G.fast high-speed networking technology, slated for use in the NBN, is on track to capture 3% of the global fixed broadband market by 2021. [ + ]

Government-focused contract lifecycle management software provider Open Windows has won software supply tenders with both mainland territories. [ + ]

With one million tons of external power supplies manufactured each year, a new standard for universal chargers is aiming to significantly reduce e-waste. [ + ]

Consumer group CHOICE says "shoddy" Samsung products have repeatedly put lives at risk. [ + ]

The Everything IoT Global Leadership Summit 2016 will share and showcase domain knowledge, identify latest IoT trends and offer expertise from IoT leaders. [ + ]

HP Inc's board has approved a restructure plan involving cutting 3000 to 4000 jobs worldwide over the next three years. [ + ]

At IA's annual general meeting, the internet industry body pledged to continue advocating for a return to a fibre NBN, and re-elected its chair as well as several directors. [ + ]

VMware has teamed up with AWS to make it easier for customers to run any application in a hybrid cloud environment using the vSphere virtualisation software. [ + ]

Renewable energy will be available on demand, with the establishment of a solar, wind and battery storage near Hughenden in North Queensland. [ + ]

Spark NZ and Samsung will give customers a $100 gift card, following the return of their Note7 device to a Spark store. [ + ]

European cloud infrastructure provider OVH has established a presence in Australia with the launch of a new data centre in Sydney. [ + ]

Fulton Hogan and Visionstream have secured the final design and construction agreements for the NBN's Multi Technology Mix deployment model. [ + ]

A US court has ordered third-party support provider Rimini Street to pay a further US$27.7m to Oracle and issued a permanent injunction in a copyright violation case, but Rimini Street plans to appeal the injunction and most of the damages. [ + ]

Australians are among the world's most prolific cross-border online shoppers, according to a survey by e-commerce solutions company Pitney Bowes. [ + ]

The Telsyte Australian VR and AR Market Study 2017 predicts that 115,000 VR headset units will be sold in the second half of 2016, with sales rapidly growing to over 500,000 units in 2017. [ + ]