Vodafone Hutchison Australia and TPG Telecom have taken action in the Federal Court, seeking orders that the proposed merger between the two companies will not have the effect, or likely effect, of substantially lessening competition.

For 11 years, bitcoin enthusiasts have wondered just who in the world the enigmatic founder Satoshi Nakamoto is. A US copyright claim that was recently granted may now give the answer.

Advanced ticketing technology to cater for driverless trains has been installed on Sydney’s metro train system which opens on 26 May.

The au Domain Administration, the organisation that administers the Australian domain namespace, has confirmed to iTWire that it is investigating the domain name company.com.au following a number of complaints, but has stayed mum on the nature of its investigation.

WikiLeaks publisher and founder Julian Assange has been hit with 17 new charges under the US Espionage Act over his alleged role in leaking documents from former US intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning in 2010, according to the US Department of Justice.

Australia’s competition watchdog, the ACCC, has published a guide for NBN fixed wireless customers, advising them how to seek compensation when they encounter problems with broadband services, including slow speeds.

Any Internet issues faced by Optus users on Thursday have been individual service-related issues, the company says, adding that these were not related to the overnight outage reported in these columns.

New Zealand competition regulator, The Commerce Commission, has warned the country’s largest telco, Spark, over likely breaching of thelaw in a notification to customers on broadband prices rises.