The golden age of Windows ransomware appears to be here, judging by the statistics provided by content delivery network Akamai in its latest State of the Internet report that spans the period from October 2021 to the end of May 2023.



Transport for NSW is trialling free Wi-Fi at Nambucca Heads Station powered by Starlink low earth orbit (LEO) satellites, allowing passengers to connect to 60 minutes per day.

TPG Telecom claims to be the first Australian telco to deploy SRv6 in partnership with Cisco to manage and direct traffic over its 5G and fixed-line networks.

The ACCC has urged households and small businesses to contact their energy company and ask if a cheaper electricity plan is available, in light of recent price increases above the regulated safety net for some customers.

Nokia, in collaboration with TPG Telecom and MediaTek, have showcased a "ground-breaking” live 360-degree video broadcast on the future of the Metaverse, enabled by Nokia’s state-of-the-art 5G Uplink Carrier Aggregation (CA) technology, TPG Telecom’s commercial 5G network and MediaTek’s 5G mobile chipset technology.

NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network, has again reported a loss for the 12 months ending in June, this time of $1.12 billion, an improvement of 24% or $346 million from FY22, the company said on Thursday.

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Josh Martinez, newsletter editor, iTWire