Adoption of subscription video on demand services such as Netflix and Stan in Australia is on track to overtake that of traditional pay TV by June 2018, Telsyte is predicting. [ + ]

Proposed telecoms reforms would provide NZ regulators with more powers to improve quality of service and deregulate copper lines within the UFB fibre footprint. [ + ]

The NSW government will gain access to some of the country's best data scientists under a new agreement with Data61. [ + ]

If the answer is yes, you should attend the SAFETYconnect event at Rosehill Gardens in Sydney this month. [ + ]

Cybercrime is now the world's seventh biggest economic threat, costing Australia an estimated $16 billion over the next decade. [ + ]

The digital divide between higher and lower income Australian households is growing due to falling affordability, but the gap between Indigenous and remote Australians and urban Australians is slowly narrowing. [ + ]

The South Australian government has launched a network providing gigabit-speed fibre broadband services to key innovation precincts across Adelaide. [ + ]

As nbn co and retail service providers pass the buck over the slow speeds of some nbn connections, ACMA has launched a review into the customer experience of a migration to the network. [ + ]

Some 22% of Australian SMBs suffering a ransomware attack had to suspend operations as a result, and the financial impact of this is often greater than the size of the ransom being demanded. [ + ]

Vodafone will offer its new Wi-Fi Hub modem, capable of providing both fixed and mobile broadband for free mobile data services, to customers waiting for a Vodafone nbn service. [ + ]

The University of Sydney has entered a research partnership with Thales Australia focused on digital technologies for Thales's target industry verticals, as well as an alliance with Microsoft based on quantum computing research. [ + ]

New Zealand's growing ICT sector is a strong contributor to the nation's GDP, employment and export revenue, according to a recently published ministerial report. [ + ]

The StarTrack Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAs) have revealed the favourite online shopping destinations for Australians. [ + ]

Ongoing cloud and wireless last-metre substitution triggered a strong 21% decline in the Australian wired Ethernet switch market during the first quarter, IDC estimates. [ + ]

The majority of Australians believe that the risk of credit card theft is increasing, according to a new survey commissioned by Transaction Network Services (TNS). [ + ]