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The competition watchdog the ACCC has launched Federal Court proceedings against technology company Swift Networks for alleged bid rigging and price fixing when tendering to supply equipment and services to five Pilbara mining village sites.

A team of researchers led by Western Australia’s Curtin University have joined forces to develop an artificial intelligence tool to improve the maintenance of marine structures such as jetties and ports impacted by corrosion.

As part of the Federal and Western Australian government multi-million-dollar package to boost regional connectivity, fixed wireless and wholesale infrastructure service provider Swoop has successfully secured funding for its $3.4 million project to improve broadband services to the farming regions of Harvey, Brunswick and Busselton in south-west Western Australian.

Western Australia’s largest solar farm on a remote network, the 60 MW Alinta Energy Chichester Hub Solar Farm in the Pilbara region, has begun production for Fortescue Metals Group. 

The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has welcomed the Western Australian Government’s establishment of a $500 million Digital Capability Fund to support investment in digital services.

The Australian Information Industry Association AIIA) says Western Australia has the capacity to move up the rankings in the country’s digital inclusion index and move ahead of third placed NSW in the next 12 months.

Public school students throughout Western Australia will soon have access to high-speed connectivity under an extension of the partnership between Telstra and the WA Department of Education.

IT solutions firm Modis Australia has joined forces with the Western Australian Police Force helping it to leverage a new technological platform to help slow the spread of COVID-19 across the state, following the declaration of a state of emergency.

The scientific & technical and professional services industries were amongst the industry sectors performing well, above the average, in September according to the latest business confidence report by Roy Morgan Research.

IT services and solutions provider Data#3 has expanded its Western Australian management team with three new hires, just months after announcing the company’s move to a new digital and collaborative workspace in Perth’s CBD.

Macquarie Telecom has signed a deal with Western Australian farming firm Spudshed to provide SD-WAN services to 24 retail and farming sites in WA.

Driverless and fully electric vehicles are slated to arrive in Western Australia under the Royal Automobile Club's plan to test automated vehicles in the state.

Trials of Australia's first driverless bus are being conducted by the Royal Automobile Club of WA, with the support of the state government and the City of South Perth.

An inside whistle blower dobbed his Western Australian employer into the Business Software Alliance for using unlicensed software – piracy.

The Water Corporation of Western Australia has gone live with the omnichannel customer engagement software suite, Customer Interaction Centre, (CIC) from Unified communications and IT services provider Interactive Intelligence Group.

Uber has sent an email out to its customers promoting UberX’s safety and reliability, noting it is welcome ‘in the ACT, WA and NSW.’

Listed telecommunications and IT services company Amcom (ASX:AMM) has offered a total of $320,000 in seed capital to eight Western Australian startups who were selected from 70 applicants in Australia and internationally to the telco’s Upstart program.

Curtin University has become just the fourth Australian university to join the edX global consortium of many of the world’s top ranked universities, with plans to build a global community of online learners who will be actively engaged with the Western Australian educator.

Nextgen Networks has secured a deal with mining company Roy Hill to provide high-speed data connections between the miner’s communications system in Port Hedland and its Perth-based remote operations centre.

Western Australia-based listed IT services provider Empired has secured a contract with Toyota in Australia to provide Managed Services across the Microsoft Stack.