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The new Huawei phone represents a new high-water mark in China’s technological capabilities.

Why this new Chinese phone has rattled the US

The low-key launch of a new Chinese phone set off a scramble to unravel its mysteries. It is also sure to have sent tremors through Washington.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

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Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland.

‘We’ve come full circle’: Labor declares regulatory reset of NBN

The communications minister has defended the Labor government’s policy to return the NBN closer to its original design despite fresh admissions it will not be able to recover $31 billion invested into the project. 

  • Jessica Yun
TPG chief Inaki Berroeta said the new spectrum would help the company provide a solid alternative to the national broadband network.

Twenty times faster: Is it time to make the switch to 5G?

Access to the 5G network via a mobile phone started out as a luxury, but it’s gradually becoming more affordable and accessible.

  • Joel Gibson
Screenshot from CCTV footage shows a person leaving the vicinity of the 5G tower shortly before a blast.

Vaucluse residents aghast at apparent act of 5G vandalism

The dark underbelly of Vaucluse has been exposed after a fire broke out at the base of a 5G tower in the early hours of Monday.

  • Harriet Alexander
Federal Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts Paul Fletcher.

Why limits are crucial as telcos fight over 5G spectrum

It is important to strike the right balance when allocating spectrum to mobile operators.

  • Paul Fletcher
One year on, TPG Telecom boss Inaki Berroeta says he is in a better place than he expected.

‘Mergers don’t fail because of culture’: The lessons TPG’s boss has learned from Vodafone tie up

It is now a year since Iñaki Berroeta finally completed the $15 billion merger between TPG and Vodafone after a protracted court battle.

  • Zoe Samios
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Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull disputes Peter Dutton’s version of events.

Dutton says he threatened to quit cabinet unless Turnbull banned Huawei

Cabinet Minister Peter Dutton says he threatened to resign from Malcolm Turnbull’s ministry in order to pressure him into banning Huawei from the 5G network.

  • Peter Hartcher
President Xi Jinping made it his personal mission to place Huawei at the centre of the global internet.

Huawei? No way! Why Australia banned the world’s biggest telecoms firm

Upgrading Australia’s communications network meant our national security experts had to get to grips with tech titan Huawei’s ties to the Chinese government. A ban would infuriate Chinese leaders. The alternative was worse.

  • Peter Hartcher
Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin had a very different first day in the top job to what she had planned.

‘It will never be fast enough for me’: Optus boss speed dials success

Optus boss Kelly Bayer Rosmarin had an unusual start to the top job. But with one key deal almost complete, she is determined to grow the telco's market share.

  • Zoe Samios
The standard iPhone 12 is likely to be similar in size and camera layout to last year's iPhone 11.

Will coronavirus influence the new iPhone? We're about to find out

When Apple introduces its new iPhones next week, it will do so in socio-economic conditions it could never have predicted when it began development on the devices.

  • Tim Biggs

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