Two men from Bendigo, aged 27 and 28, have been charged by the Australian Federal Police and Victoria Police in connection with automated denial-of-service attacks on police phone lines in October last year.

Telstra has plans to invest more than $160 million on 600 mobile network projects in Victoria during the 2018-19 financial year, with the aim of eliminating black spots, improving data speeds and capacity.

Optus has switched on a new mobile tower at Jackass Flat in the Bendigo region to address a known black spot identified by the community.

Mobile coverage on Victoria's five busiest regional rail lines is expected to improve with the government's Regional Rail Connectivity Project being accelerated.

Optus is continuing to invest in its network and services in regional Australia with the latest investment in Bendigo in Victoria of $2.8 million aimed at improving 4G mobile coverage over the next 18 months.

A total of 8700 premises in the Macedon Ranges, Woodend, Gisborne and surrounds are now "a step closer" to getting NBN access with FTTN work having started.

UXC Consulting has acted as technical advisor to the Victorian government for the procurement and design of its VicFreeWiFi network.

iiNet will build what it says is Australia’s largest free public wireless network, for Melbourne, Ballarat and Bendigo.

Peak download speeds of over 70Mbps have been achieved in Optus' 700MHz 4G trial in Bendigo, Victoria.

Call Centre operator, Excelior Australia, says it has secured 50 new jobs for its Bendigo contact centre and will start recruitment immediately.

Australian banks' web sites achieve high availability, but response times are variable, according to the latest Gomez benchmark.