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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
TelSoc has advocated for a long-term bipartisan strategic framework to best ensure that all Australians are able to make effective use of world-class broadband services. TelSoc has committed to monitor and facilitate progress towards achieving such a strategy and to reporting on the nature and extent of the progress regularly.
23rd January 2023
ACMA warns new variation of ‘Hi Mum’ SMS scam The ACMA has warned the public about the proliferation of the “Hi Mum” text message, which may appear to be from a family member claiming to have forgotten or lost their card and asking the victim to transfer money, and could possibly be a scam. Isocell HP2 makes pictures clearer in premium Samsung smartphones
20th January 2023
Telstra tops median download speed, according to Speedtest Intelligence Among top mobile operators in Australia in Q4 2022, Telstra delivered the fastest media download speet at 96.16Mbps, followed by Optus and Vodafone at 90.56 and 66.86 respectively, according to Ookla's Speedtest Intelligence test. América Móvil and Telxius to bridge Atlantic and Pacific with new submarine cable
19th January 2023
Hungry Jacks and Hickory enlist TPG Telecom’s 5G services Telecommunications giant TPG Telecom has signed burger brand Hungry Jacks and construction group Hickory to its newly-launched suite of enterprise-grade 5G services. Verizon Mobile launches Verizon Mobile for Microsoft Teams
18th January 2023