We may be on the verge of a new smartphone sales boom. Technology analyst Canalys said it expected a total of 1.9 billion 5G smartphones shipped to market by the end of 2023, with 800 million 5G handsets sold in that year.

A number of consumer groups have criticised the revised Telecommunications Consumer Protection Code, which was announced by the Australian Communications and Media Authority on Monday, saying it does not provide adequate protection for consumers.

Giant Japanese telecommunications carrier Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation has swallowed up its Dimension Data business in the merger of its communications and security businesses into one US$11 billion global unit to be headquartered in London.

Researchers at the University of South Australia have developed technology that can assemble the myriad pieces of evidence from a criminal case into a single visual, enabling investigators to have a cohesive view of the case.

Iconic Australian networking hardware provider NetComm Wireless has ceased to exist as an individual brand as of Monday, following the finalisation of its acquisition by Massachusetts-based converged broadband solutions company Casa Systems.

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