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• Telstra poised to cut 110 jobs across enterprise and service teams

  Telstra is on the verge of cutting a further 110 jobs, should operational changes to enterprise sales and service teams go ahead.

• NSW Govt forges new deals with telcos, Microsoft and Salesforce

  Microsoft and Salesforce along with a range of telecommunication providers have notched up new agreements with NSW Government.

• Trio completes first 5G data call

  Ericsson, Telstra and Intel on Monday said they had completed the first 5G non-standalone 3GPP data call on a commercial mobile network.

• Mike Wright leaving Telstra after 38 years

  Telstra’s group managing director networks, Mike Wright is leaving the company he joined as a graduate in 1980. Brisbane-based Wright will leave the telco in September.

• Telstra to slash up to 8000 jobs

  Telecommunications giant, Telstra has revealed it will slash up to 8000 jobs as part of a strategic review titled ‘Telstra2022.’

• Telstra confirms 2Gbps-capable 4G mobile network deployment this year

  ​Telstra has reiterated its plans to begin deploying 2 Gbps-enabled 4G network technology later this year.

• PageUp admits personal data “probably” accessed

  Australian software-as-a-service provider, PageUp on Tuesday finally admitted that customer data was “probably” accessed following a breach last month.​

• Sydney law firm considers class action against PageUp

  Sydney law firm Centennial Lawyers on Friday said it was considering initiating a class action against Australian software-as-a-service provider PageUp, which earlier this week released details of a possible data breach that took place in May.

• Origin Energy CIO makes move to Telstra

  Kelly Ferguson has left her role as chief information officer at Origin Energy to join Telstra as director of IT, technology and infrastructure.

• Cyber research centre crowns Rachael Falk as CEO

  The Australian Cyber Security Research Centre (CSRC) has named information security consultant and former Telstra general manager of cyber influence, Rachael Falk, as its new CEO.

• Telstra tackles network outage

  ​Telstra has resolved a partial network outage that affected 4G voice calls in various areas around the country.

• Telstra to pay $10M for misleading 10,000 customers

  The Federal Court has ordered Telstra to pay a $10 million penalty for making false or misleading statements relate to its third-party billing service.

• NBN Co restarts HFC rollout

  NBN Co will begin a staged restart of wholesale HFC services sales to retailers from 27 April 2018.

• Telstra taken to court after making $61M on third-party billing services

  Telstra could pay a $10 million penalty relating to the management of its premium direct billing service.

• Telstra CIO John Romano exits

  ​Telstra’s chief information officer and executive director digitisation John Romano has departed the telco, the company has confirmed.