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Singaporean telecommunications company Singtel has introduced ST28, a new growth plan “designed to enhance customer experiences and deliver sustained value realisation for shareholders”.

The technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sectors were the most targeted industries in Australia by cyber threats in 2023, with a newly published report assessing that this could be attributed to Australia’s significant digital growth over the last decade, reshaping its digital ecosystem and creating new opportunities.

New Zealand competition regulator The Commerce Commission has filed proceedings in the High Court against One NZ - formerly Vodafone - for multiple breaches of the 111 Contact Code – some of which the Commission alleges are still ongoing.

The competition watchdog the ACCC has released its final report outlining the findings of an inquiry into whether nine wholesale telecommunications services should continue to be regulated.

Australia's biggest telecommunications company, Telstra, has reported a billion dollars in profit for the first half of fiscal 2024, a rise of 11.5% over the corresponding period a year prior.

GUEST OPINION:  Telecommunications have certainly come a long way across our great and vast nation since the days of federal policies that allowed regional farmers to construct homemade cables on their own land for a more reliable connection.

An estimated 95% of the planet’s population has access to broadband internet via cable or mobile network but there are some places where staying connected can be difficult. To address this, a scientific article, published as open access, proposes the use of nanosatellites to provide stable coverage in areas that are hard to reach using long-range communications.

Exposure management company Tenable has appointed Talib Yousry as channel director for the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region.

Security risks, not only in owned infrastructure, but also from third-party devices that are connected to the network, are concerning 81% of telecoms professionals, according to global cloud security firm Thales.

Specific customer segments in broadband and mobile are still willing to pay more despite current conditions, according to research by management consulting company Oliver Wyman.

Telstra has announced an increase in the rates for its post-paid mobile services, with the changes to take effect from 4 July.

The telecommunications industry regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), has taken action against a number of telcos after compliance failures were used by scammers to send SMS road toll, Medicare and Australia Post impersonation scams to consumers.

Australia's biggest telco Telstra has increased profits by 25% year-on-year to $934 million in the first half of the current financial year, the company reported on Thursday.

COMPANY NEWS: Dubber Corporation Limited, the leading unified recording and intelligence platform for service providers and their customers globally has significantly expanded its partnership capability with Virgin Media O2 Business giving customers an increased range of mobile recording services and access to connected systems via one platform, provided over Virgin Media O2’s network.

GUEST INTERVIEW: iTWire chatted with Nick Gurney, Director of Telecommunications at BAI Communications Australia, to get his views on the Australian telecommunications landscape and the activities of BAI on both the local and global stage.

GUEST INTERVIEW: iTWire chatted with Nick Gurney, Director of Telecommunications at BAI Communications Australia, to get his views on the Australian telecommunications landscape and the activities of BAI on both the local and global stage.

Swedish telecommunications equipment provider Ericsson has set aside 2.3 billion kronor (US$211 million) to settle a breach levelled against the company by the US Department of Justice with regard to its activities in Iraq some years ago.

Telecommunications company Vodafone Australia is celebrating Black Friday early by halving the cost of its 4G and 5G home internet plan fees for six months.

Optus customers, whose passport numbers were exposed in the catastrophic breach suffered by the telco, do not need to get the documents replaced, Optus says in a statement to the Singapore Stock Exchange.

Indian IT spending is set to grow by 13.8% year-on-year in 2022, the technology analyst firm IDC says, adding that this was down from 25.3% in 2021.