Tag: Optus

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...

The big push for 5G networks

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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...