CommsWire weekly news - 8 August 2014

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

CommsWire daily news - 4 August 2014

ANALYSIS     NewSat in disarray, blames everybody elseAustralian satellite operator NewSat is not a happy place. Its shares are plummeting, three directors have resigned, and analysts are panning it. It wasn?t meant to be like this. Mint Wireless doubles revenues ? and lossesMobile payments company Mint Wireless has boosted revenues, but is still burning money.