According to a prediction released by Telstra, a whole lot of data will be used by Australians this Christmas, setting a new data record for Christmas Day.

In a series of digital future-related predictions made by Dr Hugh Bradlow - the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Australia's biggest telecom firm Telstra -, it has been projected that the computer tablets which the Australians will be using by the year 2020 will have the ability to be rolled like a newspaper and put in a pocket.

In an evident attempt to support the ever increasing mobile data traffic across Australia, telecom provider Telstra has recently announced a new network strategy under which it intends ramping up its 2G network spectrum to carry 4G traffic.

In a Tuesday statement, Telecom New Zealand (TNZ) said that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Vodafone New Zealand and Australia's Telstra, for building a $US60 million trans-Tasman submarine cable which would link New Zealand with Australia and would strengthen the country's Internet connectivity with Asia.