A concerned Telstra has notified the Australian Stock Exchange that payments due to it from NBN Co for using its HFC cable network to provide NBN connections are likely to be delayed after the NBN builder announced a six to nine month halt in HFC connections.

The University of Sydney is first in the world to sign a "world-first agreement with Dropbox to bring collaboration to all faculties, staff and students."

MVNOs have been successful on price, value and growth, but even as major telcos fight back with contracts to buy iPhone X, Note 8 and others, the threat of TPG's upcoming new network means continued growth will need true innovation and value, and not price alone says Telsyte.

Android tablets haven't taken the universe by storm as Google had hoped, but with Samsung the guardians of the Galaxy-series of Android-powered smartphones and tablets, Android avengers have assembled.

Bosch Australia and Monash University have joined forces to establish a “first-of-its-kind” ag-tech facility in Melbourne's southeast for innovating new smart farming techniques including automated harvesting, sensing networks and driverless vehicles.

A newly registered industry Code is expected to improve the accuracy of the public number customer database that is relied on by emergency services to help Australians in danger or distress.

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