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Big four bank Westpac has announced it will be opening a new technology engineering hub on the Gold Coast which it claims will create up to 200 jobs over the next few years.

Cross-border commerce technology specialist Zonos has opened its first international office in Queensland, and appointed Travis Robinson to the role of APAC general manager.

Global cloud communications provider CommsGroup has acquired Gold Coast headquartered cloud and managed services provider onGroup Holdings, trading as onPlatinum.

Chinese smartphone maker OPPO has used the observance of Get Online Week to host a tech training session for older Australians in the Gold Coast, in partnership with seniors training company BasicTech.

Over at Telstra's 5G Innovation Centre on the Gold Coast, Telstra, Ericsson and Qualcomm have “announced the successful completion of a new 5G maximum download speed record on a commercial network of 5Gbps for a single user” via a 5G NR data call.

Telco Singtel Optus has teamed up with retailer Harvey Norman to set up Optus Business Hubs for small businesses which would function as a one-stop shop for SMBs to obtain select telecommunications products.

Telstra has passed new milestones with 400 Queensland 5G sites now on-air and both the 450th Telstra 5G site on-air in Victoria and the 30th Tasmanian 5G site also on air, as the telco’s 5G rollouts continues apace.

Australia’s Department of Defence is collaborating with rocket company Gilmour Space Technologies on the development of new space technologies aimed at helping launch Australian rockets and satellites into space.

Global software provider Freshworks has signed an agreement with Queensland Airports Limited to manage the company’s IT services, including security cameras and Wi-Fi connection points, across its airports on the Gold Coast, Townsville, Mt Isa and Longreach.

Macquarie Telecom has signed a new deal with Bond University to provide data and voice services, aimed at enabling the University to further improve its student experience and provide new technology including artificial intelligence (AI) and free services for students.

Telstra and Ericsson claim to have completed Australia's first end-to-end 5G standalone call at the 5G Innovation Centre on the Gold Coast, over the 3.6GHz spectrum and using Ericsson's Baseband 6630, Radio AIR6488 and a 5G SA device based on a MediaTek chipset.

Melbourne-based artificial intelligence solutions provider SenSen Networks has secured a contract with the City of Gold Coast to supply an automated parking enforcement solution.

Gold Coast-based company Blockchain Collective have successfully had its Advanced Diploma of Applied Blockchain accredited by the Australian Skills Quality Authority, making it the first to offer the qualification.

By 2030, 80% of heritage financial services firms will go out of business, become commoditised, or exist only formally, but not competing effectively, according to a newly published analyst report.

Telstra has announced that Swedish telecommunications supplier Ericsson will be its main partner in rolling out 5G, with an agreement signed by the two companies on Wednesday.

The first "end-to-end multi-vendor non-standalone (NSA) 3GPP 5G commercial network data call over licensed 3.5GHz spectrum" has been made at Telstra 5G Innovation Centre on Australia's Gold Coast, and billed as the first "true" 5G call in a real world environment.

Watch out, Uber! An exuberant Ola now has a presence in six major metropolitan cities in Australia with a "credible rideshare alternative", with more cities on track and 30,000 registered ride-share driver partners. 

Telstra, Intel and Ericsson have combined to unveil esports professional gaming experiences over 5G, designed to showcase the power of 5G’s ultra-low latency that professional and amateur gamers can expect in the future.   

Optus says its network infrastructure deployed on the Gold Coast for the recent Commonwealth Games makes the city one of Australia’s most digitally connected cities, capable of hosting a range of major sporting and entertainment events.

Telstra is claiming a world-first with the switching on of a precinct of 5G-enabled WiFi hotspots on Australia’s Gold Coast, allowing locals free broadband during evaluation of the technology.