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Aussie Broadband named most trusted telco by Roy Morgan Market research firm Roy Morgan names Aussie Broadband as the #1 most trusted telco in Australia. Ukraine-Russia conflict generates a sevenfold increase in international voice traffic Not-for-profit organisation i3forum recorded and found there is a sevenfold increase in international voice traffic to Ukraine amid the crisis.

10th June 2022

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Australian Government, Telstra jointly acquire Digicel Pacific Telstra has teamed up with the Australian Government to acquire Digicel's business in the South Pacific region for US$1.6 billion (A$2.14 billion), plus an additional US$250 million depending on how the business fares over the next three years.

25th October 2021

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Oppo's Communication 5G Lab newly upgraded in collaboration with Ericsson Oppo's newly upgraded Communications Lab, with Ericsson's help, has three major modules, a Radio Frequency Lab, a Protocol Lab and a Network Simulation Lab, and will ensure Oppo smartphones are among the first to implement many of the latest 5G innovations and drive the evolution of global communication technology.

23rd September 2021

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Oppo adds third 5G handset to its A-series with $599 A94 5G 5G smartphones are fast becoming the norm, with Oppo expanding its A-series line-up with its third 5G model with the A94, sitting alongside the A74 5G and A54 5G. Square to buy Afterpay Global payments provider Square is set to buy Australia’s buy now pay later platform Afterpay in a deal which values the company at $39 billion.

3rd August 2021

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AARNet joins international cybersecurity partnership Higher education organisations in four countries have teamed up to help prevent and mitigate cyber attacks on their sector. Optus, OPPO & Ericsson trumpet success of voice call over 5G standalone network Optus in collaboration with Ericsson and OPPO, have doubled down on 5G advancements, announcing a successful completion of a voice call over a commercial 5G standalone network.

26th May 2021

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Apologies for no CommsWire yesterday, our mail server had a hiccup, but we're back online today! Very high speed NBN plans gaining ground: ACCC A record number of Australian households have moved to very high speed NBN plans, according to the ACCC, with the number of connections in the 500Mbps to 1000Mbps space growing from 9924 to 83,000 by the end of March.

21st May 2021

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Samsung Networks Business launches operations in Australia to bring next-generation 5G networks Samsung Networks Business to deliver the latest in mmWave 5G innovation, initially offering 5G mmWave radio solutions in both the 26Ghz and 28Ghz spectrums.

14th April 2021

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Huawei records profit in 2020 due to growth in China  Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei technologies has again managed to record an annual profit despite the US sanctions it faces, with the company announcing a 64.6 billion yuan (A$12.98 billion) profit for 2020, an increase of 3.2% year-on-year. Revenue was 891.4 billion yuan, an increase of 3.8% on the previous year.

1st April 2021

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Microsoft offers mitigation for Exchange attack, silent on alleged code leak Microsoft has offered users of Exchange Server a means of mitigating the so-called ProxyLogon attack, a one-click tool that it says has been tested across the 2013, 2016 and 2019 versions of Exchange Server.

17th March 2021

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Sir Tim's open letter on future of the Net and more, on Web's 32nd birthday Sir Tim Berners-Lee warns that huge digital divide among young people threatens chances of a better post-Covid world.  Hyperscale connectivity drives US $3 Billion in data centre projects by Equinix and JV Partners Equinix xScale data centres provide critical nexus between hyperscale companies and vast ecosystem of Equinix customers.

12th March 2021