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US ropes in tech firms in bid to cut Huawei reliance A number of American technology companies such as Microsoft, Dell and AT&T have joined an effort sponsored by the White House to create advanced software for 5G networks in order to reduce the dependence on Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technology.
5th February 2020
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UK gives Huawei limited role in 5G network rollouts The UK has announced that it will give Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technology a limited role in the country's 5G networks, with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab telling the House of Commons that additional security measures would be put in place to ensure that risk was properly mitigated.
29th January 2020
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I missed this email on Thursday (sorry), especially as it features TelSoc. I was informed it went out earlier blank, so you may be getting this twice. Tim Herring
23rd January 2020
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Telstra impresses with wins at Pacific Telecoms Awards Telstra was prominent among the winners of the 2020 Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) Awards presented in Honolulu last night, coming away with more awards than any other telecommunications operator.
24th January 2020
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5G smartphones expected to reach 12% of market by year-end: Gartner The global share of 5G smartphones will grow from 12% in 2020 to 43% in 2022, the technology research firm Gartner has forecast, with the entire mobile phone market poised to grow 1.7% this year.
22nd January 2020
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Warning that Huawei 5G ban could cost Australia AUD$12 billion Up to 3 million Australians – mostly in the bush - will miss out on getting access to 5G by 2023 because of the Australian Government’s 5G ban on China’s Huawei - at a cost of US$8.2 billion (AUD$12B) to the economy, according to UK based forecasting and quantitative analysis firm Oxford Economics.
21st January 2020
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VOLTE users predicted to soar to 5 billion by 2024 The global number of VoLTE (Voice over LTE) users will approach 5 billion by 2024, rising from 2 billion in 2019, according to a new report.
13th December 2019
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Vocus inks new oil & gas market submarine cable contract The Vocus Group telecommunications company has entered a contract with the Barossa Joint Venture to build, operate and own a high-capacity submarine fibre optic network for the proposed Barossa offshore gas project in the Bonaparte Basin, to the north of Darwin.
6th December 2019
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Australia 'falling behind' APAC in developing technologies, says Telsoc chief The newly re-elected president of Australia’s Telecommunications Association (TelSoc), Reg Coutts, says Australia has fallen “somewhat behind” its APAC neighbours in recent years in developing the technologies that will be required to flourish in the 21st century.
5th December 2019
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Big money wasted by Aussies paying excess data charges Australians are paying a high price for exceeding their data limits and have blown $152.6 million on excess data charges over the past 12 months, according to new research.
4th December 2019