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  Cisco unveils plug-and-play AI solutions and new AI servers   Communications vendor Cisco has announced new additions to its data centre infrastructure portfolio, including an AI server family with NVIDIA GPUs, and AI PODs plug-and-play systems to simplify AI deployment.   Spark reduces FY25 guidance citing flat mobile, declining IT New Zealand telco Spark has announced a downward revision in its FY25...

1st November 2024

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The TelSoc Annual General Meeting will be held online on Friday 22 November 2024, commencing at 12.30 pm.   Financial (and Life) Members of TelSoc are cordially invited to attend the 2024 AGM. For details and agenda, please see https://telsoc.org/event/telsoc-annual-general-meeting-friday-22-november-2024

28th October 2024

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  Vocus to acquire EG&W fixed business of TPG for A$5.25B Australian communications infrastructure provider Vocus has signed an agreement to acquire the enterprise, government and wholesale (EG&W) fixed business and fibre network assets of Australia's third largest telecoms operator TPG for A$5.25 billion. NBN Co demonstrates fibre-like speeds over HFC network in trial Australia's broadband network wholesaler NBN Co has conducted a live...

21st October 2024

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  Broadcom unveils merchant silicon 50G PON solution with AI/ML capabilities American semiconductor maker Broadcom has released what it claims is the industry’s first merchant silicon 50G PON Optical Line Terminal-Optical Network Unit (OLT-ONU) devices with an embedded neural processing unit (NPU) 2024 Charles Todd Oration 150th Anniversary of the Telecommunications Association GUEST EVENT: TelSoc (the Telecommunications Association) is pleased...

14th October 2024

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Govt promises NBN will remain in 'public hands' The government has introduced a new bill to maintain wholesale broadband operator National Broadband Network (NBN) in public ownership. 2024 Charles Todd Oration 150th Anniversary of the Telecommunications Association  GUEST EVENT: TelSoc (the Telecommunications Association) is pleased to welcome a particularly distinguished speaker for this year's Charles Todd Oration, coinciding with the 150th...

10th October 2024

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Govt directs ACMA to create laws supporting DFV telco customers The Minister for Communications will direct the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to legislate an enforceable industry standard to ensure appropriate support is provided to telco customers experiencing domestic and family violence (DFV). 2024 Charles Todd Oration 150th Anniversary of the Telecommunications Association  GUEST EVENT: TelSoc (the Telecommunications...

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Latest Journal Articles

Authored by Simon Moorhead

The Journal revisits an historic paper from 1970 detailing the introduction of a computer-based Subscriber Installation Management Control System.

Authored by Su-Cheng Haw

Progress in machine learning technology has truly impacted our lives by tailoring many of our daily experiences to be seamless and intuitive. This innovation has brought about changes in day-to-day routines; from suggesting music based on our emotions to offering recommendations for places to visit or meals to try out. This special issue explores various Machine Learning technologies. Among some are Machine Learning advances that improve human interaction, predict user behaviours, analyse user reviews, and optimize high-risk investments like Bitcoin trading. These technologies enhance user experiences, help businesses refine marketing strategies, and provide quick insights from vast amounts of information, elevating AI to new heights. With the rise of transformation into advanced technologies taking prominence in our lives, we expect to see these machine learning innovations being integrated across many sectors and uses.

Authored by Leith Campbell

This editorial provides some reasoning behind the decision to publish the Special Issue section on “Perspectives on Machine Learning”. It also outlines the other content of this September issue and introduces the new Managing Editor of the Journal to take over in 2025.

Our study aims to examine the impact of the digital economy on sustainable development during international financial crises, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the current war between Russia and Ukraine. To do this, we collected an annual dataset from 1990 to 2022 for twenty-eight developed and twenty-five developing countries, to identify links between environmental, socio-economic, and proxy indicators of the digital economy. We estimate these links using the Within and GLS methods and use the Hausman (1978) test for individual effects to determine the nature of these links. Our results show that the digital economy has made a positive and significant contribution to sustainable development. For developing countries, mobile technologies have positive and significant effects on sustainable development, whereas, in developed countries, these effects are less elastic. The Internet has a positive and significant effect on the Human Development Index. While trade openness plays a driving role in environmental performance, it has a negative impact on equitable and sustainable development.

Authored by V S Arya, Sreejith S., and Pillai Rekha

Early exposure to social and digital media in this digital age greatly influences children’s lives, leading to an increasing number of parents and educators becoming concerned about the potential negative effects of excessive screen time. By investigating mothers’ digital competencies as informal educators, this study fills a significant research gap. The paper emphasises women as mentors, highlighting their responsibility to supervise and guide their children’s use of digital devices in an era of pervasive connectedness. Using a modified version of the DigCompEdu framework, the study focuses on two essential elements: empowering children; and fostering their understanding of digital competence areas. A thousand homemakers from two wards of the Kochi Corporation area in the Ernakulam district, Kerala, India are included in the study. Discriminant analysis is used to identify four important skill areas that demonstrate significant group differences – between Novice, Basic, Independent, and Proficient user groups. Results imply that tailoring digital literacy programs to mothers’ varying proficiency levels can enhance their ability to navigate digital parenting effectively. Additionally, integrating sociodemographic factors into interventions can ensure relevance and efficacy in addressing digital competence disparities among mothers.

Rapid advancements in information and communication technologies (ICT) have accelerated the expansion of the digital economy (DE). However, the lack of a universally accepted definition has hindered a systematic assessment of the progress of the DE. A robust framework to evaluate various aspects of DE activities is crucial to fully capture the potential of the DE. This study conducts a systematic review of academic literature to identify and analyse various dimensions of the DE, aiming to propose a framework to assess the development of the DE. A comprehensive analysis of 161 articles from the Scopus database (2010–2024) identifies four core dimensions, namely digital infrastructure, digital industrialisation, industrial digitisation and digital innovation as the primary focus of existing DE research. These findings lay the groundwork for developing the framework to assess the development of the DE.