Hitachi Vantara, and Hitachi Consulting have joined forces to form one company to create what they say is a “new digital infrastructure and solutions” powerhouse.

Global mobile operator voice revenue will drop to US$208 billion by 2024 from US$381 billion in 2019, as users continue to prefer more flexible and free OTT (Over-the-Top) services, according to a new report.

Technologies such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and data intelligence are expected to accelerate the pace of the digital economy,” according to predictions for the 2020s from Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group.

ANALYSIS The Australian Computer Society, which prefers to be known as simply ACS, is still a computer society. Late last year it attempted to become a company limited by guarantee, a structure often used by charitable and not-for-profit organisations, but to do so it needed a 75% vote in favour at a Special General Meeting.

COMMENT The new decade is here. The Twenty-Teens are behind us, and the Twenty-Twenties have begun.

Vodafone Hutchison Australia has announced that it would team up with Finnish telecommunications giant Nokia to build its 5G network in the country, with the announcement coming well ahead of a court decision on a challenge against a bid to block its merger with TPG Telecom.