Global smartphone sales fell to 287 million units in the second quarter of 2022, a drop of 9% year-on-year and the lowest figure since the second quarter of 2020 when the pandemic first hit, technology analyst firm Canalys says.



Telecommunications company Aussie Broadband and telco alliance body Commpete have welcomed Communication Minister Michelle Rowland’s call for more affordable internet bills by rejecting NBN Co’s proposed variations to the Special Access Undertaking.

AI engineering company specialising in video analytics, AIoT devices, and smart city solutions SmartCow has launched Ultron, an Nvidia Jetson-based edge AI platform equipped with sensor fusion that brings high computing power to the edge for industrial applications.

Enterprise IT management specialist ManageEngine has appointed Vinayak Sreedhar to the role of Australian country manager.

Cybersecurity solutions vendor Fortinet has unveiled FortiCNP, a new built-in-the-cloud offering that correlates security findings from across an organisation’s cloud footprint to facilitate friction-free cloud security operations

Ergon Energy Retail has collaborated with Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Council to provide a digital metre for every customer in the community in Queensland.

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Stephen Withers, newsletter editor, iTWire

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