in North Queensland Telecommunications provider Optus has switched two new towers in Lucinda and Saunders Beach in North Queensland, which will provide residents network coverage for calls and download speeds. Kantar data reveals Q4 top smartphone performers
3rd February 2023
6.11 million Australian households subscribed to at least one streaming service: Kantar
2nd February 2023
BT and Stratospheric Platforms expand mobile coverage in new trial UK-based telecommunications operator BT and aviation and aerospace component manufacturing company Stratospheric Platforms are delivering a mobile coverage trial using new antenna technology mounted on a high-altitude platform station aircraft. Aussie Broadband delivers 400Gbps first in Telstra Wholesale wavelength services
1st February 2023
NSW Labour proposes $2.5 million funding to study excessive screen and phone use among children The NSW Labour has committed to tackle problematic screen and phone use among children and young people and will allocate a $2.5 million research fund to uncover its excessive use if elected—a welcome announcement lauded by the Centre for Digital Wellbeing. Orange Belgium, Telenet sign 15-year fibre agreement
31st January 2023
Macquarie Government and Australian Taxation Office renew cyber security contract The Australian Taxation Office has renewed and extended its agreement with Macquarie Government, part of Macquarie Telecom Group, to leverage a range of data and cyber security services. iOS 16.3 now supports security keys
30th January 2023
Mid-North Coast gets Optus network transmission upgrade Telco giant Optus has delivered a network transmission upgrade in the Mid-North Coast to improve network resilience and mobile capacity this summer following the 2019/2020 Australian bushfire season. Catastrophic decline in smartphone market in Q4 2022
27th January 2023
NBN Co launches new speed tiers for its business NBN satellite service Telecommunications company NBN Co has launched new speed tiers of up to 150Mbps now available at mainland Australia and surrounding islands on the business NBN satellite service. Optus branding copied by scammers to steal users’ information: ACMA
26th January 2023
AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) launches in Australia Cloud giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched the AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne), the second AWS infrastructure region in Australia. The announcement was welcomed by data infrastructure company and AWS partner Equinix. Airspan Networks chooses Federated Wireless as its AFC provider
25th January 2023
Jim’s Group leverages Optus’ connection to boost customer experience Telecommunications company Optus will provide its business solutions and mobile network to over 700 services to home service franchise Jim’s Group across its 54 divisions. Qualcomm creates in-display fingerprint sensor 3D Sonic Max
24th January 2023
Security cameras might be recording your homes without consent, according to NordVPN Are security cameras compromising safety? According to a NordVPN investigation, security cameras might be broadcasting people’s lives without their consent: a creepy-looking website named Insecam streams more than 70,000 security camera feeds, including 190 Australian ones. Tianjin Port Group and Huawei build Port of Tianjin ‘digital twin’
23rd January 2023