Italy's state investor Cassa Depositi e Prestiti SpA (CDP) and Australian infrastructure fund Macquarie Group have joined forces to form a multibillion-euro purchase bid for Telecom Italia's landline network, in an attempt to outbid New York-based investment firm KKR's preliminary offer.



Scams continue to wreak tremendous personal and financial damage on consumers and the Australian economy, warned ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb when unveiling the ACCC’S annual compliance and enforcement priorities for 2023-24.

Cybersecurity company Barracuda Networks has appointed Paul Crighton as Regional Sales Director for Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific Islands.

The digital skills gap is costing Australian businesses $3.1 billion annually, but closing the current digital skills gap would take an investment of $1.5 billion, a new study by RMIT Online and Deloitte Access Economics reveals.

The Nvidia GeForce Now cloud gaming service operated by Pentanet will be available to Optus customers starting in the second half of 2023.

And as always there's plenty more today, so for all the news please visit www.itwire.com.

Josh Martinez, newsletter editor, iTWire



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