Entries are currently open for the inaugural ANZ-UK Tech Rocketship Awards. [ + ]

Spending on IT product services in Australia is projected to grow 3.5% in 2019, beating the global average of 3.2%, according to Gartner. [ + ]

SA has Australia's highest proportion of malware infected devices, with an estimated 26.4% of devices infected with an average of 20 malware strains. [ + ]

Nextdoor has decided to establish its Asia–Pacific headquarters in Sydney as part of an expansion into the region. [ + ]

Broadband markets will be significantly impacted by the rollout of 5G networks in Australia. [ + ]

nbn co has launched a new enterprise Ethernet product that will allow its retail service provider customer to offer businesses speeds of up to 1 Gbps symmetrical. [ + ]

The Optus CEO has been criticised for threatening that staff would be sacked if customers were unhappy. [ + ]

The Training and Skills Commission approved the new traineeship as part of the Skilling South Australia initiative. [ + ]

An artificial intelligence hub will be built in Queensland as part of a plan to upskill more workers in this sector. [ + ]

Business development opportunities in India will be made available for 10 cybersecurity start-ups in NSW. [ + ]

The Chief Technology Officer at nbn co has delivered a keynote speech at the Broadband World Forum in Berlin. [ + ]

ISACA has released new resources to help auditors assess and maintain General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance. [ + ]

New Zealand's 200 largest technology exporters collectively increased their revenues by 11% in 2018 to NZ$11.1bn, a new report shows. [ + ]

Italy's competition authority has fined Apple and Samsung a combined $24m for pestering users to upgrade to firmware that caused malfunctions in older devices. [ + ]

Chorus, the company operating New Zealand's Ultrafast Broadband wholesale fibre network, has agreed to cut the price cap for its 100/20 Mbps wholesale service. [ + ]