Australian telcos Vodafone Hutchison Australia and TPG Telecom are set to announce a merger today, with the scrip deal creating a company that would be worth in the region of $10 billion and about the same size as Singtel Optus in terms of market share.

Huawei Australia chairman John Lord says he was surprised that the Australian Government chose to announce the 5G ban on the Chinese firm during a week when it was in the throes of major political turmoil.

The $US170 million Australia Singapore Cable has now been connected to the terrestrial network of Australia's fourth largest telecommunications company, Vocus Communications.

New rules restricting gambling advertising during live sport streamed online have now been approved by the broadcasting and telecommunications regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

The IT industry is going through another transition phase in its evolution, with a move back towards in-house software development to take advantage of AI, chatbots and other technologies, according to the president and CTO of Dell EMC John Roese.

NBN Co has opened a new business operations centre in Melbourne Docklands to improve the national broadband provider’s network experience.

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