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• Telstra chalks up mobile milestone

  Telstra revealed today that it had connected its 10,000th mobile site, with the 5G site coming online some 32 years after the telco first began delivering cellular services.

• Woolworths plans to roll out ‘visual analytics’ platform

  Woolworths Group will roll out Tableau Software’s data reporting and visual analytics platform.

• NAB's chief architect on multi-cloud, data science automation

  "Switching on the high beams to see what twists and turns we may need to lean into in the road ahead is fascinating and fun," Komarov says.

• NZ telco chiefs demand action from Google, Facebook and Twitter CEOs

  The CEOs of New Zealand’s three largest broadband service providers — Simon Moutter (Spark), Jason Paris (Vodafone) and Stewart Sherriff (2degrees) — have penned an open letter to the CEOs of Facebook, Twitter and Google.

• Cisco spreads AI across WebEx meetings

  Cisco WebEx has rolled out a package of AI-based features designed to make business meetings more efficient and intuitive.

• As Teams turns two, Microsoft adds compliance and meeting features

  More than 500,000 organizations have now deployed the collaboration and communication application. ‘Microsoft is killing it with Teams,’ says one bullish analyst.

• US Department of Energy plans fastest supercomputer

  Aurora, the planned Department of Energy supercomputer, will be three powers of 10 faster than the current fastest supercomputer when it is delivered to Argonne National Laboratory in 2021.

• When Windows 10 feature upgrades collide

  A pair of Windows 10 feature upgrades will soon collide, with one just beginning to get traction on PCs as its successor readies for release.

• Call for public service to build ‘deep capabilities’ in analytics, AI and automation

  An interim report of the independent review of the Australian Public Service says there is a need to create a “stable spine” of common digital platforms and policy frameworks across the APS for “core enabling services” including ICT, HR, finance and data sharing.

• Atlassian acquires AgileCraft in $166M deal

  Australian-founded software powerhouse Atlassian has entered into an agreement to acquire enterprise agile planning software provider AgileCraft in a deal valued at US$166 million.

• Telcos block sites in wake of NZ government plea

  Australia’s major telcos have temporarily blocked a number of sites hosting footage of Friday’s terror attack in Christchurch.

• Government pledges additional funds to test digital ID system

  This year’s budget will earmark an additional $67.2 million for the government’s digital identity program, GovPass.

• Government turns to UK example for data sharing principles

  A collection of five principles will guide the sharing and release of data held by public sector agencies while a new legislative framework is developed.

• TPG takes a $150M hit to profit after mobile network halt

  TPG Telecom has closed the first half of 2019 with $46.9 million in net profit after tax, down 76.4 per cent or $151.2 million less than the previous corresponding year.

• IBM launches global blockchain-based payments network

  IBM has launched a global blockchain network for cross-border payments that will use both stable coin backed by U.S. dollars and cryptocurrency to make near real-time cross border financial transactions.