Telstra and Ericsson have completed an upgrade to King Island’s mobile network infrastructure providing connectivity and claiming what they call “a world-first” and achieving a tenfold capacity boost for the island with an over-water microwave telecommunications link with a throughput capacity of 9.8Gbps with 99.99% availability.



More Australian properties are poised to have stronger mobile coverage as the Australian Government amended its Telecommunications in New Developments (TIND), which prescribes new housing developments of 50 lots or more should consider mobile coverage during planning.

Cloud communications provider Vonage has been chosen by Southern Cross Credit Union to support and boost its customer enegagement activities.

Digital asset management (DAM) software provider Canto has chosen Sydney to establish its APAC hub, to “service its growing client base and to scale up growth in the ANZ market”.

Nobody should be surprised that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party have suddenly come out in support for a lower house resolution calling for freedom for WikiLeaks editor and publisher, Australian Julian Assange.

And as always there's plenty more today, so for all the news please visit www.itwire.com.

Josh Martinez, newsletter editor, iTWire



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