| Hi John,
Microsoft's 365 services have been hit by another outage, beginning at about 2pm EST on Wednesday (5am AEDT Thursday) and affecting the eastern and western coasts of the US.
Sales of 5G smartphones accounted for 14% of total smartphone sales in the US in August, a big rise from just 3% in January, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says.
Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies has applied for a patent for using a laser charging module to charge several phones within a room simultaneously.
The US has unveiled a 449-page on what is says are abuses of market power by four big technology companies - Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple - finding that the firms have used acquisitions to stifle rivals, charged exorbitant fees and forced small businesses into "oppressive" contracts in order to make a profit.
India's second largest mobile services provider Bharti Airtel has extended a contract with Swedish telecommunications equipment vendor Ericsson for supply and deployment of 5G-ready radio and transport solutions.
Online comparison website iSelect has been ordered by the Federal Court to pay $8.5 million in penalties for making false or misleading representations about its electricity comparison service.
Global education software and services company Tribal Group has signed a contract with the University of Sydney to migrate its Student Management System (SMS) SITS: Vision to the cloud, on a five year subscription deal. Telstra is opening itself up to ridicule by touting figures collected by its own staff to "prove" that its 5G service is faster than a competitor – which, in this case, is Optus, says Sam Varghese.
And of course, there's plenty more so for all the news visit www.itwire.com.
Have a great day!
Stan Beer, Editor, iTWire
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