The Australian arm of Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies claims its warnings about the ban on use of its 5G equipment leading to higher mobile prices in Australia has been aptly ilustrated by the fact that Telstra has jacked up its prices.
The Federal Government's Digital Transformation Agency is one unit in Canberra that really earns its name. It transforms itself completely within as short a period as 18 months, gaining an entirely new workforce.
Sharp Australia, the local arm of the Japanese electronics firm, has released the first Windows Collaboration Display, a 4K 70" display that is certified for Skype for Business, is smart-building ready and also explores the potential of IoT devices to make meetings more productive.
Veteran free software and open source developer Michael Meeks has expanded on the issues faced by the LibreOffice project which were briefly touched on by iTWire recently, drawing from a post on the popular Linux Weekly News website.
Taiwanese semiconductor firm Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company says it has stopped processing orders from Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies following the US imposition of restrictions in May that make it illegal to supply product to a company that is on an American blacklist unless it obtains a licence.
Singapore-based security outfit Group-IB says it has assisted the Moscow Criminal Investigation in the detention of a group of criminals who were re-issuing SIM cards and stealing money from Russian bank customers.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is fond of shooting his mouth off, castigating this nation and that, or this company and that, in his bid to show that the US can dictate terms of behaviour to the rest of the world. Now he is getting a taste of his own medicine from the Chinese.
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