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emt Distribution and BlackBerry to strengthen cybersecurity in Australia and New Zealand

Cybersecurity specialist, emt Distribution, has signed a distribution agreement with BlackBerry that will enable wider availability of BlackBerry cybersecurity solutions and services for organisations and reseller partners in Australia and New Zealand.

News BlackBerry

·3 years ago

Nokia and University of Technology Sydney target the perfect pint with 5G connected microbrewery

Nokia and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have successfully operated the world’s first private wireless and 5G connected digital microbrewery.

Connected News 5G

·3 years ago

Optus acquires 900 MHz spectrum in Australia

Optus has purchased 12 of the 16 lots of spectrum in the 850Mhz and 900Mhz bands for a total cost of AU$1.48 billion, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) announced on Wednesday.

5G Connected

·3 years ago

Nokia and Vocus launch 200G optical network in Australia

Vocus, Australia’s leading fibre and network solutions provider, has deployed Nokia’s solution to set up the 200G optical links covering more than 4,100 km between Brisbane and Darwin.

Connected

·3 years ago

Atos to provide Federal Government Agencies Cloud services

Atos has been appointed by the Australian Federal Government’s Digital Transformation Agency Cloud Marketplace to provide cloud offerings across two areas

Connected

·3 years ago

Atos to assist Federal Government Agencies to take advantage of AI

Atos has been appointed to the Australian Federal Government’s Digital Transformation Agency Hardware Marketplace to support government agencies in tackling enterprise digital challenges and to enable them to take full advantage of Artificial Intelligence.

Connected

·3 years ago

Nokia and TPG Telecom launch world’s first live 5G standalone 700MHz service in Australia

Nokia and TPG Telecom have switched on a live 5G standalone (SA) network in Australia on the 700MHz spectrum band – the first time this has happened in the world.

5G Connected

·3 years ago

Google misled Android users on data rules Australian judge

A judge in Australia has ruled that Google broke Australian law by misleading users about personal location data collected through Android mobile devices.

Google

·4 years ago

Nokia launches 5G experience at Optus Stadium in Australia

Nokia has launched 5G services with mobile operator, Optus at the Optus Stadium in Perth, Australia. The move provides visitors attending sporting or music events with access to incredibly fast indoor and outdoor 5G coverage with speeds over 1Gbps

5G Connected

·4 years ago

AWS to Open Second Region in Australia

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is to open a second infrastructure region in Australia in the second half of 2022. The new AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region, which will consist of three Availability Zones (AZs) at launch, will join the existing 25 Availability Zones in eight AWS Regions across Asia Pacific in Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, and Singapore.

Connected

·4 years ago

Ericsson and Telstra team up on edge cloud for enterprises

Ericsson and Telstra are teaming up to develop an enterprise edge cloud solution developed specifically for the Telstra domain.

Connected

·4 years ago

Sliced Tech to host BlackBerry SecuSUITE in Australia

Sliced Tech has partnered with BlackBerry in Australia to host its secure communications portfolio, SecuSuite for Government. The partnership allows BlackBerry to offer a locally-hosted managed service to Australian government agencies and address data sovereignty concerns.

BlackBerry

·4 years ago

Facebook may stop sharing of news stories in Australia

Australia is drafting a new regulation that Facebook says misunderstands the dynamics of the internet and will do damage to the very news organisations the government is trying to protect. In response, Facebook has said Australian users will no longer be able to post news stories on its platforms in protest of proposed media bargaining legislation.

News

·4 years ago

Huawei cancels Canberra Raiders sponsorship

Huawei has quit its major sponsorship of rugby league club the Canberra Raiders in Australia, decrying the "continued negative business environment" towards the company in the country. The company, which sponsored the Raiders for almost a decade, signed a new two-year deal to be the main sponsor of the club last year, but will end the deal one year early at the conclusion of the 2020 season.

Huawei

·4 years ago

Huawei Mate Xs 5G available to pre-order in Australia

The Huawei Mate Xs 5G is now available to pre-order from today (14th March, 2020) in Australia. Huawei Mate Xs 5G is a luxury foldable smartphone, and a reworked version of Huawei’s smartphone that unfolds into a tablet, which directly competes with Samsung’s Galaxy Fold rather than the South Korean firm’s newer, smaller Galaxy Z Flip folding phone.

