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.
Tuesday, 31 March 2020 09:15
Australia 86th of 159 countries when it comes to cost per Mbps
Australia stands 86th in the world when it comes to the cost of an Mbps of broadband data, according to a study by vouchercloud, a company that belongs to the global e-commerce marketplace Groupon. The data showed that Australians pay US$1.15 (A$1.86) per Mbps.
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Telecoms & NBN
Tuesday, 31 March 2020 05:14
US trade curbs force Huawei to end $136m rail contract with WA
The Australian arm of Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies has been forced to abandon a $136 million deal with the Western Australian Government due to trade restrictions imposed on the firm by the US Government.
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Deals
Monday, 30 March 2020 12:24
Server, biz storage systems markets to decline in 2020: IDC
Expenditure by end users on IT infrastructure — server and enterprise storage systems — will decline in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the global market intelligence firm IDC says.
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Development