Communications Alliance chairman John Stanton says the fact that the latest report from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security on the encryption law contains more than 100 pages about issues and problems that stakeholders have identified with the legislation was troubling.

Verizon has become the first mobile provider in the US to offer users 5G-enabled smartphones on a 5G network, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.

South Korea's SK Telecom says it will launch 5G services today, with competitors KT and LG Uplus expected to also get on-board the same day.

New Zealand energy provider Unison says it is embracing "all-new mobile-enabled technology" to transform its organisation after inking a multi-million dollar 10-year deal with enterprise software provider TechnologyOne.

Australia’s second largest telco Optus has switched on a new tower in Pomonal in regional Victoria as it continues to provide dedicated mobile phone coverage in more areas as part of its mobile blackspot program.

Queensland-based Bigmate is applying its experience in telematics to additional areas of technology and business - Stephen Withers tells the story.

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