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The countdown is on until the exciting International Driverless Vehicle Summit in Adelaide on 16-17 November 2017, where delegates will hear from an array of prominent national and international technology thought leaders, human factors experts, insurance and legal practitioners and regulators from across the driverless vehicle ecosystem.

The AFL grand final between Richmond and Adelaide last Saturday drew a sell-out crowd of more than 100,000 at the iconic MCG and generated a massive 3.1 terabytes of traffic on the Telstra mobile network.

Dark fibre connectivity services provider Superloop has entered into an agreement to acquire Internet service provider NuSkope for $7 million in cash and $3 million in Superloop shares.

An Australian Smart Cities Consortium has been launched by the University of Adelaide with the aim of helping to transform Adelaide into a smart city.

Singapore fintech platform Fundnel has opened operations in Australia, with operations to be based in Adelaide

The South Australian Government has appointed local company EscapeNet to deliver a gigabit-speed Internet service across Adelaide.

The first Australian designed, engineered and manufactured electric bus to be used on a public transport system in Australia has been launched in South Australia.

Adelaide-based ASX-listed Internet of Things platform company Xped has acquired the Jemsoft Group of companies whose main entity is focused on artificial intelligence and computer vision.

Three-year-old Australian software firm XapiApps has recorded a measure of success in selling an application it has developed to a number of American hospitals, to help reduce the number of medical errors in the field.

South Australia's global connected car technology company, Cohda Wireless, has received $2 million in funding from the South Australian Government to test autonomous driving solutions on streets and highways in Adelaide.

Telstra has taken the naming rights to sponsor the upcoming Australian Smart Communities Conference in Adelaide as part of it what it describes as its active involvement in developing smart communities in Australia.

Australian personal budgeting provider MyBudget has appointed experienced US fintech executive Jason Dell to the position of chief technology officer.

Telstra, Optus, Vodafone. That's the normal market share order for mobile service providers in most Australian capital cities. But Sydney is an exception: Vodafone is in the lead.

Wholesale ICT provider Inabox has acquired cloud hosting company Hostworks for $7 million, with a $5 million upfront payment and $2 million deferred to the fiscal year 2018.

The City of Adelaide has endorsed the development of a business case to build a Ten Gigabit Optical Fibre network to cover the CBD and North Adelaide areas of the South Australian capital.

Energy company AGL is building a “virtual” power plant in metropolitan Adelaide using what is says are “intelligent” solar batteries installed on 1000 homes.

Adelaide-based SouthStart Accelerate is looking for its first intake.

The South Australian government is investing $4.65 million in establishing what it says is an ultra-fast Internet, offering businesses in Adelaide speeds up to 100 times the national average. The government expects the investment will help to attract high-tech global companies to set up in the city, while also creating jobs.

NEC is investing $4.38 million in setting up a new global Security Intel Centre in Adelaide to help address what it says are growing demands for cyber security around the world.

Australian global satellite communications service provider SpeedCast and defence group Airbus Defence and Space have partnered to complete the building of an Australian-based ground anchor station for the Skynet 5A satellite covering the Asia Pacific region.