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Telstra has denied claims the same cyber extortion group currently holding Qantas to ransom have breached and stolen 100 gigabytes of its customer data and are holding it to ransom.

Telstra has been slapped with an $18 million fine after it halved the upload speeds of almost 9,000 customers without telling them.

Amazon said it would provide billions in funding over the next five years to expand Australian data centres and renewables projects.

The state government has awarded a tender to more than a dozen companies which will receive about $375 million worth of technology infrastructure work.

Telstra has launched its Connected Future 30 strategy, aiming for growth to outweigh costs.

Telstra will cut its data and AI provider list down to just two as part of a proposed joint venture with Accenture which will also see 726 jobs migrate to the JV.

East Perth-based Monford Group has been appointed principal engineering, procurement and construction contractor at the $250 million Glenellan solar farm in New South Wales.

Telstra has paid a penalty of more than $3 million over its failure to provide correct details when transferring calls to emergency services.

The Push-Up Challenge represented Western Australia in this year's national Telstra Best of Business Awards, winning the Building Communities Award.

Telecommunications company Telstra breached the conditions of its carrier licence more than 163,000 times over two years, by disclosing thousands of unlisted phone numbers.

Telstra and Optus have stopped their arrangements with Google amid an ongoing investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Telstra has engaged a Karratha consultancy to map out a Pilbara and interstate fibre network in what is a major coup for the regional firm.

Former Australian Football League chief executive Gillon McLachlan has been appointed managing director and CEO of Tabcorp, effective from August 5.

Business News runs the rule over a cross-section of companies to determine how much firms of varying size and industry invest in WA communities.

Telstra will refund wrongfully billed customers a total of $21 million by the end of year and a $3 million penalty for breaching the relevant consumer code.

Australia's biggest telecommunications provider has been fined more than $300,000 for repeated safety and privacy failures over customers' emergency information.

Telstra has announced a major commitment to boost digital infrastructure in the state's Pilbara region as part of a bigger plan that could cost up to $1.6 billion.

Telstra chief executive Vicky Brady says Telstra's T25 strategy is on pace to deliver most of its objectives.

With a background in mechanical engineering, Akkodis global president Jan Gupta brings a different perspective to the tech sector.

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Businesses from around Western Australia have been recognised as leaders in their industries after Telstra announced the Best of Business award winners.

Australian consumers have continued to favour Woolworths after the retail giant was reported as the nation's most valued brand at $16.2 billion.

Generation Z employees were among the least aware of cyber security threats despite having grown up in the digital age, a report finds.

TPG and Telstra will appeal after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission declined to approve their proposed $1.8 billion network-sharing deal.

Near-Earth satellites will be a game changer for internet access in the bush.

Public policy shortcomings have continued to pay dividends for private internet network providers.

Telstra has raised its dividend for the first time in seven years following what its CEO is calling a successful transformation of the telco.

Telstra has announced the retirement of long-serving chief executive Andrew Penn, who will be replaced by chief financial officer Vicki Brady.

Telstra and TPG will share their regional networks with each other in what they claim will provide better service to people outside the major cities.

Complete Home Filtration was one of six local winners at this year's Telstra Best of Business awards, just 15 months after being a winner at Business News' RISE awards.

Osborne Park-based Veris has struck a $30 million deal with Telstra, sending the surveying company's shares up by more than 25 per cent.

Electrical services business GenusPlus Group has won a $40 million contract from Telstra, as part of the telco giant's move to decommission its exchange buildings across Australia.

The consumer watchdog says the average Australian mobile user is paying more for data they simply do not use.

Perth-based Stephen O'Keefe has acquired his second Telstra Business Technology Centre in the state in an effort to bring IT and communications support to businesses in regional areas.

Telstra Corporation has sealed a Department of Defence deal worth more than $1 billion which includes providing 5G mobile services.

The federal government is playing up its partnership with Telstra to buy a South Pacific mobile and broadband company as a sign of its commitment to the region.

Perth technology company HealthEngine has made a key change in its corporate structure, signalling it is moving closer to proceeding with a stockmarket float.

Hall & Prior has given 100 per cent of its residential aged care workforce the first dose of the COVID-19 jab and reported 10 staff have resigned due to the vaccination requirement.

Telstra has announced a three-year strategy to expand its 5G coverage and capitalise on major shifts in how its customers live and work.

Telstra wants to make coronavirus vaccination mandatory for many of its workers, but will be challenged over the possibility of medically exempt workers losing their jobs.