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Sales of smartphones in Australia grew 6.4% in the fourth quarter of 2019, bucking a global trend which saw worldwide smartphone sales continuing to decline, with a 0.4% drop for the quarter.

Energy and storage solutions vendor SENEC Australia has expanded its operations, opening an office in Sydney and appointing Patrick Duignan as general manager of sales & service.

Online retailer Kogan has seen revenue decline by 5.3% to $219.5 million for the half year to the end of December 2019, but with net profits after tax of $8.9 million - up 20.8% from $7.4 million in the prior year.

Online retailer Kogan has had a sales boost in the first half of the 2020 financial year, with gross sales of its marketplace platform rising by 44% in the second quarter, boosting profits by 9%, and the company confident about future market growth.

Enterprise identity governance company SailPoint has announced the appointment of 20-year IT sales and distribution veteran Craig Morrison as channel director Australia and New Zealand.

 Technology company MGM Wireless has entered into a sales and marketing agreement with Telstra-owned Belong to market its SPACETALK all-in-one smartphone, watch and GPS device.

Global smartphone sales to end users declined slightly in the third quarter of 2019, with demand remaining weak as consumers became more concerned about getting value for money, according to a new report.

IT services provider Empired has appointed senior ICT industry executive Craig Lennard as executive general manager – Eastern Region.

Australian-listed space technology operator Kleos Space has signed its first South American order, with an order by a Brazillian-based integrator.

OPINION: An article that claims there's a big problem with the new iPhone has itself a big problem, simply because it claims there being no 5G version of the iPhone itself yet, is some kind of actual, real world problem - and it's not even the real issue!

Internet of Things and communications services vendor Thinxtra has appointed 20-year telecommunications veteran and former Optus head of IoT, Anthony Stewart, as general manager sales for Australia and New Zealand.

Online food delivery service Deliveroo has appointed former Everbrite technology platform executive chief Laura Huddle as Head of Commercial in Australia.

Amazon is promising "tens of thousands of products available at discounted prices" in its most epic Prime Day shopping event yet.

Despite well-publicised global challenges, Huawei sold 10 million of its P30 series smartphones within 85 days after launch (and 62 days faster than the P20 series) and sold 90 million more devices before May 2019.

Online cloud directory Cloudscene has launched Cloud Pathfinder, an online app that allows enterprises to search and connect with cloud partners “anytime, anywhere”.

Billed as its "game-changing shopping event", eBay's Plus Weekend promises that it's back "better than ever" with up to 90% off millions of new items for 48 hours from 22 June until 24 June.

Japanese ICT firm Fujitsu has appointed 30-year IT industry veteran Conway Kosi as vice-president of sales, customer service management and marketing for the Oceania region.

Australia's no.3 smartphone seller, according to IDC stats, is Alcatel, and it has challenged the industry to show "greater accountability as misleading claims threaten the credibility of the mobile phone category in Australia".

US-based global IT software company Ivanti has appointed 20-year ICT industry veteran Cory Grant as territory sales manager for New Zealand.

With Amazon stating "Cyber Monday once again becomes the single biggest shopping day in the company’s history with the most products ordered worldwide", including "a record number of Amazon devices globally this holiday weekend", Amazon has proven amazing yet again.