NBN Co, the operator of the National Broadband Network, has announced a range of new wholesale bundles offering lower prices and more data inclusions, following an extensive industry consultation process.

Lifting take-up of the NBN in under serviced consumer segments, promoting much higher speeds and improving support for Retail Service Providers in the face of increasing demand for broadband, are some of the key areas targeted by the newly released Wholesale Pricing Review 2019 Close-out Paper.

Australia's peak body for consumer representation in communications, the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN), says telcos must play their part if consumers are to benefit from changes to NBN Co’s wholesale pricing and data capacity.

The global number of 5G subscriptions is forecast to top 2.6 billion within the next six years, driven by sustained momentum and a rapidly developing 5G ecosystem.

Digital global domestic money transaction values are exploding around the world, with a new market report forecasting the value of transactions will exceed US$3.5 trillion by 2024 - up from US$1.8 trillion in 2019.

Malcolm Turnbull was the headline speaker on day one of StartCon 2019, with the full video recorded by StartCon, and he certainly had a lot to say as outlined in our edited transcript.

Facial recognition as a service - who would have thought it! Panasonic has made available a face recognition API to its customers in Japan.

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