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Vic Police busts alleged telco copper thieves The Victorian Police caught three men allegedly trying to extract copper telecommunication cables from a pit in Kilsyth, a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria yesterday. 2024 Charles Todd Oration 150th Anniversary of the Telecommunications Association
25th September 2024
Students struggle which online messages are ‘credible’ or ‘scam: Optus Almost one in two students struggle to figure out whether approaches from “friends,” or online messages are credible or a scam, according to an Optus survey of 1,000 students across Australia. 2024 Charles Todd Oration 150th Anniversary of the Telecommunications Association
24th September 2024
Space Machines inks two Indian partnerships for satellite launch Australian-Indian in-space servicing firm Space Machines partnered with Indian aerospace and defence manufacturer Ananth Technologies and full-stack space infrastructure company Digantara for the upcoming Space Maitri मैत्री (Mission for Australia-India’s Technology, Research and Innovation) mission and the launch the second Optimus satellite.
23rd September 2024
Telstra backed by Ericsson and Ciena achieves 1.6Tb/s over 700km Australian telecommunications company Telstra claimed it achieved a 1.6Tb/s through a single optical channel over 700km with Ericsson using Ciena's WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) in a trial conducted alongside live traffic services across the central Telstra InfraCo fibre route between Melbourne and Canberra.
20th September 2024
amaysim challenges bigger telcos with ‘affordable’ internet plans Mobile provider amaysim introduces NBN internet plans to challenge the dominance of bigger telco players in the market. 2024 Charles Todd Oration 150th Anniversary of the Telecommunications Association
19th September 2024
Obsidian Security, founded by former Telstra exec, expands in APJ SaaS security provider Obsidian Security, founded by Telstra former cybersecurity chief, has expanded its presence in APJ to accelerate security deployments for local businesses. 2024 Charles Todd Oration 150th Anniversary of the Telecommunications Association
18th September 2024
SmartSat, Elders team up to explore Earth observation technology to transform agriculture Space research centre SmartSat has signed an MoU with agribusiness Elders to explore the application of satellite-enabled earth observation technologies in agriculture. 2024 Charles Todd Oration 150th Anniversary of the Telecommunications Association
16th September 2024
MIA picks RingCentral to power its comms Melanoma Institute Australia (MIA) replaced its legacy virtual PBX infrastructure with AI business communications provider RingCentral’s RingEX platform. Vertiv launches new PFM data centre solution
13th September 2024
Astrotel taps Alkira to expand its network infra to Asia Pacific Australian telecommunications company Astrotel has partnered with network infrastructure provider Alkira to advance its business and enterprise in the Asia Pacific region. Zscaler launches co-located data centre in Perth
12th September 2024