Hi John, Australian telecommunications companies will have to limit their 5G purchases to one company — Finland's Nokia — if the government accepts US advice about Chinese military connections to a number of companies, including Huawei.
An academic, who was part of the advisory panel for the NBN for the Labor Party, says Australia is now in a diabolical position as far as its broadband network goes, despite all the self-congratulatory rhetoric about how the network has been delivered on time and how it is holding up under the strain of extra traffic due to people working from home. Mobile virtual network operator Boost Mobile says Telstra, whose mobile services it resells, is working on a major shift in implementation of a new digital stack over the next 12 months for Boost. The use of equipment from Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies in British 5G networks will be phased out from this year onwards, a report claims. Not for profit disabilities employment provider Latrobe Valley Enterprises (LVE) has deployed a Ricoh Interactive Collaboration Hub to facilitate remote-based board meetings. Over half (54%) of Australian business software industry providers experienced considerable to major immediate or short-term impacts from COVID-19, with a further 35% experiencing few or minimal impacts - while for approximately 10% there was no impact or change as a result of the pandemic, according to new research. NBN Co says it has achieved or exceeded its National Broadband Network construction targets for 25 consecutive months by more than 230,000 premises, making 11.73 million premises ready to connect by 30 June this year. And of course, there's plenty more so for all the news visit www.itwire.com. Have a great day! Stan Beer, Editor, iTWire PROMOTE YOUR WEBINAR on iTWire.com Contact: andrew.matler@itwire.com 0412 390 000
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