NBN Co has recorded a loss of $3.3 billion in the nine months to March 2018, the third quarter of the current financial year. This compares to a loss of $2.7 billion for the nine months of the previous financial year.

Australian start-up Unlockd has obtained an interim injunction from the British High Court to prevent Google from disabling AdMob-generated advertising content and removing Unlockd apps for the company's UK business from the Google Play Store.

Telstra has stopped selling ZTE mobiles and mobile broadband devices from today, following an export ban imposed on the company in the US which prevents it from buying components from American suppliers.

Smartphone shipments fell by 6.3% on an annual basis in parts of Europe in the first quarter of 2018, the biggest drop in a single quarter, according to figures from the global technology market analyst firm Canalys.

A new feature in iOS 11.4, which is expected to be released in the next few weeks or even sooner, disables the Lightning port after seven days of the device in question being unlocked, and is aimed at preventing device acquisition by law enforcement, a researcher claims.

Competition watchdog the ACCC says increasing numbers consumers are receiving higher-speed NBN plans and the 50Mbps plan now makes up 26% of all NBN plans, up from just 4.6 per cent in December 2017.

A coalition fighting to improve communications services in regional Australia says it is disappointed that the Coalition Government failed to commit in the Federal Budget to funding future rounds of the Mobile Black Spot Program.

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