Tag: Optus

Gig Guide: Berejiklian back in action at Optus

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Gladys Berejiklian takes up her first private sector role since resigning as NSW premier and the University of Sydney has appointed a new deputy vice-chancellor for research. Former NSW...

Optus adds Mitsubishi to Defence satellite bid

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Optus has brought in Mitsubishi Electric as part of its bid to establish a major satellite communications system project for the Defence Force,  with a supplier to be selected...

Optus announces bid for Defence satellite program

Posted on   |  by Ben Grubb
Telco giant Optus will lead a bid alongside two multinational Defence contractors for a major satellite communications system project aimed at providing Australia’s military with sovereign capability in space....

Two years later: Optus data breach probed

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s privacy regulator is formally investigating Optus for an alleged breach of customers’ privacy after the telco published nearly 50,000 customers’ personal information in the White Pages. It follows...

Govt sets out web blocking protocols

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
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

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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?

Posted on   |  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’

Posted on   |  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...
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