CommsWire - 24 May 2016

Telstra denies firmware caused outages; Woolworths Mobile launches three new ?simple phone bundle? plans; AFP raids on ALP offices show dangers of data retention: Snowden; Orange secures network services deal with AngloGold Ashanti; OVO gets mobile with Gymnastics Australia; Microsoft?s Lumia 650 ? a worker?s phone now here.

CommsWire - 21 January 2016

Govt makes $128.4 million available for data retention compliance; Ericsson, Telstra complete successful trial of secure encryption technology; EFA lambasts A-G over ?war of attrition? with Information Commissioner; Industry still not satisfied with proposed Telco security legislation; Microsoft to donate $1 Billion in Cloud Computing to serve ?public good?; Digital Pacific's new Sydney data centre open for business.

CommsWire - 20 January 2016

EFA renews objections to warrantless metadata access; Megaport in US forms alliance with CyrusOne; BT joins Acuitas Digital Alliance as founding member; Telstra upgrades King Island transmission to improve internet services; Telstra launches PEN Exchange, PEN Marketplace; Equinix data centres mainstay of Australia, North America cable network; iBoss helps Better Life Mobile deliver mobile to disadvantaged Aussies.

CommsWire - 11 January 2016

ISPs under cost pressure from ?Internet tax? due to Data Retention Act; Facebook Messenger users pass 800m monthly on fast track to 1 billion; BT, Saleforce team up through cloud connect; Howzat! Optus picks up cricket sponsorship after Dick Smith clean bowled; Telstra fires up mobile capacity for Victorian fire fighters; Huawei number three in global smartphone sales; Early 2016 mobile market shakeup with Amaysim, Vaya deal.

CommsWire - 16 November 2015

Consumer complaints against telcos fall in Q2; Data Retention Act controversy races on; TomTom providing data for Uber Driver App in multi-year deal; Raytheon and Websense talk security; Paul Tyler to head up the merged Nokia-Alcatel Lucent in Asia Pacific, Japan; GoCatch rebrands to own your journey.

CommsWire - 4 November 2015

Optus unleashes new wireless broadband challenge; IA warns about extending access to Data Retention scheme; Nokia Networks to trial Artemis Networks? pCell technology; Optus snares Premier League rights; Radio regulations under microscope; Good deal completes for Blackberry; Active VoLTE connections to reach over 1 billion by 2018.

CommsWire - 26 October 2015

Diluted Data Retention compensation sparks ISP outrageISP; Well yes, buying copper is part of the NBN issue; ACCAN welcomes telco review, but way to go on much needed changes; Ruckus buys Cloudpath Networks; Norwood?s World Phone calling Android?s neck of the woods; IBM, Infosys collaborate on Bluemix.

CommsWire - 21 October 2015

IA slams Attorney General?s defence of the Act; $100 Billion in Smart Home revenues predicted by 2020; NEC Australia team builds Oracle box for world market; 5G development: Nokia and du a can-do 5G development deal; ITU approves open standard for immersive sound to transform listening; Inmarsat appoints Vice President of Inflight Services; Comodo?s new silver lining: Acronis Backup Cloud MSP protection.

CommsWire - 20 October 2015

Data Retention compliance could pass to consumers as tax impost: IA; ECONOMUSE: USO levy study ? Final Paper; Kogan Mobile is back via Vodafone at competitive prices; Coles joins prepaid mobile market; Telecommunications for NT remote communities on the improve; Magna hires the King of RF; eftpos partners with Bell ID for new Australian mobile payments capability.

It?s only the beginning

This article examines aspects of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act 2015. It shows how the law provides a tactical advantage to investigators who pursue whistleblowers and investigative journalists. The article exposes a discrepancy in the way ?journalist? is defined across different pieces of legislation. It argues that the explosion of data generated by the so-called Internet-of-Things (IoT) lead to a loss of user control which will enable non-stop...