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The Mapping the Digital Gap report has found internet access in Australia’s remote and very remote communities improved in the past two years as 4G/5G, Wi-Fi and satellite infrastructure is bolstered across regional Australia.

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The Internet Association of Australia (IAA) has thrown its support behind Communications Minister Michelle Rowland in rejecting NBN Co’s proposed variation to the Special Access Undertaking (SAU).

Prices for telecommunication services continue to decline but do not translate into rapidly increasing Internet penetration rates, suggesting that there are other barriers to Internet use, according to a new global report by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

Telstra is partnering with the Queensland Government, the Torres Strait Regional Authority and the Commonwealth Department of Agriculture to deliver high-speed internet access for mobile device users across the Torres Strait islands by 2021.

British Telecommunications has selected Juniper Networks to deliver its network cloud infrastructure which the telco says will pave the way for its network rollout across the UK and globally.

Mobile handsets continue to be the most common way Australian consumers are accessing the internet while the largest volume of data is downloaded over fixed lines, according to a new data report on internet activity by the ACCC.

Mobile networks and broadband Internet access for corporate and consumer customers operated by PNG DataCo have been restored by SES Networks, following a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck near the town of Bulolo, Papua New Guinea, in the early morning hours of 7 May.

The global body representing mobile operators, the GSMA, has launched a new online analytical tool — the Mobile Connectivity Index — to measure the ability of more than 130 countries to enable billions of their citizens to access to the Internet for the first time.

Google has announced a number of new services in a targeted effort to protect news organisations and human rights groups from cyber effects and, more broadly, 'free expression' on the Internet.

Mark Zuckerberg and a band of tech giants including Samsung, Nokia and Ericsson have joined up to launch internet.org, aiming to bring the Internet to those who don't have it.

Parents all over the world share common concerns about their children's growing use of technology, but embrace education and parental-engagement to impede the risks.