CommsWire - 29 April 2019

China envoy urges UK to act 'independently' on 5G suppliers China's ambassador to the UK has called on the British Government to make "the right decision independently" while choosing equipment suppliers for 5G networks and ignore any external pressure to ban Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies.

CommsWire - 24 April 2019

UK gives Huawei green light for 5G role: report British Prime Minister Theresa May has reportedly agreed to let Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies play a role in the rollout of 5G networks in the UK.

CommsWire - 16 April 2019

‘Credential abuse’ via ISPs main attack source in Australia Ninety percent of the Australia’s credential abuse attacks are delivered from within Australia via local ISP networks, according to a new study which also found that a growing number of internationally-based cybercriminals are routing attacks via homegrown networks.

CommsWire - 5 April 2019

Optus call for regulatory reform to facilitate 5G deployment Optus has called for national reform to facilitate 5G deployment and urged industry and government collaboration to reassess what it calls “outdated” deployment rules. New social media laws rammed through Parliament New laws that target social media platforms which allow live streaming and broadcast of violent crimes has been passed by the Australian Parliament.

CommsWire - 4 April 2019

Senate panel offers no recommendations on encryption law changes The latest review into the Federal Government's encryption law, passed on 6 December last year, has made just three recommendations, none of which affect the actual text or definitions in the law, according to a 136-page report from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security released on Thursday.

CommsWire - 3 April 2019

Budget R&D tax incentive cut disappoints satellite and other sectors The Federal Government has cut another $1.35 billion from its research and development tax incentive over the forward estimates, according to the Budget papers.

CommsWire - 22 March 2019

New rules proposed for telecoms customer premises cabling, wiring Proposed new rules for telecommunications customer premises cabling products and wiring have been released for public consultation by the communications industry lobby group, Communications Alliance.

CommsWire - 21 March 2019

US says British testing of Huawei gear inadequate US Government officials have warned that the way Britain is going about building its 5G networks could be a threat to its national security if it used equipment from Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies.

CommsWire - 19 March 2019

TPG profit smashed by mobile network cancellation Telecommunications provider TPG Telecom has announced a reported net profit after tax of $46.9 million for the first half of its 2019 fiscal year, which ended on 31 January, a drop of 76.4% from $198.6 million, year on year.

CommsWire - 14 March 2019

Optus calls for NBN Co to provide minimum service levels Singtel Optus has called for the NBN Co to be made responsible for delivering services that can meet the minimum service levels required by retail standards or 50Mbps services on lines that can support such speeds.