The majority of financial institutions including banks are struggling to take advantage of new payment offerings and stronger cybersecurity because their core systems haven’t been modernised, according to a new retail banking report.



Content delivery network and cloud provider Akamai Technologies has added a new media-optimised offering based on NVIDIA GPUs to its cloud portfolio.

New Zealand competition regulator The Commerce Commission has filed proceedings in the High Court against One NZ - formerly Vodafone - for multiple breaches of the 111 Contact Code – some of which the Commission alleges are still ongoing.

RMIT University has unveiled a new dedicated space for learners participating in the Apple Foundation Program at the university.

Fifty-seven percent of Australian businesses experienced 1-2 hours of downtime per week while over one-quarter experienced 3-4 hours of downtime per week due to fixed line/fibre network failure in the last 12 months, according to Cradlepoint’s 2024 State of Connectivity survey.

Viettel Solutions, representing Vietnamese telecommunications company Viettel, signed a memorandum of understanding with Singaporean telecommunications company Singtel to plan and develop the Vietnam – Singapore Cable System submarine cable system (VTS), directly connecting Vietnam and Singapore.

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Josh Martinez, newsletter editor, iTWire

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