COVER STORY ? THE BATTLE OVER DATA RETENTION 
?    Data retention needed to ?fight terrorism?
?    OPINION      Three Stooges ? data retention turns to farce
?    Turnbull says data retention debate has ?got ahead of the policy?
?    iiNet ? it?s not ?just? metadata
?    EFA comes out against data retention laws
?    ISOC-AU?s ten questions about data retention
?    OPINION      But wait, there?s more ? Why Team Abbott really wants your data

THE SCALES REPORT
?    Scales review critical NBN?s birth
?    What Scales said
?    ANALYSIS      Scales reaction splits on predictable lines 
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ACCC queries high cost of cross-network calls

Prosecute ?mums and dads and students? for piracy, says Turnbull

Turnbull to keynote ACMA RadComms forum
? while ITU calls for innovation in Doha 

Telstra?s first muru-D ventures attract funding 
Now Microsoft sues Samsung ? lawyer?s picnic
Internet of Things is '70% hackable'

Spark Day arrives
? it?s time for a ?Giga Nation? says Spark

Nearly all homeless own a mobile phone

INTERVIEW      Amaysim looks to cheaper, simpler data plan

Apple and Samsung call partial truce

Will Iliad buy T-Mobile? Sprint bid folds

Telstra launches low-latency service with ASX

Mint Wireless doubles revenues ? and losses

Russian hackers ?steal a billion passwords?

ECONOMUSE      How long will MTAS be necessary?

SPECIAL REPORT       NEWSAT ON THE ROPES
?    NewSat shares in freefall as doubts emerge
?    NewSat states its case, but needs more money 
?    NEWSAT?S STATEMENT