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Strategies to promote digital inclusion and bridge the digital divide, and ways to leverage emerging technologies such as the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and 5G, are key issues for focus at this year’s 2018 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-18) – the highest policy-making body of the International Telecommunication Union.

The NSW Government says its agencies are "benefitting from three new innovative telecommunications and digital deals which take advantage of the collective buying power to better connect with the people of New South Wales".

Digital transformation for business was the focus for more than 600 attendees at the Fujitsu annual World Tour held in Sydney, with speakers examining how organisations can work together to create new possibilities for business and society through transformation.

Australia is on the road to becoming one of the world’s top three countries for digital delivery of government services by 2025, according to the Minister for Digital Transformation, Michael Keenan.

Australian organisations are expected to increase their investment in digital projects, with more than two thirds (76%) focusing on digital as part of their business transformation, according to a new report.

Digital operations management platform PagerDuty has launched a new product, Event Intelligence, that it says analyses both incoming digital signals and human response patterns and uses automation to identify issues — such as when and how alerts are resolved by responders — quickly, enabling teams to take action on critical software issues and opportunities.

A significant shift toward digital business models that harness technology trends such as cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT), analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) is boosting worldwide spending – including in Australia - on application infrastructure and middleware (AIM), according to a new market report from Gartner.

Australian consumers and their counterparts throughout Asia Pacific are flocking to the Internet to shop online in increasing numbers, despite the risks of suffering attacks by fraudsters.

A new report from Ericsson's Consumer and IndustryLab explores the future of customer interactions with telcos, suggesting that, coupled with AI and automation, the zero-touch customer experience could be a touch of genius in customer service.

The Australian Computer Society has welcomed government measures in the Federal Budget to boost Australia’s science and technology capacity, but says more investment is required to prepare Australians for a positive digital future.

Smartphone shopping appears to be the new norm, with 69% of AR and VR users thinking AR/VR tech will "give smartphones the benefits of physical stores within three years" as smartphone shopping gets set to peak globally over that time frame.

Professional services firm Accenture is collaborating with global software giant SAP to co-develop and bring to market a new digital defence solution designed to help defence and security agencies accelerate their digital transformation.

Optus says its network infrastructure deployed on the Gold Coast for the recent Commonwealth Games makes the city one of Australia’s most digitally connected cities, capable of hosting a range of major sporting and entertainment events.

South Australian superannuation industry fund Statewide Super is partnering with IRESS to implement its Acurity superannuation administration platform as the business moves towards a digitally-enabled future.

Demand for ICT executives has risen markedly with the latest employment report pushing the demand in February up by 16% to its highest level since 2012.

Australian stands to add $45 billion to the country’s GDP by 2021 from digital transformation, according to a new study which also estimates it could increase the nation’s growth rate by 0.5% annually.

Asian regional airline AirAsia has chosen global customer relationship management provider Salesforce its strategic technology partner as it revamps its customer care services for the digital era across eight countries including Australia and New Zealand.

Global professional services firm Accenture says it is transforming its Code of Business Ethics for the digital age by applying changes including the use of integrated intelligence technology.

Sydney and Canberra stand to gain up to an additional $13.3 billion annually in total direct net benefits by further reducing reliance on cash, according to a new global report from card payment giant VISA.

Artificial Intelligence is becoming one of the key drivers in changing the face of the workplace by 2025, and many of today’s working practices, productivity tools and physical environments will become obsolete over the next eight years, according to new research commissioned by Fujitsu.