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India's second largest mobile services provider Bharti Airtel has extended a contract with Swedish telecommunications equipment vendor Ericsson for supply and deployment of 5G-ready radio and transport solutions.

Google has held out a nice, juicy carrot overnight, hoping that Australia will bite and agree to the terms that it wants for the media code that is being negotiated with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Cyber criminals who breached the infrastructure of the American IT staffing company Artech Information Systems and then used the Windows REvil ransomware, which is also known as Sodinokibi, to encrypt files on-site, appear to have staged a second attack on the same firm using the Maze ransomware and released all the data that they stole in the second attack on a dark web site.

Four years and nine releases on, the Google Pixel has yet to make an impression on the market as far as sales go; it is always buried in the category of "Others" in those lists of shipments released for various global regions by different technology analyst companies.

India's smartphone market saw a sharp fall of 50.6% year-on-year in second quarter shipments, the technology analyst firm IDC says, but said the market was expected to recover in the second half of the year despite this steep decline.

Chinese smartphone maker vivo, which so far has not made its presence felt in Australia, has announced that it would be launching a 5G model, the X50 Pro, as part of the all-new vivo X-series of flagship devices.

The extent to which the smartphone market is being flooded with new devices can be gauged from the fact that this week — with the economy in the toilet due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic — there have been four companies announcing new wares.

After what seems like an eternity, a security company has dared to mention the unmentionable: the US does have advanced persistent threats or nation-state attack groups which are active.

India's biggest integrated telecommunications provider Bharti Airtel has renewed an agreement it had in place with Swedish telecommunications equipment provider Ericsson to provide nationwide managed network operations through the Swedish firm's Ericsson Operation Engine.

A drop in the decline of smartphone shipments in June, when there was only a small fall of 0.3% year-on-year, ensured that Indian smartphone shipments would recover to some extent in the second quarter and end with 18 million units, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says.

The prevalence and severity of cyber attacks are increasing at an alarming rate every year, so much so, that statistics estimate that cybercrime will cost the global economy a colossal $6 trillion per year by 2021 - with Australia among the countries most targeted by significant cyber attacks, according to analysis by one software firm.

Indian smartphone shipments fell by 48% in the second quarter of the year, the analyst firm Canalys says, adding that the drop, to 17.3 million units, came as the country faced a shutdown of its economy until May due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Cyber criminals appear to have hit the website of Indian pharmaceutical product manufacturer Indoco Remedies using the Windows Nefilim ransomware, and have released preliminary details about the raid.

Painting India in bright hues appears to be an Australian obsession these days; there is good reason to do so, since Australia would ideally like the subcontinental giant to act as a bulwark against China.

India's ban on 59 Chinese apps and Delhi's hint that Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies would be excluded from 5G trials following border clashes between soldiers from the two countries could prove to be short-sighted in view of the way Chinese technology dominates the Indian market, an analyst firm says.

Australian organisations continued to be plagued by ransomware and malware attacks by cybercriminals, according to global cybersecurity firm Sophos.

Live international cricket will return to Spark Sport with a four-year deal for exclusive coverage of all international and domestic cricket matches played in England under the England and Wales Cricket Board.

The use of equipment from Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies in British 5G networks will be phased out from this year onwards, a report claims.

Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies has been given the green light to invest £1 billion (A$1.8 billion) in a research centre close to Cambridge in the UK that will focus on chip research and manufacturing.

One in three smartphone users will cut their spending on their next device by a fifth or more, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says, adding that this was due to the reduction in economic activity across the globe due to the COVID-19 pandemic.