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GUEST OPINION:  "Data growth is driving network infrastructure modernisation in Australia, fuelled by AI-powered applications and IoT devices. With increasing demands from businesses and consumers, the network is more crucial than ever. By 2025, Australian networks are expected to be more scalable, agile, AI-ready, flexible, intelligent and secure, with Wi-Fi 7 leading the charge. 

COMPANY NEWS:  Fastter, an industry first creative telecommunications studio that develops and manages virtual mobile networks for Australia’s most recognised brands, has signed a five-year deal with ASX-listed rewards and loyalty leader Gratifii (ASX:GTI) to offer B2B ‘Member’s Mobile’ plans to its’ 85 clients and their 23 million end-user customers.

GUEST OPINION: A few months ago, a commute from home to a business summit in Sydney gave me pause to reflect on the technology that helped me to complete that journey.

GUEST OPINION: Not too long ago, business was conducted by means of a single landline located in a single office. The technology was considered state-of-the-art back in the early 20^th century since it offered instant telecommunications. Fast forward to the early 21^st century and the landline has been replaced with digitized business phone systems that store data on the cloud and offer comprehensive app and computer-powered solutions such as website chat boxes. 

GUEST RESEARCH:  New Relic State of Observability for IT and Telecommunications report shows 43% of respondents say the adoption of AI technologies are driving the need for observability, and 56% have a preference for a single observability platform

GUEST OPINION:  Breaking a pattern of increasingly-disruptive digital incidents

COMPANY NEWS:  Salary, Benefits and Job Security Now Top Priorities for Kiwis in Uncertain Times

Telecoms industry veteran David Joss has joined SaaS platform provider Prvidr as its new CEO as the company further expands its client base and industry verticals.

Despite the American sanctions against them, Chinese 5G suppliers Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corporation have increased their market share in the first three quarters of 2020, a study by the California-based Dell'Oro group says.

Communications Compliance - the new independent body set up by the telecoms industry to monitor service providers' compliance to the new Telecommunications Consumer Protection (TCP) code - has named Victoria Rubensohn AM as its consumer representative board member.

The Joint Parliamentary Committee on the NBN has released its third report on the NBN, acknowledging that there is little chance of early private equity investment in the NBN, but calling on NBN Co to progress consideration of debt financing "as a matter of priority."

Cloud, Internet, telecommunication and IT services provider Anittel (ASX: AYG) has announced plans to upgrade its wide area networks and data centres with about $2m worth of Cisco gear, and signalled a widening of its market focus from regional Australia to embrace metropolitan areas.

Alcatel-Lucent's Bell Labs as released a study into the costs and benefits of New Zealand's urban and rural broadband networks declaring that they will add more than $NZ5b to GDP over the 20 year life of the program. (Updated with a link to the study)

Optus has managed to grow its mobile subscriber base despite Telstra's addition of a massive one million new services in the past six months, but Vodafone continues to lose customers.

Optus has announced prices for small business services offered over the NBN in the five first release sites.

Telstra has released a draft of its Regional and Rural Presence Plan for 2012-15 for public consultation.

Iridium, the operator of a global network of low earth orbit communications satellites has introduced technology that turns its handheld satellite phone into a WiFi hotspot, enabling any WiFi enabled smartphone to connect to the Internet via the Iridium satellite network.

Optus has launched, a number of new tools to help customers better manage their monthly mobile spend.

Communications minister, senator Stephen Conroy has called for applications from providers to deliver the first round of the Australian Government's Digital Hubs and Digital Enterprise programs.

Skype is to acquire mobile group messaging service provider GroupMe, which provides a range of services that enable mobile phone users to connect and share locations and photos with friends across networks and mobile platforms.