Business ITAudit slams crime body over failed NEC-developed biometric project
Written by Sam Varghese
The Australian National Audit Office has slammed the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission over the failure of a biometric identity project, contracted out to NEC Australia, that had to be junked after more than two years and expenditure of $34 million.
CA calls for greater transparency, consumer choice for telco services
Written by Peter Dinham
Communications industry lobby group Communications Alliance has called for Australia to move to a simpler, more transparent framework of safeguards around the reliability of telecommunications services, ensuring secure access and customer choice in a competitive market.
Australian firms lack confidence about net security: claim
Written by Sam Varghese
A little more than a fifth of the Australian companies surveyed are confident about their Internet security, a study by the business process services provider Accenture has found, with the global figure being 30%.
MNF hooks up phones with Microsoft Teams
Written by Stephen Withers
Unified communications and collaboration provider MNF Enterprise now provides a PSTN calling integration for Microsoft Teams.
Analyst firm says T-Mobile will be first in US with 'real 5G'
Written by Sam Varghese
T-Mobile is best positioned among US telcos to deliver "real 5G whenever that reality actually materialises", the analyst firm BTIG Research says, adding that its deep and unused low-band spectrum should enable it to launch real 5G before any other firm.
3 Ways the 5G Network will impact power management businesses in 2019
Written by Peter Dinham
SPONSORED NEWS. Attributed to John Atherton, General Manager Power Quality at Eaton.
Australia’s appetite for online content is growing rapidly. According to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Australians downloaded more than 3.1 million terabytes of data in June 2017 quarter – a 43 per cent increase on the previous year.
Singapore gets first live 5G facility for testing
Written by Sam Varghese
Singapore telco Singtel, Singapore Polytechnic and Ericsson have opened the country's first live 5G facility at the polytechnic's Dover Road campus, to serve as a training centre, test bed and ideation lab to develop Singapore's 5G ecosystem and encourage adoption of 5G by businesses.
Malware uninstalls cloud security products from Linux machines
Written by Sam Varghese
Security firm Palo Alto Networks claims to have found samples of malware spread by a group known as Rocke that uninstalls five different cloud security protection and monitoring products from Linux servers that have already been compromised due to their running certain applications with known vulnerabilities.
CSIRO launches analytics platform to provide agricultural data
Written by Sam Varghese
The CSIRO and rural technology start-up Digital Agriculture Services have jointly created an analytics platform to provide reliable, independent and robust farm data.
Telstra uses Infinera tech to boost Asia-Pac network services
Written by Sam Varghese
Telstra and transport network provider Infinera have announced an upgrade to the Australian telco's network services for its Asia-Pacific customers, with a 160% increase in fibre capacity to its subsea infrastructure using Infinera's Infinity Capacity Engine 4.
