Take-up of the NBN in homes and businesses that are ready to connect is about 60% judging by figures issued by the NBN Co, the company rolling out the network, for February.

The NSW Government has hit back at criticism that its $190 million job creation fund had yielded “drastically low results’, saying the fund is on track to create almost 20,000 jobs for the state by 2021/22.

The move to 5G mobile services in regional Australia and metropolitan areas has taken a further step forward with the Federal Government’s announcement that 125 MHz of spectrum in the 3.6 GHz band will be sold at competitive auction. But the Opposition has criticised the move.

The heat is on Uber as Australia’s newest ridesharing platform Ola has launched in Sydney with "free rides for customers and increased earnings potential for driver-partners".

Tyro, which bills itself as "Australia’s business-only bank," has announced "Tap & Save," which allows merchants to "save money by processing debit tap-and-go payments through the more economical eftpos network."

In 2018, with unlimited voice and text plans available from $10 in the market, it's all about how much data you get with your pre-paid plan, with Boost's latest data boost a move to try ruling the pre-paid roost.

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