Vodafone is powering ahead in the Australian mobile market with its success driven by generous data allocations, meanwhile Telstra has declined. The latest Kantar data for the Australian telco market share shows the pre-paid sector up 4.5% vs a year ago to 35.7%, over 75% on a "recharge as needed" tariff type, with competition intensifying.

Data-driven innovation has allowed consumers to search for better products and deals instantaneously and allows providers to price discriminate based on minute-by-minute demand analysis – but it also creates opportunities for collusion, according to the chief the ACCC.

If you work or visit the Sydney CBD, the best flagship smartphone stores are battling it out to give you the best experience in the hope of gaining you as a new customer.

Optus has set up an interactive and collaborative website that connects small- and medium-sized business owners and their employees to help them sort out common business issues.

In its continuing bid to provide what it sees as proof that it has no nexus with the Russian Government, Kaspersky Lab has released a detailed report about a 2014 incident which was reported by US media and used to cast aspersions on the company.

Just in time for the Amazon onslaught comes Kogan, choosing the new way for customers to pay for goods purchased, in what is yet another big win for the Zip platform.

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