Basslink has denied claims by the Tasmanian Government that it had breached warranties about the design and construction of the Basslink Interconnector and reiterated that the failure was a force majeure event. The Government is trying squeeze $100 million out of Basslink over the outage last year.

Efforts by US law enforcement agencies to gain access to email stored overseas by American companies have been resolved through a piece of legislation tagged onto a massive spending bill which was signed into law by US President Donald Trump.

OVO Mobile, the MVNO that says it is "reinventing the traditional telecommunications model" with an innovative data-free content platform, expects 1 million 18-25 year old Australians to flock to its new esports channel.

The semi-government organisation which manages India's massive Aadhaar database has threatened to take legal action against the technology website ZDNet over a report that claimed a new leak had hit the national ID database.

The US Huawei bash continues. The Federal Communications Commission may refuse to offer subsidies to small and rural carriers who buy equipment from Chinese telecommunications companies, in a bid to prevent Huawei from gaining any further foothold in the country.

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