Armed with a degree in Computer Science and a Masters in Journalism, Josh keeps a close eye on the telecommunications industry, the National Broadband Network, and all the goings on in government IT.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced that former Federal Court Justice Margaret Stone will be the next Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security.
5G is the end game for NBN's fixed-wireless network, but the company's 4G network is already world-leading, according to an Ericsson-commissioned report.
As research estimates that over 1.4 million Australians are accessing the streaming video-on-demand service, Netflix has given iiNet the crown for the best prime-time Netflix speed performance for the month of June.
The Australian Department of Defence has spent more with Telstra than any other IT or telecommunications company in the last financial year, as the company rolls out the Defence terrestrial communications network.
TPG's fibre-to-the-building network has reached 352 buildings in a year since first launching the service, according to data from Whirlpool cited by the Department of Communications.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott is one of just a few ministers in the Australian government reportedly still using a BlackBerry phone, while his department has said it only issues iPhones now.
Hong Kong-based satellite communications company SpeedCast has acquired NewSat's Australian teleport assets from the company's administrators.
Australia's peak spy agency was interested in Hacking Team surveillance products as recently as November 2014, according to emails leaked from the Italian company.
Telstra CEO Andrew Penn has committed to increasing Telstra's network funding for the next two years to 15 percent of sales, with over AU$5 billion worth of investment.
Australian telecommunications companies will have to accept, at face value, that government agencies have obtained a warrant to access the metadata of a journalist.