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New Zealand Fibre Max connections average over 520Mbps Speeds held back by an interconnect issue, with top speeds to be much higher in future. READ FULL STORY Uber Air flying taxi service to be trialled in Melbourne READ FULL STORY Sydney only city in Australia to sign global initiative to back citizen's digital rights READ FULL STORY Melbourne's mobile myki use nears 100,000 users READ FULL STORY FibreCo Qld given AU$8.6m to establish state-owned fibre backhaul READ FULL STORY Advance Queensland scores another AU$105 million funding injection READ FULL STORY AGL puts forward offer for Vocus READ FULL STORY Australia signals Indo-Pacific focus for Five Eyes READ FULL STORY Village Roadshow wins court order to block 76 overseas video piracy websites READ FULL STORY NNNCo trials IoT network for Hunter region's water pipe network READ FULL STORY WA launches new automation courses and Defence Science Centre READ FULL STORY Identify and Track What's Breaking the Internet Downloads from SolarWinds Make Bulk Configuration Changes Quickly Downloads from SolarWinds Simplify IT Tasks with a Smarter Service Desk Downloads from SolarWinds Networking The Queensland government has handed AU$8.6 million to its state-owned fibre backhaul provider FibreCo Qld. At the same time, Australian energy provider AGL has submitted an offer for telecommunications provider Vocus at AU$4.85 a share. Read more about Networking › Security Australian National University Vice Chancellor Brian Schmidt disclosed a massive breach on Tuesday, totalling 19 years worth of data, on the university's systems. Meanwhile, Victoria's assistant chief information security officer (CISO) has questioned how many organisations know what their cybersecurity training is meant to achieve, let alone whether it works. Read more about Security › Opera, Brave, Vivaldi to ignore Chrome's anti-ad-blocker changes, despite shared codebase Other browser makers don't seem to be on board with Google's decision to neuter its extensions API, and essentially, ad blockers. READ FULL STORY You Could Win $200K by Joining the Call for Code 2019 Challenge Research from IBM Find Out More How to Solve the Enterprise Communications Crisis with an Open Cloud Strategy White Papers from 8x8, Inc. Download Now 8x8 X Series: How to make the contact center more collaborative White Papers from 8x8, Inc. Download Now The Elephant in the Room: Why Cloud Communications Providers Dont Like to Talk About... White Papers from 8x8, Inc. Download Now More News from ZDNet Most Popular Downloads

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