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Major global mobile operators, vendors, device ecosystem players, international organisations, and financing institutions such as the World Bank Group, the ITU, and the WEF Edison Alliance will form a global coalition to drive solutions to boost handset affordability for vulnerable populations, announced by mobile network operators organisation GSMA.

French multinational company and designer, developer, and manufacturer Thales has packaged forensic mobile solutions into an Evidence and Investigation Suite, offering a complete set of features supported by cloud-based solutions and compact multimodal biometric devices for faster crime-solving investigations of persons-of-interest.

People are so dependent on the internet that it is ingrained in every aspect of life, making access a basic human right, a study revealed.

Australian short-distance electric-powered delivery vehicle provider Zoomo has appointed Jules Flynn to the role of COO, Michelle Crocker to the role of vice president of people and culture, and Alan Wells to the role of vice president of product.

Australian financial startup Unhedged has launched its app after raising US$3.1 million in funding and onboarding 8,000 customers.

Fintech Boku launches M1ST (Mobile First), a mobile payments network that features 330+ mobile payment methods, including mobile wallets, direct carrier billing, and real-time payments schemes, reaching 5.7 billion mobile payment accounts in 90 countries—all in one platform.

Australia’s Commonwealth Bank and the World Bank have jointly completed the raising of $110 million with the launch of the world’s first blockchain bond.

Australia’s Commonwealth Bank has been selected by the World Bank to issue a "world first" bond to be created, allocated, transferred and managed using blockchain technology.

Australia and New Zealand money transfer business OrbitRemit has begun remittances to South Africa and will offer payments in rand at competitive rates, the company claims.

The Samoa Submarine Cable Company has inked a turnkey contract with Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN) to roll out a new submarine cable system connecting Samoa to Fiji.

Telstra says its network reach and data centre capabilities to service the rapidly expanding China market have greatly increased due to last month’s acquisition of Pacnet.

Volunteers and experts around the world are collaborating to solve disaster and climate Problems through Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK), with the event set to come to Melbourne next month.