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TPG Telecom to acquire AAPT for $450m
After selling off AAPT's consumer division in 2010, Telecom NZ has found a buyer for the telco's remaining wholesale and corporate business. [ + ]
Australia not prepared for next-gen broadband
Industry and government must invest in capability building if Australian businesses and individuals are to fully reap the benefits of next-gen broadband, a new report urges. [ + ]
Teachers should encourage women into ICT industry: Deloitte
A Deloitte report details how women remain underrepresented in Australian ICT, with a particular paucity at the top level, and calls on the industry and the education sector to respond. [ + ]
Improving our future decisions
There are four cognitive biases highly relevant to future decisions: confirmation bias, status-quo bias, projection bias and the current-moment bias. Learning about our own cognitive biases can help make better long-term decisions. [ + ]
Quigley hits back at criticism
Mike Quigley has defended the decisions made by NBN Co during his time at the organisation and highlighted "deliberate efforts to impede the progress of the NBN" in a speech at a TelSoc event this week. [ + ]
Mobile will top hackers' agenda in 2014
The m-commerce revolution and the growing popularity of targeted hacking attacks will make mobile devices a key target for cybercrime in 2014, Trend Micro's Sanjay Mehta warns. [ + ]
Snowden, espionage shape security landscape in '13
The revelations of whistleblower Edward Snowden and the emergence of cyber-mercenaries were two of this year's key cybersecurity trends. [ + ]
Leaked NBN report projects FTTN delays
An NBN based on the Coalition's FTTN-focused model is unlikely to be completed on time and would not support the same business-class features as Labor's FTTH-based model, according to a document prepared for the incoming Abbott government and leaked to the media. [ + ]
UXC to buy ServiceNow reseller for up to $28m
UXC Limited will pay at least $24m for Keystone Management Solutions, a reseller of cloud-based enterprise service automation offerings from ServiceNow. [ + ]
Victorian Government unprepared for cyberattacks
Victorian government agencies are underprepared to deal with cyberattacks on their ICT systems, according to a report from the state's auditor-general. [ + ]
MYOB, Millipede win Ford app hackathon
Teams from MOYB and Millipede have won a Ford Australia hackathon to develop innovative mobile apps that can be operated using in-vehicle voice controls. [ + ]
Crime Stoppers website hacked
Hackers have broken into the Crime Stoppers website and published what they claim is a list of police and government email addresses and encrypted passwords, with an Indonesian group saying the attack was retaliation for Australia's attempts to spy on their president. [ + ]
NBN petitioners decry "backwater" FTTN model
Supporters of the original vision of the NBN delivered MPs a petition with over 270,000 signatures advocating for FTTH technology, but online support did not translate to feet on the ground. [ + ]
Telco revenues may stagnate through 2015
Australian telecom operators are still grappling with a growth slump that started in 2011, and opportunities for service revenue growth are limited, according to BuddeComm. [ + ]
BYOD is not just a purchasing policy
BYOD is a symptom of a larger issue IT departments are facing - the need to extend computing processes beyond the organisation and into the hands of customers, contractors and suppliers - according to one analyst firm. [ + ]