Australia’s two biggest telcos — Telstra and Optus — fared poorly in a survey of Australian telecommunications consumers who say they are unimpressed by the amount of time they spend getting a resolution to a telco issue.

The president of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno, has either finalised, or is about to finalise, an agreement with the UK to end the asylum protection for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange even as early as this week, The Intercept reports.

Challenges in deploying new mobile infrastructure risk delaying the rollout of 5G in the UK, according to a report published by the Broadband Stakeholders Group, and authored by Analysys Mason.

Facebook is rolling out software changes to make it harder for WhatsApp messages to be forwarded following complaints that spreading of rumours led to deaths in India.

The final hurdle to the Chinese telecommunications company ZTE Corporation resuming business in the US has been removed with the excision of language from a bill that would have reinstated the ban on the company using American components.

Singapore's government health database has been breached by attackers who have stolen the personal information of about 1.5 million people, with the data of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Long specifically targeted, the country's Ministry of Health has announced.

Global telecommunications companies are under intense pressure to adapt in a rapidly changing market, as they face dramatic changes in the political, business, and economic environment and the accelerating pace of technological innovation, according to a new risk report.

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