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SK Telecom partners with Southeast Asian tech companies to expand ifland South Korean telecommunications carrier SK Telecom announced it has inked three new partnerships with IT companies based in Southeast Asia to increase the number of global users of its metaverse platform, ifland. Sharp and Huawei ink global patent cross-licensing agreement
28th November 2023
NBN Co energy deal jumpstarts new solar farm in southeast Queensland Broadband operator NBN Co has signed a third renewable power purchase agreement (PPA) that will underwrite the construction of a new 120MW solar farm in southeast Queensland. Australians lost $1.2 million to NBN impersonation scams this year
27th November 2023
Telstra snaps up new mid band spectrum Internet provider Telstra has secured up to 110MHz of additional “mid band” in the 3.4/3.7GHz spectrum auction held by the Australian Communications and Media Authority, which was held last Tuesday. ACMA grants four companies 3.4/3.7GHz spectrum The Australian Communications and Media Authority announced four companies won spectrum in its 3.4/3.7GHz bands spectrum allocation process.
24th November 2023
TPG Telecom acquires new spectrum Australian internet provider TPG Telecom announced it has acquired new licences in the 3.7GHz spectrum band. NextDC begins D1 Darwin data centre construction Australian data centre services provider NextDC has kicked off the construction of its $80 million D1 Darwin data centre facility with a targeted completion and launch in June 2024.
23rd November 2023
AT&T to form managed cybersecurity joint venture American telecommunications provider AT&T has announced plans to form a standalone managed cybersecurity services business with Chicago-based investor WillJam Ventures. ACMA assigns 3.4-4.0GHz band licences in remote areas The Australian Communications and Media Authority has completed the allocation process for area wide licences in the 3.4-4.0GHz band in remote areas.
22nd November 2023
The top contenders vying for the top job at Optus The chief executive of Optus has resigned in the wake of the massive 8 November outage, but who are the top candidates set to replace her and lead the embattled telco company? eSafety Commissioner kicks off consultation on draft industry standards
21st November 2023
Pilbara region to benefit from Telstra’s $24 million connectivity investment Telstra announced it will invest $24 million to improve the connectivity and infrastructure of Western Australia’s Pilbara region in the coming next year. Amazon’s Project Kuiper achieves ‘100% success rate’ for Protoflight mission
20th November 2023
Edge router default settings caused massive Optus outage Optus has submitted to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications a full account on what it thinks caused the massive outage last 8 November that crippled its subscribers: 90 Cisco provider edge routers automatically self-isolated to protect themselves from an overload of IP routing information. Prime Television breaches local content rules
17th November 2023
Just a reminder that the next Lunchtime Presentation is taking place online next Tuesday, 21 November at 12.30. The presenter is Kris Maric, who will speak about the ABAC report on the Creative Industries. This is the last of the presentations on the ABAC reports from 2021/2022. The other presentations sparked much interest and discussion. This one will be no different! The event is free but you must register to be sent the Zoom link.
16th November 2023
A reminder that the TelSoc AGM is being held online on Thursday, 30 November 2023 at 12.30. The full set of papers for the AGM is now available. Included are: The AGM agenda The President's report The Treasurer's report A Journal report Please see the full AGM details at TelSoc Annual General Meeting | Telsoc ,
16th November 2023