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• 5G is good, but it’s going to get better, Telstra exec says

  Telstra’s network engineering chief, Channa Seneviratne, says that the telco has launched 5G at a much earlier stage in the technology’s development compared to the 3G and 4G standards.

• Vodafone paints bleak picture of financial future without TPG merger

  Court documents filed by Vodafone Hutchison Australia claim that the telco’s shareholders – VHA is owned 50 per cent by Vodafone and 50 per cent by Hutchison Telecommunications Australia – are unlikely to receive a dividend from their investment in the business over the next five years “if ever”, if a proposed merger with TPG is blocked.

• EQT makes $3.3b takeover bid for Vocus

  Vocus has granted non-exclusive due diligence access to a private equity firm, the telco announced this morning

• Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia denounce decision on Amazon domain

  The presidents of Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia criticized a recent decision by the organization that manages internet protocol to grant global retailer Amazon Inc the rights to the .amazon domain.

• ACCC chair defends opposition to TPG-Vodafone tie-up

  International experience shows having four mobile operators in a market delivers better outcomes for consumers, the chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has said, defending a decision to oppose a proposed merger between Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) and TPG.

• How Estonia set a global benchmark for e-government

  Estonia has earned a reputation as the world's most advanced digital society, with over 99 percent of its public services now available online.

• Australian ‘unicorn’ Canva hacked

  High-profile Australian startup Canva has revealed details of significant security breach.

• Paul Fletcher to oversee last leg of NBN rollout after Morrison’s ministerial reshuffle

  Paul Fletcher will oversee the rollout of the National Broadband Network as Australia’s new communications minister, ahead of the scheduled completion of the NBN in 2020.

• ACCC head calls for scrutiny of tech giants’ acquisition sprees

  Regulators around the world tasked with overseeing anti-trust regimes are asking whether current rules governing mergers are enough to protect competition in the face of the acquisition sprees of major tech companies, according to Rod Sims.

• VHA makes good on court threat after ACCC blocks TPG merger

  Vodafone Hutchison Australia has launched legal action in the Federal Court seeking approval to merge with TPG.

• Myriota touts IoT satellite service’s ability to scale, power-efficiency

  Adelaide-based Myriota says it is the first Australian company to gain general access to Amazon Web Services’ AWS Ground Station ‘antenna as a service’ offering for satellites.

• Wearable brain devices sold with questionable claims

  ​Wearable ‘neurotechnology’ devices have in recent years hit the mainstream market; pitched to consumers as a way to improve memory and attention, boost brain fitness and control games and objects with the power of the mind.

• Waze traffic data could cut ambulance arrival times by 60 per cent

  A study in California has found ‘crash alerts’ are posted on Google’s community-based traffic and navigation app Waze an average two minutes and 41 seconds sooner a corresponding 911 call.

• US charges WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with espionage

  The U.S. Justice Department unveiled 17 new criminal charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday, saying he unlawfully published the names of classified sources and conspired with and assisted ex-Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning in obtaining access to classified information.

• Study: most enterprise IoT transactions are unencrypted

  Of the millions of enterprise-Internet of Things​ transactions examined in a recent study, the vast majority were sent without benefit of encryption.