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• ​The Benevolent Society to cut voice and data costs by 50%

  The Benevolent Society expects to slash the cost of its voice and data services by more than 50 per cent annually, after awarding a new IT transformation contract to Enablis.
  

• ​IoT devices: Where the bloody hell are they?

  It’s a bewildering landscape for would-be Internet of Things implementers and production-grade industrial deployments are scarce.
  

• Optus promises 100% satellite coverage for mobile users

  ​A new generation of SatSleeve models means mobile users in regional Australia can have 100% coverage where line of sight to the Optus Thuraya satellite exists, according to Optus.

• IT departments lack IoT skills

  Many Australian firms feel that they are ill-equipped to deal with changes in their workforces as devices and robots become more intelligent, according to new research.
  

• CBA to shake up payments with ‘Albert’ launch

  Commonwealth Bank has launched its wireless Android-powered ‘Albert’ console onto the Australian market, and expects to ship ‘tens of thousands’ of units to merchants across the country.
  

• Why I don’t have to buy an Apple Watch

  The time is coming for each of us to decide – do we buy this new Apple Watch or not?

• Government tenders for maintenance of remote satellite Wi-Fi phones

  The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has tendered for a supplier to maintain and monitor 301 Wi-Fi telephones and 245 community payphones that deliver services to indigenous people in 300 remote communities across Australia.

• Why Australia is becoming a digital backwater

  Stagnating digital content and delivery is sending a poor message to our western peers and Asia-Pacific neighbours.

• Fire & Rescue NSW unveils new mobililty strategy

  Fire & Rescue NSW (FRNSW) sees a future where its 7,500 staff can access technology services anywhere from any unmanaged, web-connected device, as the organisation re-engineers its back-end systems to support a mobility strategy.

• HCF to provide remote health monitoring to 3,300 patients

  Not-for-profit health insurer HCF is rolling out an initiative that will enable 3,300 people with chronic illnesses to use Internet-connected biometric monitoring devices to manage their health.
  

• Telstra eyes Hotspot 2.0 deployment for national Wi-Fi network

  Telstra could usher in Australia’s first major deployment of next-generation hotspots as part of its plan to blanket the country with a public Wi-Fi network.

• Australians lap up tablets, leave them at home: Telsyte

  Australian businesses continue to discourage employees from bringing tablets into the workplace despite a massive spike in tablet sales this year, according to Telsyte survey results released today.

• Cisco loses round in fight against patent troll

  Cisco's attempt to block a patent enforcement company -- commonly known as patent trolls -- from collecting licensing fees has been shot down by a federal court in Chicago.

• Aerohive, Euclid partner on using Wi-Fi to decode shoppers' behavior

  Wi-Fi radios in mobile devices can now be used by retailers to better understand customer behavior at their stores, and then change window displays, catalogs, and promotions based on that knowledge.

• Meraki buy more than cloud Wi-Fi to Cisco

  Even though Meraki made a name for itself in cloud-based WLANs, Cisco's long-term goals for its new acquisition go beyond just Wi-Fi.