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Australian laws aim to force decryption to fight crime Australia has announced that it will promulgate laws to force companies like Google and Facebook to decrypt messages sent by suspected terrorists and other criminals.
17th July 2017
Regional wireless ISPs concerned 3.6GHz spectrum for 5G will wipe them out The ACMA?s tune-up consultation day for use of 3.6GHz spectrum for 5G sees telcos happy, but satellite operators and specifically regional wireless ISPs are very concerned.
14th July 2017
In-flight Wi-Fi to dominate ?half of commercial aircraft? by 2022 Despite some government concerns over the safety of BYO laptops, tablets and phones on planes, Juniper forecasts a big jump in various commercial planes with net-connected Wi-Fi for customers.
13th July 2017
Australian mobile users hit with $20 million in ?unexpected? charges Australian mobile phone users are estimated to have collectively been charged as much as $20 million in the last six months for third-party charges on their phones for purchases they didn?t even realise they were being stung for, according to a new report from telecoms consumer advocacy group the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network.
12th July 2017
Fifield faces grilling over NBN users experience Communications Minister Mitch Fifield faced a grilling during his half-way NBN rollout media conference yesterday, over the negative experiences that some customers have reported. We provide the full transcript including journalist questions and answers.
11th July 2017
CHOICE ISP satisfaction survey finds Telstra, Dodo the worst An Internet satisfaction survey conducted by consumer advocacy group CHOICE has found that Australians have been dogged by disconnections, drop-outs, connection issues and slow speeds over the last six months, with Telstra and Dodo the worst offenders.
10th July 2017
Australia stuck with higher cost of deploying FttP: NBN Co NBN Co has attempted to defend the higher costs of deploying fibre-to-the-premises in Australia and ?set the record straight? on recent media claims about the local cost of FttP compared to other operators around the world.
7th July 2017
Fixed broadband costs push Australia back in digital readiness The cost of fixed broadband is cited as the main reason why Australia has slipped two places to 18th on the World Economic Forum?s Networked Readiness Index. A total of 139 countries were surveyed.
6th July 2017
Qantas Wi-Fi a success, expands to second aircraft It's almost three months since Qantas switched on fast, free in-flight Wi-Fi. The carrier now has lots of insights into passenger adoption of the tech and has fitted the tech into a second plane. No Optus: Telco?s services go on the blink Optus customers were hit by an outage on Tuesday night, with services going on the blink at about 9.30pm AEDT.
5th July 2017
ACCC to undertake wide-ranging study of telco sector The competition regulator will undertake a market study to discover the exact state of the telecommunications sector, with the focus on the national broadband network and 5G technology.
4th July 2017