Devices and OS Huawei

·5 years ago

BlackBerry oppose Baby company using the letters BB

BlackBerry has filed an opposition to Australian company Baby Bunting's application for a logo representing "the silhouettes of two pregnant women".

BlackBerry

·5 years ago

Reece Group deploys BlackBerry Cylance

Security consultant Cyber Risk has signed a deal with Australian plumbing and bathroom supplies distributor Reece Group, centred around Reece’s adoption of BlackBerry Cylance’s platform, with Cyber Risk advising on tuning in best operational practices, developing the zones and policies before deployment, and contributing to the development of a proof of concept.

BlackBerry

·5 years ago

Microsoft and ServiceNow announce strategic partnership

Microsoft and ServiceNow today announced a broader strategic partnership intended to significantly enhance the integration and optimisation of the companies’ products, platform and cloud capabilities.

US Microsoft

·5 years ago

BlackBerry KEY2 and KEY2 LE available in Australia in June

TCL has announced that it will be launching the BlackBerry KEY2 and KEY2 LE in Australia in June. BlackBerry KEY2 will be available in both black and red editions, while the KEY2 will only be available in black.

BlackBerry Devices and OS

·6 years ago

BlackBerry Cylance to obtain IRAP certification

BlackBerry Cylance, a business unit of BlackBerry, today announced that it has completed an Australian Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessment by an accredited IRAP auditor.

BlackBerry

·6 years ago

BlackBerry Helps Advance Skin Cancer Research with Melanoma Institute Australia

BlackBerry has teamed up with Optus Business in the deployment of BlackBerry Workspaces, for medical research organisation, Melanoma Institute Australia (MIA).

BlackBerry

·6 years ago

Apple says no personal customer data exposed or compromised in Teenager hack

We reported Thursday how an Australian teenager pleaded guilty to hacking into Apple's servers after the company notified authorities of the intrusion. Apple has issued a press statement Friday confirming that no personal customer data was exposed or compromised in the incident.

Apple

·6 years ago

BlackBerry appoints David Nicol managing director across Australia and New Zealand

BlackBerry has appointed David Nicol as managing director across Australia and New Zealand. Nicol was previously director of cloud services and new business at Citrix since January 2017, having joined the vendor in May 2013 as the director of field sales, before becoming director of workspace product sales in 2015.

BlackBerry

·6 years ago

Melanoma Institute Australia and BlackBerry collaborating on security software trial

Melanoma Institute Australia and BlackBerry are collaborating as part of a security software trial to enable approved sharing of clinical data, reduce data leakage risk, improve patient outcomes, meet regulatory requirements and accelerate research efforts.

BlackBerry Connected

·7 years ago

Three Australian organizations join “The Melbourne Shield”

BlackBerry and Crisis Shield have announced that three leading Australian organizations have joined the partners' people safety initiative, 'The Melbourne Shield'.

BlackBerry Connected

·7 years ago

QIC boosts data security and workforce mobility with BlackBerry

BlackBerry has announced that Australian investment company QIC has deployed BlackBerry Workspaces, a secure collaboration solution that enables companies and their clients to safely share, protect and track sensitive information..

BlackBerry

·7 years ago

Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL officially announced

Google unveiled the new Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones today, and both follow closely to their predecessors in terms of dimensions and shape, with a 5-inch 16:9 display with stereo speakers.

Devices and OS Samsung Google Android

·7 years ago

The Melbourne Shield Post Event Video

Back in June, Briggs Communications partnered with BlackBerry's AtHoc to launch a mass incident alerting and communication solution for Melbourne's (Australia) major venues and organisations.

BlackBerry Connected Video

·7 years ago

BlackBerry AtHoc and Briggs Communication launch “The Melbourne Shield”

In Australia, Briggs Communications has partnered with BlackBerry's AtHoc to launch a mass incident alerting and communication solution for Melbourne's major venues and organisations; enabling them to communicate during a critical incident.

BlackBerry Connected

·7 years ago

BlackBerry AtHoc Signs New Customers and Partners in Australia and New Zealand

BlackBerry today announced Bank of New Zealand (BNZ), one of the country's largest banks, is one of the latest customers in the region to deploy BlackBerry AtHoc, the company's secure crisis communications software.

BlackBerry

·7 years ago

Apple scores victory preventing banks from introducing their own mobile payment services on Apple devices

Apple has won a victory in its fight to prevent banks from introducing their own mobile payment services on Apple devices, as an Australian regulator barred lenders from bargaining collectively for access.

