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Govt sets out web blocking protocols

The federal government and ISPs have formalised the official rules governing the blocking of websites hosting “horrific material” in the wake of a terrorist attack or violent crime. The...

NBN broadband boost is not enough

19 March 2020 | by Mark Gregory

Yesterday, NBN Co positively announced that it would waive charges for additional data of up to 40 per cent for retail service providers for the next three months and...

ACCC under pressure to fix mobile roaming

5 February 2020 | by Mark Gregory

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) may finally be taking the steps necessary for it to understand why it should fix its flawed 2017 decision not to declare...

Competition wished into existence?

13 May 2019 | by David Havyatt

Anyone who attends the ACCC and Australian Energy Regulator (AER) annual regulatory conference is struck by the existential dilemma that afflicts competition regulators. Their economic world view is that...

Arbitrary site blocks a ‘slippery slope’

20 March 2019 | by Denham Sadler

A move by Australia’s biggest telcos to arbitrarily block several websites following the Christchurch terrorist attack is a “slippery slope” and sets a “very worrying precedent”, according to former...

The big push for 5G networks

24 July 2018 | by James Riley

Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies has stepped up its efforts to participate in the upcoming roll-out of 5G networks in Australia by adding Malcolm Turnbull’s former cabinet secretary...

Huawei assesses cyber threat risk

24 July 2018 | by James Riley

Chinese telecommunications company Huawei can afford to take a “long view of history” according to the company’s US chief security officer. According to Donald (Andy) Purdy, who spoke to...

End of Telstra’s grand bargain

20 June 2018 | by James Riley

One of the many things that the National Broadband Network has done is to finally torpedo Telstra’s grand bargain with the Australian government. Once upon a time this bargain...

Telstra’s 5G to overtake the NBN?

27 February 2018 | by Mark Gregory

Telstra has announced its 5G rollout plans for 2019 and beyond at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 that is currently underway in Barcelona. As the first 5G capable...

ACCC brings a stick to the NBN

30 October 2017 | by Stuart Kennedy

The competition watchdog’s draft report into the country’s communications sector has lobbed into the middle of an NBN battlefield as the network engages in landmark price negotiations, and fights...

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