Under pressure from the Federal Government, the NBN Co has backed down on a decision to charge rural and regional users $20 more for their fixed wireless 50/20Mbps plans.

Singtel Optus, the second biggest telco in Australia by market share, has poured cold water on Telstra's claim that it is the first Australian network provider to be 5G ready, saying the lack of commercially available 5G devices means no provider can claim leadership in this race right now.

The NSW Telco Authority has put out a call for information from the telecoms industry to help it determine the scope of work required to construct, operate and maintain the services of the NSW Government radio network into the future.

Australia Post is claiming an Australia-first with the installation of new advanced Point of Sale systems across 3600 post offices.

Customer relationship management software vendor SugarCRM has received a "significant investment" from private equity firm Accel-KKR.

Two new Citrix products, Citrix Workspace and Citrix Analytics, attempt to address productivity and security issues around an increasingly mobile and flexible workforce.

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