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Human Rights Law Centre calls for ‘greater transparency’ for Govt’s Covid 19 phone app Australian not for profit advocacy organisation Human Rights Law Centre has called for greater transparency to be given to the Federal Government’s recently launched Coronavirus Australia app.
9th April 2020
Fingerprint authentication only safe in a fifth of cases: Cisco team Researchers from Cisco's Talos Intelligence Group say that using fingerprints for security is likely to work about 20% of the time. In the other roughly 80% of cases they tested, Paul Rascagneres and Vitor Ventura said they were able to clone prints that enabled them to bypass the security on different devices.
9th April 2020
‘Critical’ time for mobile services as COVID-19 impacts industry growth: analyst Increasing competition and the lowest net increase for six years had already put pressure on Australia’s mobile carriers even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, according to new research from analyst firm, Telsyte.
7th April 2020
ACCC pauses inquiry on NBN pricing, service standards due to COVID-19 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has announced a pause on its inquiries examining both NBN entry-level access pricing and wholesale service standards, to allow the communications sector to focus on its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
6th April 2020
Broadband services drive up NBN data demand to record weekly high Video conferencing, video streaming and accessing cloud-based office applications have driven a large increase in data demand on the NBN access network as more Australians turn to their broadband services for work, education and entertainment, according to a new report.
3rd April 2020
Labor calls for free NBN broadband access for families, children The Australian Labor Party has called for an NBN rebate — and free NBN broadband access for a period of at least 12 months — to help connect families and children with no Internet at home, ensuring access to broadband for children it says are potentially missing out on the benefits of connectivity.
2nd April 2020
Before the usual CommsWire, the Telecommunications Association (TelSoc) issued the following statement today: TelSoc calls upon the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission (NCCC):
1st April 2020
US trade curbs force Huawei to end $136m rail contract with WA The Australian arm of Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies has been forced to abandon a $136 million deal with the Western Australian Government due to trade restrictions imposed on the firm by the US Government.
31st March 2020
Morrison: No anonymous tracking of people to enforce COVID-19 rules Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the government would not be looking to use location data to track people anonymously in order to find out if they are following the rules which have been put in place to keep the coronavirus pandemic in check within the country.
30th March 2020
ACMA clears decks for comms, media sectors during COVID-19 The telecommunications regulator ACMA says it is reviewing and adjusting its work programs so the communications and media sectors can prioritise their business-critical functions and continue communicating during the COVID-19 pandemic.
27th March 2020