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The Australian Communications and Media Authority has launched a consumer education campaign “Tell your telco – they can help” to assist consumers who are having difficulty paying their telco bills.

Telco giant Optus has delivered a network transmission upgrade in the Mid-North Coast to improve network resilience and mobile capacity this summer following the 2019/2020 Australian bushfire season.

The United States government has banned electronic equipment from several Chinese tech firms on the basis of national security concerns.

Major flooding in Northern Tasmania has damaged backbone fibre optic cables in three locations in under 24 hours, exposing the fragility of telecommunications infrastructure in the state, according to consumer action group Digital Tasmania.

Singapore telco Singtel is collaborating with Intel to establish a 5G Multi-access Edge Compute (MEC) incubator aimed at enabling enterprises to adopt 5G seamlessly, deploy applications that need low latency processing at the edge, drive innovation and accelerate their digital transformation.

Australian-listed telco Superloop increased revenue to $262.5 million for the 12 months ended 30 June 2022, up by 137% from $110.7 million in the correspoding period in 2021.

Optus has partnered with cloud transformation specialists Eighty20 to offer business customers end-to-end capability.

Singapore telco Singtel plans to invest a further US$100 million into Singtel Innov8, its corporate venture arm, raising its total capital commitment to US$350 million.

Former NSW Premier and now Optus managing director enterprise, business, and institutional Gladys Berejiklian says she's seen first-hand the devastating impact of floods and fires on regional communities and says if the Telstra/TPG merger proceeds customers will have less choice, be subject to higher prices, and be more vulnerable during natural disasters.

Aussie Broadband has been recognised as Australia’s best broadband provider at a telco industry awards event.

GUEST OPINION: The pandemic has altered the business landscape forever, and telecommunications has been a focal point in that evolution. With businesses permanently moving workforces to remote and hybrid models, and more individuals relying on secure and stable connectivity, the need for fast mobile and internet connection has never been higher.

Mavenir has won the tender to aid FSG, the fourth mobile operator in Australia, in building a future-proof network for both regional Australia and enterprise private networks. Regional vice president sales ANZ and Japan Dereck Quinlan spoke with iTWireTV about why FSG selected Mavenir to build the core technology for them, and how Mavenir is disrupting mobile operator technology.

We asked our panel of industry players if they thought telcos would make a move for a dominant role in edge computing. Most were not entirely convinced.

Optus-owned MVNO amaysim has announced that it will introduce data banking for all its plans with immediate effect, adding that it had decided to do so due to the increasing data usage by users during the pandemic.

Devoli has gone straight to the source for the good sauce on using the force of powerful AI, with SourseAI’s leading AI platform for telco decision automation what Devoli will use to support customers and partners to adopt machine learning.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Unlike some telcos that have halved NBN upload speeds and raised prices in the middle of the latest pandemic lockdowns, MATE hasn't done so, while also avoiding the ridiculousness of cheaper prices for 6 months after which prices go up, while offering competitive NBN and mobile pricing, and genuinely good deals through its new "Mates Rates" service.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Unlike some telcos that have halved NBN upload speeds and raised prices in the middle of the latest pandemic lockdowns, MATE hasn't done so, while also avoiding the ridiculousness of cheaper prices for 6 months after which prices go up, while offering competitive NBN and mobile pricing, and genuinely good deals through its new "Mates Rates" service.

The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network has acknowledged how there is a need for accessible, proactive, and timely hardship assistance for communications consumers experiencing financial difficulties, as detailed in the latest Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman's latest systemic report.

Telstra Health has inked a binding agreement to acquire GP clinical and practice management software company MedicalDirector for $350 million, in a deal Telstra says reflects continued growth, and strengthening of its existing presence in the UK.

Boost Mobile's new 10-year network agreement with Telstra provides "significant expansion opportunities for Australia’s fastest growing independently owned mobile brand" and ensures a bright future for the youth-focused brand.