Industry News
Energy providers enter nbn game
Retail energy providers Origin Energy and Sumo Power have arranged to resell Optus nbn and wireless broadband services as part of power and telecoms bundles. [ + ]
Austrade uses WeChat to access Chinese market
A new digital platform designed to support Australian businesses engaging with China has just been launched by Austrade. [ + ]
Enter the Tech Rocketship Awards now
Entries are currently open for the inaugural ANZ-UK Tech Rocketship Awards. [ + ]
Australian IT spending to grow 3.5% in 2019
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 highest proportion of infected devices
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 to launch Sydney APAC headquarters
Nextdoor has decided to establish its Asia–Pacific headquarters in Sydney as part of an expansion into the region. [ + ]
5G to significantly impact broadband markets
Broadband markets will be significantly impacted by the rollout of 5G networks in Australia. [ + ]
nbn co launches enterprise Ethernet products
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. [ + ]
Optus CEO under union fire for attacking workers
The Optus CEO has been criticised for threatening that staff would be sacked if customers were unhappy. [ + ]
SA receives cybersecurity traineeship opportunity
The Training and Skills Commission approved the new traineeship as part of the Skilling South Australia initiative. [ + ]
Qld to build AI hub
An artificial intelligence hub will be built in Queensland as part of a plan to upskill more workers in this sector. [ + ]
NSW cybersecurity start-ups receive India opportunity
Business development opportunities in India will be made available for 10 cybersecurity start-ups in NSW. [ + ]
nbn co CTO addresses Broadband World Forum
The Chief Technology Officer at nbn co has delivered a keynote speech at the Broadband World Forum in Berlin. [ + ]
ISACA releases white paper on GDPR compliance
ISACA has released new resources to help auditors assess and maintain General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance. [ + ]
NZ's 200 top tech exporters grew 11% in 2018
New Zealand's 200 largest technology exporters collectively increased their revenues by 11% in 2018 to NZ$11.1bn, a new report shows. [ + ]