Telstra employees are set to strike work on Tuesday after the company failed to reach an accord on pay and conditions with the union which represents the workers.

Global data centre operator Equinix is to make an initial investment of US$84 million (approx A$118m) to build a new International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Melbourne to support what it says is the growing demand for digital transformation.

Australia's smartphone shipments fell by 9% in 2018 compared to the previous calendar year, the analyst firm IDC said, adding that this was the largest decline seen so far. But Alcatel claims it bucked this trend, selling almost a million devices.

The US Government has threatened to withhold intelligence from Germany if Berlin uses equipment from Chinese telecommunications vendor Huawei Techologies or other Chinese firms in its 5G networks.

The RSA Conference has changed from being a conference about cyber security to being one about the companies involved in cyber security, an official of the security firm IOActive Labs claims, adding that the "exorbitant" lodging cost has put the conference out of the reach of many practitioners.

Online advertising in Australia hit $8.8 billion in the calendar year 2018, an increase of 11.6% on the previous year, figures released by the Interactive Advertising Bureau on Tuesday show.

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