The Southern Hemisphere's premier critical communications event, Comms Connect, was held in New Zealand this week for the 10th time. [ + ]

The new agreement seeks to advance T-Mobile's 5G network by deploying next-generation baseband and radio technologies. [ + ]

An Australian law enforcement agency will adopt DroneShield's advanced counter-drone solutions, in a commitment to safeguarding national security in the face of evolving unmanned aerial threats. [ + ]

Comms Connect New Zealand is coming to Christchurch next week, on 4–5 June, and there's set to be plenty of discussion on the possibilities provided by 5G. [ + ]

Vodafone has called for a regulatory investigation into Telstra's mobile coverage claims, after alleging the telco has overstated the geographic reach of its mobile network by as much as 40%. [ + ]

Industry trials of Wi-Fi 7 have demonstrated significant improvements in throughput, efficiency and latency, highlighting Wi-Fi 7's ability to support mission-critical enterprise applications. [ + ]

Comms Connect attendees will hear from Cyber Security Specialist Vanessa Leite on some of the ways critical infrastructure can be attacked, and the strategies that can be put in place to prevent this. [ + ]

Nokia has announced that it will support Optus's network evolution by boosting the telco's 5G network capabilities and modernising sites in regional parts of Australia. [ + ]

Attendees of Comms Connect New Zealand will have the chance to hear all about One NZ's groundbreaking satellite-to-mobile service in a keynote presentation by Sharina Nisha. [ + ]

ACCAN said the government has a clear mandate to place Australia at the forefront of connectivity to advance our nation's growth, productivity and wellbeing. [ + ]

The Northern Territory Government is investing $6.6m to upgrade critical infrastructure at the Joint Emergency Services Communications Centre and CCTV Unit at the Peter McAulay Centre. [ + ]

A groundbreaking field trial has demonstrated the potential of tethered drones to extend the coverage of private 5G networks in emergency or temporary communication scenarios such as natural disasters. [ + ]

New rules will make sure that telco customers are kept up to date about what is going on during local outages and informed about when their service might be restored. [ + ]

Ericsson has appointed Ludvig Landgren as its new Head of Australia and New Zealand, effective as of 1 May 2025. [ + ]

The New Zealand operator will tap Nokia's containerised Cloud Native Communication Suite (CNCS) to accelerate the deployment of new 5G services. [ + ]