Google Apple

·8 years ago

TCL catches attention of industry and media insiders, winning nine awards at MWC

TCL Communication caught the attention of industry insiders, the media and booth visitors at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, with its new product releases at the event, including the BlackBerry KEYone.

Android BlackBerry

·8 years ago

Samsung Pay Launches in Malaysia

Samsung today announced its partnership with several leaders in the banking industry as part of its strategic move to launch and expand its Samsung Pay ecosystem in Malaysia.

Android Financial Samsung

·8 years ago

Allot Mobile Trends Report: Consumer view on mobile malware

As the Internet continues to go mobile, smartphones and tablets have become prime targets for malware attacks. The threat is real. But how much do consumers know about the risk of mobile malware?

Opinion

·8 years ago

Research shows BlackBerry is the leading MDM vendor in Australia and New Zealand

New research from Telsyte shows BlackBerry is the leading MDM vendor in Australia and New Zealand; reveals two in three businesses in Australia are concerned about employees storing company data on personal clouds.

BlackBerry

·8 years ago

Samsung Pay Launches in Brazil July 19

Samsung announced today that Brazil will roll out Samsung Pay on July 19, with major financial partners, making it the first market in South America to introduce the companyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s mobile payment service.

Financial Samsung

·8 years ago

Android Pay launches in Australia

Google has continued the expansion of Android Pay in Asia Pacific after the mobile payments service went live in Australia.

Huawei Android Financial Samsung Google

·8 years ago

What is HummingBad and do you have it

According to a report from Cyber security software company Check Point, recent updates to Android malware called HummingBad has infected more than 10 million smartphones and tablets.

Google China Android UK US India Samsung

·8 years ago

Samsung Pay Now Available in Australia

Samsung today launched the company's mobile payment service, Samsung Pay, bringing Australian consumers and businesses a secure, fast, and simple way to pay.

Financial Samsung Android

·8 years ago

Paul Crighton to lead BlackBerry in Australia and New Zealand after Matthew Ball’s departure

BlackBerry have now announced that the current VP of Sales for Asia-Pacific and Japan, Paul Crighton, will continue to lead the team in Australia and New Zealand.

BlackBerry

·9 years ago

BlackBerry and Fast Telecom sign distribution agreement to expand Middle East and North Africa footprint

BlackBerry continue the transformation into a software services company with more and more global distribution agreements being signed on a regular basis.

BlackBerry Google

·9 years ago

BlackBerry and TechAccess sign Distribution Agreement to further expand Enterprise Portfolio in 17 countries

BlackBerry are slowly but surely transforming themselves into a software services company with more and more global distribution agreements being signed.

BlackBerry UK

·9 years ago

BlackBerry and Exclusive Networks extend partnership to provide BlackBerryÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s enterprise software portfolio in UK

Following the success of BlackBerry and Exclusive Networks partnership in Australia and the Nordic region, the companies are extending their distribution agreement into the UK, Benelux and DACH.

BlackBerry UK

·9 years ago

BlackBerry Priv available in Australia via Optus from February 4

BlackBerry today announced that PRIV by BlackBerry, the first-ever BlackBerry smartphone powered by Android, will be available from Optus in Australia from Thursday 4th February.

BlackBerry Android Google

·9 years ago

BlackBerry Priv available to pre-order in Australia for $1,249

The BlackBerry Priv, BlackBerry's first Android-powered smartphone, can now be ordered in Australia. At the time of publishing no carriers have revealed plans to carry the device.

Google BlackBerry Android

·9 years ago

12.9-inch iPad Pro Available to Order Online Wednesday & Arrives in Stores Later This Week

Apple today announced iPad Pro is available to order online on Wednesday, November 11, from Apple.com .

Apple

·9 years ago

OPPO R7s with 4GB RAM Announced officially

OPPO took the stage at Gitex in Dubai today toÃ‚Â officiallyÃ‚Â announce the OPPO R7s.Ã‚Â Like other devices in the R7 series, the OPPO R7s features a metal unibody design that is simply stunning.

Android Devices and OS

·9 years ago

iPhone 6s & iPhone 6s Plus available on Friday, September 25

Apple today announced iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus will be available at 8:00 a.m. local time on Friday, September 25 at AppleÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s retail stores.

Apple

·9 years ago

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