The final report of the ACCC’s regional mobile infrastructure inquiry has prompted the government to announce a scoping study to require the telecommunications industry develop an emergency roaming during natural disasters to help Australians stay connected.



Wholesale broadband operator NBN Co has completed a field trial with Finnish telco vendor Nokia using three generations of passive optical network (PON) technologies—GPON, XGS PON, and 25GS PON—over its fibre to the premises (FTTP) network, proving its feasibility to support future multi-gigabit services.

Budget smartphone vendor Aspera Mobile has released its latest rugged smartphone, the R10, which boasts much better specs than the previous model, the R9, which was released three years ago.

Industrial handheld devices manufacturer Zebra Technologies Corporation has demonstrated a generative artificial intelligence large language model application running on its Qualcomm-powered mobile computers without needing any connectivity to the cloud.

The shift towards online shopping continues to grow in Australia, with 33% of respondents to a survey anticipating doing more holiday shopping online this season than the previous one. 

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Josh Martinez, newsletter editor, iTWire