Telstra has plans to invest more than $160 million on 600 mobile network projects in Victoria during the 2018-19 financial year, with the aim of eliminating black spots, improving data speeds and capacity.

The Australian Information Industry Association has urged the Coalition to boost digital skills, innovation and government IT procurement in this year's Federal Budget.

Germany will seek assurances from Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei technologies that it will not hand over data to Beijing before the company is allowed to take part in the building of 5G networks in the country.

Huawei will take between three and five years to fix security concerns identified in a report by an oversight board, the president of the Chinese telecommunication equipment provider's Carrier Business Group, Ryan Ding, says in a letter to Norman Lamb, the chair of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee.

Most Australian businesses are yet to seize the opportunities in some of the world’s fastest growing markets, and often lack the capabilities needed to succeed in these competitive economies, according to a new study released by Asialink business and Australia’s Commonwealth Bank.

Satellite communications company Iridium has completed its $3 billion NEXT satellite constellation upgrade campaign.

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