A Spark robot, which processes fibre orders for connections, plan changes and address moves, has taken top honours at the Intelligent Automation Awards in Sydney, winning Best Robotic Automation Bot for Customer Experience.The robot was developed by Spark after its staff highlighted the order processing as an area where automation could help, and now automates... Continue Reading →

Gilmour Space Technologies, the Australian rocket company that is developing low-cost launch vehicles for the small satellite market — especially those developing telecommunications satellites, such as Aussie startup Fleet — has successfully achieved 70,000 newtons of thrust in what it says could be "the world’s largest successful test fire of a single-port hybrid rocket engine."The... Continue Reading →

Australia's competition and consumer watchdog has approved Telstra’s proposed variation to the National Broadband Network Migration Plan to enable fibre to the curb (FTTC) as a new access technology.The Migration Plan outlines steps Telstra will take to progressively migrate voice and broadband services from its existing copper and hybrid-fibre coaxial (HFC) networks to the NBN,... Continue Reading →

Broadcom’s attempt at a hostile takeover of Qualcomm has hit further strife, after US Treasury’s CFIUS ordered a full investigation into the US$140 billion-plus deal after concerns it could pose a national security risk for the United States, including handing control of 5G standards to China.Concerns over the national security risks posed by disruption of... Continue Reading →

Nokia has appointed Sanjay Goel as president of global services and member of the Group's leadership team, effective 1 April. His new role will see Goel reporting to Nokia president and CEO Rajeev Suri. "Igor Leprince, who previously held the Global Services position, will support Goel during a transition period and then leave Nokia to... Continue Reading →