The news is not good on the telco jobs front. Following in the footsteps of its larger competitor Telstra, Singtel Optus will sack 600 workers over the next two months in what it says is a bid to reduce the number involved in back-office work.

The NBN Co board has announced Stephen Rue will succeed Bill Morrow as its next chief executive - let's hope he doesn't rue the day he took on this job!

Telecommunications provider Vocus Group has seen a 16% drop in profit for the financial year 2018, with the company recording $127.1 million compared to $152.3 million for the previous financial year.

Surging cloud complexity has resulted in IoT failures plaguing 64% of users worldwide.72% of consumers say "it is likely software glitches in some Internet of Things (IoT) applications will cause serious injuries", while 52% of consumers worldwide now claim to be using IoT devices.

Almost as many staff as are employed by the Australian Government's Digital Transformation Agency — 342 — quit the organisation in the last 18 months, a freedom of information request has revealed.

Vodafone in New Zealand has been charged by the country’s competition regulator, the Commerce Commission, with allegations it made false representations in invoices sent to its customers.

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