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The latest issue of our journal, the Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, is now available on the TelSoc website at https://telsoc.org/journal/jtde-v12-n3. Please have a look at it. You can download the full issue (towards the bottom of the issue page) or select individual articles. All content is free to TelSoc financial members (when logged in).
3rd October 2024
Obsidian Security opens new data centre SaaS security provider Obsidian Security has extended its reach into the Asia Pacific by launching a new data centre in Sydney. 2024 Charles Todd Oration 150th Anniversary of the Telecommunications Association
3rd October 2024
Telstra delivers '4x speeds' to Norfolk Island Telecommunications company Telstra claimed to have "quadrupled" the internet speeds of Norfolk Island, which is roughly 1,500km from the Australian mainland in the South Pacific Ocean. 2024 Charles Todd Oration 150th Anniversary of the Telecommunications Association
2nd October 2024
Senate proposes 'large-scale network roaming' during major outage A senate inquiry that probed last year's Optus outage has listed recommendations including the emergence of "large-scale network roaming" and "mutual assistance arrangements for major outages" to prevent the impact of future incidents of similar scale.
1st October 2024
Gen Z and Millennials growing pessimistic about online safety, Aus3C report finds The Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre’s (Aus3C) Annual Cybersecurity Attitudes and Behaviours Report (Oh Behave! 2024) revealed a pressing need to address growing concerns about attitudes towards online safety alongside worrying trends evident among younger Australians.
30th September 2024
Dell announces AI program for CSPs American multinational company Dell announced Dell AI for Telecom to help drive AI deployments for communications service providers (CSPs). 2024 Charles Todd Oration 150th Anniversary of the Telecommunications Association
27th September 2024
ACCC adds Starlink under Internet Activity Record Keeping and Reporting Rules The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced it included Elon Musk's telco Starlink as a reporting entity under the Internet Activity Record Keeping and Reporting Rules. 2024 Charles Todd Oration 150th Anniversary of the Telecommunications Association
26th September 2024
Vic Police busts alleged telco copper thieves The Victorian Police caught three men allegedly trying to extract copper telecommunication cables from a pit in Kilsyth, a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria yesterday. 2024 Charles Todd Oration 150th Anniversary of the Telecommunications Association
25th September 2024
Students struggle which online messages are ‘credible’ or ‘scam: Optus Almost one in two students struggle to figure out whether approaches from “friends,” or online messages are credible or a scam, according to an Optus survey of 1,000 students across Australia. 2024 Charles Todd Oration 150th Anniversary of the Telecommunications Association
24th September 2024
Space Machines inks two Indian partnerships for satellite launch Australian-Indian in-space servicing firm Space Machines partnered with Indian aerospace and defence manufacturer Ananth Technologies and full-stack space infrastructure company Digantara for the upcoming Space Maitri मैत्री (Mission for Australia-India’s Technology, Research and Innovation) mission and the launch the second Optimus satellite.
23rd September 2024