Australia’s telecoms industry association, the Telecommunications Society (TelSoc), has called for the nomination of candidates for the 2020 Charles Todd Medal which is awarded annually by the association for outstanding contributions to telecommunications.

NEP Broadcast Services New Zealand is seeking clearance from New Zealand’s competition regulator, The Commerce Commission, to acquire the outside broadcasting business of Sky Network Television.

Hobart-based Internet service provider TasmaNet has welcomed the NBN Co's announcement that it would be increasing the availability of fibre to more than 700,000 businesses across Australia.

PROMOTIONAL NEWS: 2020 has been a stand-out year for Vonex (ASX: VN8), as it positions itself as the telco of choice for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Telstra and Ericsson say they've set a new network speed record, achieving peak download speeds of 4.2Gbps on a 5G mmWave data call using 800MHz of spectrum capability.

With the partnership billed as signalling "new generation digital foundations for Australian businesses", Microsoft will help Telstra set up "one of Australia’s largest digital twins", with emissions reduction initiatives, and the continued driving of digitally transformative operational models.

Optus has selected Nokia’s IMPACT Internet of Things (IoT) platform to provide device management and data collection capabilities to their customers across multiple industry segments in Australia.