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Cybercrime thrives during pandemic, phishing, ransomware and web app attacks on the rise: Verizon 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report The Verizon Business 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report (2021 DBIR) examines more breaches than ever before, and sheds light on how the most common forms of cyber-attacks affected the international security landscape during the global pandemic.

18th May 2021

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Comms Alliance says 'decreasing rates of telco complaints continue' in latest Q1 2021 report It's reportedly only a "small decrease" in complaint rates, but at least complaints are down, and not up.

14th May 2021

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Telstra bringing its 5G Home Internet to more Aussies in 2021 as the march of wireless continues If the Caesar that is NBN Co was always due to be stabbed in the back by the brute force of 5G, then the warning for NBN Co is clear: beware the ides of the march of wireless.

10th May 2021

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NBN Co wholesale pricing model needs structural change: Budde The NBN Co needs to undertake a structural change to its wholesale pricing model that takes into account the changing nature of broadband use in the wake of the pandemic, independent telecommunications analyst Paul Budde says.

29th April 2021

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Monash Uni research highlights potential for Mobile phone signals to Measure bushfire smoke levels A breakthrough study led by Monash University has shown the great potential for mobile phone signals and data to be used in the detection and measurement of bushfire smoke concentrations.

26th April 2021

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Aussie companies unite to create 'world-first' data centre site selection tool  Design, engineering and advisory firm Aurecon and property design platform Archistar have joined forces to combine Aurecon's proprietary engineering data with Archistar's Workspace software, creating what the companies describe as a world-first digital tool for data centre site selection.

22nd April 2021

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Australian Government improving connectivity in regional Australia More than 80 projects funded under the Regional Connectivity Program will provide people in Regional Australia access to improved broadband services and data delivering fast, affordable and reliable connectivity.

19th April 2021

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Vodafone outage affecting 4G services across Australia In late breaking news (it's the last story in the PDF), Vodafone users have poured onto Twitter to complain of being unable to access data, or even make calls and texts, with Vodafone acknowledging the issue, identifying it and resolving it as quickly as possible.

9th April 2021

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Report: big gains for low-loss materials in the 5G market Materials used in future 5G networks will be different and more diverse and there will be rapid growth in demand for low-loss materials in 5G according to research firm IDTechEx.

8th April 2021

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Optus reaches blistering 10Gps aggregated throughput on live 5G site in Brisbane Poking fun at Telstra by stating "You don’t need Australia’s fastest 5G… until you do", Optus aggregated its 5G spectrum bands of 3500Mhz and 28Ghz (mmWave) on top of existing 5G spectrum bands to deliver "unprecedented bandwidth and speed."

7th April 2021