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Major falls in wholesale electricity costs and new laws requiring retailers to pass on cuts are likely to result in lower electricity bills in 2021, despite residential consumption rising by 10% and household bills increasing by 7% in 2020, according to competition regulator the ACCC.

Nokia is conducting a trial using its unique Liquid Cooling AirScale Baseband solution with Japanese mobile operator KDDI.

Millions of Australian consumers will pay more for their mobile phone plans after recent price increases by all three big telco companies, according to new analysis by the competition regulator, the ACCC.

A new white paper from ICT professional association ISACA addresses the importance of acquiring useful data and amplifying it as part of a cyber-risk quantification (CRQ) analysis.

Cybersecurity company Proofpoint has identified a malware called LastConn which has targeted government institutions in the Middle East and global government organisations associated with geopolitics in the region.

There has been an exponential rise in the number of of credential stuffing attacks - or automated attempts to compromise a large number of user accounts with stolen credentials - according to the latest cybersecurity report from identity platform provider Auth0.

Business analytics platform provider Sisense has achieved premier partner status with data cloud company Snowflake with its ‘optimised real-time live connector’.

Digital infrastructure company Equinix says it is committed to becoming climate-neutral and has set a science-based target (SBT) for emissions reduction across its global operations and supply chain by 2030.

Volunteer group Australian Parents for Climate Action has urged the NSW Government to reject Snowy Hydro’s proposal to build a $600 million gas power plant in Kurri Kurri; and instead asks the NSW Government to support the manufacturing of solar panels in the Hunter Valley.

Australian-listed 5G Networks has sealed a new service agreement with modular data centre operator DXN, to provide business continuity capabilities through 5GN’s Dark Fibre & IP Transit solutions.

Global cybersecurity solutions company Forcepoint has signed a definitive agreement to acquire UK-based Deep Secure.

Identity security provider CyberArk has announced the availability of Cloud Entitlements Manager, Endpoint Privilege Manager and its Workforce Identity solutions on Amazon Web Services marketplace.

The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), has welcomed the Labor Party’s Startup Year policy, recognising what it says is the incredible potential Australia’s ICT industry has to grow and develop Australia’s economy. 

Payment redirection scams were the most financially damaging scams for Australian businesses in 2020 according to the competition watchdog, the ACCC’s latest targeting scams report.

Australians have lost a record $851 million to scams, with scammers taking advantage of the pandemic to con unsuspecting people, according to a new report which also reveals that investment scams accounted for the biggest losses.

Power group APC by Schneider Electric has forged a new partnership with MM Electrical Merchandising (MMEM), a distributor of electrical, communications and data, solar, lighting and associated electrical components and equipment in Australia.

Global cybersecurity company Imperva is set to acquire API security vendor CloudVector after entering into an agreement, with the deal expected to be completed by the end of May.

Global professional services firm Accenture has acquired Australia’s Electro 80, a leading provider of operational technology (OT) for resources clients in Australia, including mining, energy, engineering, construction and utilities companies.

The telecommunications industry regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), has completed its sunset review of mobile premium services determinations.

Cloud visibility and analytics provider Gigamon has announced its latest Gigamon Hawk technical integration with the intelligence-led security company FireEye.