The Australian Labor Party’s Shadow Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland has expressed concern that Australia has ranked last out of 36 OECD countries on entry level fixed-broadband affordability.

Consumers who know what their NBN plan’s ‘typical evening speed’ should are more satisfied with their provider (78%) than those who do not know (68.1%) according to a new research report.

Telecommunications and data centre provider Macquarie Telecom Group is trumpeting the delivery of five successive years of profitable growth as it reports a 6% jump in 2019 full year revenue to $246.6 million from $233.6 million the previous year - but dampened by a 3% decrease in after tax net profit of $16.5 million compared to $17.0 million in 2018, due to depreciation.

Global sales of smartphones to end users declined 1.7% in the second quarter of 2019, totaling 368 million units - with sales of Apple's iPhone still in a steady downward spiral, according to a new report from analyst firm Gartner.

Communications network services provider Epsilon has been selected by Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (Hongkong) – a subsidiary of PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia International – to deliver its Direct Cloud Connect solution in Asia.

Payment platform Adyen is collaborating with Chinese leading payments platform Alipay to support payment methods for the AliExpress, Taobao, Tmall and Alibaba.com brands globally.

Four of Australia’s security firms have questioned whether enough is being done to defend businesses and organisations against security attacks by cybercriminals in the wake of a report by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) revealing malicious or criminal attacks dominated data breaches over a three month period to the end of June.

The Greater Western Sydney region is the new hotspot for crypto in NSW, with 4 out of the top 10 suburbs with the most users being located in the west of Sydney, according to a report from cryptocurrency exchange Independent Reserve.

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