It’s not just Australians and the rest of the world that will be unable to use the Samsung Galaxy 8 Bixby voice control at launch, now Samsung admits the US won’t be able to either.

The Communications Alliance has urged the federal government to go easy on telecommunications service providers as they attempt to meet a 13 April deadline for complying with the data retention regime.

The telecommunications regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority, has revised the rules on the identity-checking requirements for prepaid mobile services.

Australian-listed global satellite communications and network service provider Speedcast has inked two new contracts in the energy sector to deliver systems integration projects for a leading fabricator for the oil and gas industry.

Meanwhile in Asia, Telstra-owned global video monetisation technology and services provider Ooyala has been contracted to power the complete video business of Philippines OTT provider Blink Now.

Internet Australia has again called for an end to what it calls “the politics of the NBN” and urged politicians to get behind a new bipartisan broadband policy before it is too late.

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