Sam Varghese
Sam Varghese has been writing for iTWire since 2006, a year after the site came into existence. For nearly a decade thereafter, he wrote mostly about free and open source software, based on his own use of this genre of software. Since May 2016, he has been writing across many areas of technology. He has been a journalist for nearly 40 years in India (Indian Express and Deccan Herald), the UAE (Khaleej Times) and Australia (Daily Commercial News (now defunct) and The Age). His personal blog is titled Irregular Expression.
Sunday, 01 December 2019 17:40
Review: OPPO's 5G phone is great, but it's tough to find 5G in Melbourne
The OPPO Reno 5G 10x Zoom proves two things: one, that the same company can be a competitor in both the low-priced and high-priced smartphone markets, and two, that Australia's 5G is mostly hype and should be experienced before one believes anything.
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Mobile devices
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Friday, 29 November 2019 17:02
Infosys wins mega-deal to rebuild welfare payments engine
Indian outsourcing firm Infosys has beaten out Accenture and IBM to win a contract with the Australian Government's Services Australia department - formerly the Department of Human Services - to rebuild the engine that calculates the welfare amount to be paid to recipients.
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Government Tech Policy
Friday, 29 November 2019 10:42
Labor claims govt going against stated policy with NBN tax
Labor shadow communications minister Michelle Rowland claims the government's move to put in place a cost-recovery tax on networks that compete with the NBN directly contradicts the communications minister's statement that he favours competition in this field.
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Telecoms & NBN
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