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Elon Musk’s Starlink loses out to Amazon in supplying satellite broadband for Australia’s NBN Co.

Simon Thomsen - August 5, 2025 2 MIN READ

Government-owned NBN Co has chosen Amazon’s Project Kuiper’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite technology for high-speed, wholesale fixed broadband to customers in sections of regional, rural and remote Australia. The decision sidelines Elon Musk’s Starlink, which launched in Australia in 2021, and has around 200,000 local customers, and was also pitching for the NBN contract.… Read more »

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The Fastly internet outage: why did so many sites go down — and what is a CDN, anyway?

Paul Haskell-Dowland - June 11, 2021 3 MIN READ

If you were having difficulty accessing your favourite website on Tuesday evening Australian time, you’re not alone. A jaw-dropping number of major websites around the globe suddenly became unavailable with no immediately obvious explanation — before reappearing an hour later. It’s disconcerting when the sites we rely on suddenly become inaccessible, and even more so… Read more »

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CSIRO: The internet is ‘fundamentally broken’ when it comes to trust and malicious threats

Simon Thomsen - May 24, 2019 2 MIN READ

The CSIRO’s Data61 says around half of the internet’s most popular websites are at risk of malicious activity because of their dependence on third party services for ads, tracking and analytics. The problem is so profound, it’s now at the point where “the trust model of today’s World Wide Web is fundamentally broken”, experts… Read more »

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Australia ranks 10th in Cisco’s Global Digital Readiness Index

Cec Busby - September 14, 2018 3 MIN READ

The Index examines Australia’s position in a global setting and will hopefully provide insights to policy makers and state and federal government to maximise the benefits of a digitally inclusive Australia.

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Melbourne forex startup Airwallex raises US$13 million Series A to expand overseas

James Ward - May 1, 2017 2 MIN READ

Airwallex has announced that it has closed a US$13 million Series A round to help fuel the release of new API and expand internationally.

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Telstra working with Ericsson to launch national Internet of Things network

Gina Baldassarre - February 27, 2017 2 MIN READ

Telstra announced at the continuation of its partnership with Ericsson, with the two companies working to launch a Cat-M1 IoT network throughout Australia.

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Adelaide rolling out high speed Gig City network to coworking and innovation spaces

James Ward - February 14, 2017 3 MIN READ

The SA government has announced that it will extending Adelaide’s Gig City optic fibre network to the city’s coworking spaces and innovation hubs.

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Loop11 has created a platform allowing businesses to conduct usability testing on their websites

James Ward - February 3, 2017 3 MIN READ

To help businesses to perfect their online presence, startup Loop11 has developed a platform that enables users to run their own detailed usability testing.

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Federal Government announces $22 million fund to support WA telecommunications projects

James Ward - February 2, 2017 2 MIN READ

The federal government has announced this week a $22 million fund that will support the development of telecommunications infrastructure in regional WA.

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Skyfii expands into education sector through deal with Durham University

Gina Baldassarre - January 25, 2017 2 MIN READ

Skyfii has signed an agreement with the UK’s Durham University to roll out its data analytics service, IO Insight, across its campus.

Advice

Smartbeat wants to help small businesses turn regular customers into brand ambassadors

Gina Baldassarre - January 12, 2017 4 MIN READ

Smartbeat has created a WiFi device and connected marketing platform to help SMBs capture data about visitors and then conduct targeted marketing to get them coming back more often.

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Data61’s Coviu partners with Health Team Australia to launch regional telehealth platform

James Ward - January 11, 2017 2 MIN READ

CSIRO has announced a partnership between Data61’s Coviu and Health Team Australia, which will see a real-time online video platform rolled across Australia.

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Grant program launches for small businesses and organisations innovating through the NBN

Gina Baldassarre - November 22, 2016 2 MIN READ

The $150,000 program, Grow with NBN, will distribute three major grants of $25,000 and six minor grants of $10,000 to organisations that are “innovatively” using the nbn for their activities in the fields of business, community, or education.