Access to ultrafast broadband could add $163 billion to GDP over the next decade as the high-speed network enables new digital services and uptake increases.

Spending time offline and using strategies to help manage screen time are being recognised as critical skills. Learning them may benefit wellbeing and productivity, and help to set boundaries around social media use.

Australian telecoms provider Vocus has signed a deal to deliver a new submarine cable linking Australia and the US, with a stopping off point in Auckland boosting our international bandwidth capacity.