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Amazon Echo and Alexa in-depth
Amazon’s voice-controlled Alexa assistant and range of Echo devices are now here in Australia, offering information services, alarms, music, home automation and so much more. iTWire took a look. Alexa...
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Review – Braven Ready Pro and Braven Ready Solo Bluetooth speakers
Audio peripheral maker Braven has released two new tough, rugged, and, importantly, powerful, portable Bluetooth speakers, ready to accompany you on your outdoor adventures. Braven focuses exclusively...
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All Ericsson Radio System products installed since 2015 ready for 5G NR
Telcos who have installed Ericsson Radio System products since 2015 have been advised these systems will support 5G New Radio capability through remote software installation. In the quest to dominate...
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Nokia, Qualcomm 'complete key foundation tests of 5G New Radio network and...
It's not just Ericsson pushing forward on 5G, but Nokia and Qualcomm are also completing "successful interoperability and over-the-air testing compliant with the 5G New Radio specification between...
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Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G modem family ready for 2019 global OEM device...
Promising "fibre-like" connectivity to the cloud, with low latency and extreme capacity, 5G-enabled mobile devices are coming to mobile devices in 2019. Qualcomm has proudly boasted that its...
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Australian sites among thousands hacked to include mining script
A security consultant based in the UK has discovered cryptocurrency mining scripts embedded on thousands of websites, including many belonging to the UK, US and Australian governments. Helme provided a...
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Expect another $450m cost blowout due to HFC: Labor
Based on the half-yearly results announced on Monday, the NBN Co is looking at a further cost blowout of $450 million on the HFC network, the Australian Labor Party claims. Labor shadow communications...
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Entries open for communications industry awards
Nominations for the Australian telecommunications industry’s premier awards — the ACOMMS — which recocognise innovation, have opened. The 11 categories also look at excellence in customer service,...
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Singtel, Ericsson first with 1Gbps speeds on quad-band FDD/TDD carrier...
Singtel claims to have achieved the world’s first 1Gbps mobile peak speed on Ericsson’s quad-band FDD/TDD Carrier Aggregation technology. This achievement will "enable Singtel to optimise the usage of...
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Bitglass appoints new VP sales for APJ
SaaS and enterprise mobile security vendor Bitglass has appointed David Shephard as its new vice-president of Sales for Asia Pacific and Japan as part of a move to accelerate global expansion. The...
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Cohda launches China office in Shanghai
Adelaide-based connected autonomous vehicle technology company Cohda Wireless has opened an office in Shanghai aimed at supplying China’s rapidly developing markets for Smart Cities and autonomous...
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Grant Thornton deploys Darktrace to boost cyber defence
Growth advisory firm Grant Thornton Australia, in partnership with managed service provider The Missing Link, has deployed the Enterprise Immune System from artificial intelligence cyber defence...
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TDL beefs up security services with latest initiative
IT solutions and managed services provider Thomas Duryea Logicalis has launched a CSO as-a-service initiative which it claims adds new capabilities to an already comprehensive security lifecycle...
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Olympics attack aimed at disruption, say Cisco researchers
Researchers at Cisco's Talos Group say they are fairly sure that a cyber attack during the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics on Friday, using Windows malware, was only aimed at disrupting...
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Oracle announces plan to build 12 new data centres
Oracle is stepping up its efforts to prevent the three big cloud providers — Amazon, Microsoft and Google — poaching its customers, by building more data centres over the next two years. The company...
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ACCC warns about social media scams on Valentine's Day
The Australian competition watchdog has warned people to be careful about whom they "friend" on Valentine's Day as the figures show that dating and romance scammers will be stepping up activities on...
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CommBank launches platform for easy payments
The Commonwealth Bank is the first to begin offering the New Payments Platform, through which customers can register a PayID using the bank's app and avoid having to provide their BSB and account...
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New Australian payments platform launched
A new payments platform, which will be used by about 60 financial institutions, credit unions and building societies to effect financial transactions across Australia, has been launched. A list of the...
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VIDEOS: Energy company Total developing 'new way to generate electricity...
French multinational oil and gas company Total is partnering with several Chinese companies and universities to build "an innovative plant that will produce electricity and steam without releasing CO2...
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Brennan IT seals new WAN deal with Endeavour Foundation
Brisbane-based IT services company Brennan IT has inked a partnership agreement with not-for-profit charity organisation, Endeavour Foundation, to provide WAN and co-location services. The three-year...
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