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SHANGHAI: Mobile and video technology developer InterDigital has entered a global patent licensing agreement with China’s Huawei Technologies after the companies said they had settled all litigation against each other. InterDigital said the licensing agreement runs to the end of 2023 and covers royalties from the sale of some of Huawei’s 3G, 4G and 5G … Read more
SYDNEY: The Sydney-based Communications Alliance, which claims to provide a unified voice for the Australian comms industry, has revised its industry code to simplify and improve provision of information for customers with special requirements for communications equipment for the hearing or vision impaired. The revised code enables equipment suppliers to make details of their equipment … Read more
SYDNEY/GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) are calling on the world’s mobile telcos to help them get information on Covid-19 via the SMS text messaging service to billions of people who have no Internet access. They want all telecommunication companies worldwide to join their initiative to “help unleash the … Read more
SYDNEY: Market watcher IDC is forecasting growth in outsourced security services in Australia and New Zealand, saying organisations are looking to relieve themselves of the cost and inefficiency associated with security management and free up resources to focus on higher business value tasks. It is forecasting a five-year CAGR of 18.9 percent for security-related services … Read more
Sony has been caught up in a bribery scandal by offering free PS4 games to motivate owners of their gaming consoles to stay at home. In an attempt to encourage staying at home, the tech giant has come up with a bribery scandal that could well suck in millions. For a limited time only, you’ll … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is using its financial services unit and asset management services to help customers balance tech investments and cash flow management during COVID-19. The company is offering more than US$2 billion in financing and cash management programs for customers struggling with the economic fallout of the pandemic. HPE said the … Read more
SYDNEY: The Australian start-up sector has been dealt a blow by the coronavirus, with latest figures showing the number of venture capital deals has slumped more than 75pc on last year. Figures from Right Click Capital’s Internet DealBook reveal there was also a substantial drop-off between February and March, with 26 VC deals closed in … Read more
JBL the Harman owned sound Company has announced three new soundbars as part of their BAR Series including one model that has detachable speakers. ChannelNews heard these soundbars at CES and they are impressive. Available in four models, BAR 2.0 All-In-One, BAR 2.1 Deep Base, BAR 5.1 Surround and Bar 9.1 ATMOS (coming in July … Read more
SYDNEY: Vocus has brought its contact centres back online after an outage left its operations in Manila offline during March 18 and 19. Vocus said its Internet brands iPrimus and Dodo are back up to 85 percent capacity after a “tough few weeks” for its teams in Australia and the Philippines. “Since then we have progressively … Read more
MELBOURNE: The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) is pressing the Federal Government not to make changes to the country’s research-and-development (R&D) laws. AIIA reckons the proposed changes to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Research and Development Tax Incentive) Bill 2019 would squeeze small-to-medium sized enterprises at a time when the world is battling the COVID-19 pandemic. “The AIIA has … Read more