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Swoop to provide stronger connection to 130,000 residents in Mt Baw Baw, Moe, and Morwell The Victorian Government has picked fixed wireless and wholesale infrastructure service provider Swoop as its telecommunication partner to help roll out the $550 million Connecting Victoria program to bring stronger connection to over 130,000 businesses and households in 180 towns in Mt Baw Baw, Moe, and Morwell.
12th December 2023
NBN Co rolls out hybrid vehicles with elevated platforms to maintain its network Australia’s national broadband network provider NBN Co has deployed a fleet of hybrid vehicles with elevated work platforms to install, maintain, and repair aerial sections of the NBN network. Optus, Nokia trial 800Gbps on long-haul network between Sydney and Melbourne
11th December 2023
CSIRO spinout Quasar launches multibeam satellite ground station Australian startup Quasar has launched its world first Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capabilities, a fully digital multibeam satellite ground station. ManageEngine raises UPS Solutions’ data efficiency to 25% Technology company ManageEngine has improved data infrastructure company UPS Solutions’ customer support and raised its operational efficiency from 50% to over 75%.
8th December 2023
ACMA 'loses patience' with Telstra for billing mistakes The Australian Communications and Media Authority has fined Australia's largest internet provider Telstra more than $3 million for charging customers for inactive internet services over an 11-year period. CJD Equipment picks Macquarie Telecom for cybersecurity uplift
7th December 2023
Amazon and SpaceX ink deal for three more Project Kuiper launches Amazon has signed a contract with SpaceX for three Falcon 9 launches to support deployment plans for Project Kuiper, Amazon’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband network. SoftBank buys 51% stake in Cubic Telecom
6th December 2023
Telus drops C$619 million on 3800MHz spectrum Canadian telecommunications company Telus has emerged as the biggest bidder in Canada's mid-band 3800MHz spectrum, securing 1,430 licenses for nearly C$619 million. Singtel bags ‘green loan’ to power data centres Singaporean telecommunications company Singtel has secured what it calls a S$535 million (US$400.7 million) five-year “green loan.”
5th December 2023
Telcos, ACMA block 336.7 million scam texts The Australian Communications and Media Authority and local telcos have been working to fight scams, blocking over 336.7 million scam texts since July 2022, according to figures released by the regulator. Activ8me launches new plans on NBN Sky Muster Plus
4th December 2023
7 unis and organisations share $3 million grant to combat online abuse The eSafety Commissioner will allocate a $3 million grant to seven universities and non-government organisations to prevent the abuse of women and children as part of the Australian government’s $10 million funding package of the preventing tech-based abuse of women grants program. NBN Co implements WBA5 today
1st December 2023
Telstra still in the naughty list for IPND compliance fine Telstra continues to be plagued by its Integrated Public Number Database (IPND) woes, and this time, was hit by another non-compliance fine, paying to the tune of $300,000 to the Australian Communications and Media Authority. Commonwealth Bank raises stake in More, Tangerine
30th November 2023
Optus outage cripples federal comms department staff A government submission that sought to explain the impact of the Optus outage has revealed two out of three federal communications department staff with Optus mobiles could not dial the Triple Zero on the morning of the Optus outage. UniSQ iLAuNCH program, Dassault Systèmes, and Memko simulate virtual twin technologies
29th November 2023