Hi John, Telecommunications equipment maker Motorola Solutions is offering its WAVE push-to-talk service free to “critical” industries in Australia and New Zealand until the end of June.
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission commissioner Cristina Cifuentes is leaving the commission after more than seven years in the role. NBN Co has revealed that download throughput reached a new high in the week of 27 April 2020 with evening downloads on the NBN between 27 April and 3 May 2020 clocked at 26% higher than the pre-COVID baseline. Self-service check in kiosks at Victoria’s Avalon Airport are now touchless with the installation of new technology by automation technologies vendor Elenium Automation, as the airport responds to the COVID 19 crisis. Thanks to COVID 19 a majority of the populace is suffering due to vastly decreased earnings — or, in many cases, no earnings at all — but there is yet no sign of our politicians announcing they will take a pay cut in solidarity with the rest of the nation. New Zealand cloud provider Catalyst Cloud has welcomed the decision by Microsoft to open a cloud region in that country, claiming that the move justifies Catalyst's 2016 investment to create three cloud data centre regions in Aotearoa at a time when the NZ Productivity Commission doubted the country's business viability. There has been a marked increase in predatory scammers attempting to steal personal details and commit fraud, taking advantage of Australians during the COVID 19 crisis, with National Broadband Network operator NBN Co warning of heightened security threats for remote workers. And of course, there's plenty more so for all the news visit www.itwire.com. Have a great day! Stan Beer, Editor, iTWire ADVERTISE IN THIS NEWSLETTER & iTWire.com Contact: andrew.matler@itwire.com 0412 390 000
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