Tag: Paul Fletcher

Govt code forces tech giants to pay for news

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Google and Facebook will face forced arbitration and a $10 million fine if they fail to reach an agreement on revenue-sharing with media companies within three months, under a...

Uphill battle to force big tech to pay for news

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has admitted it is facing an uphill battle to go where other countries have failed, and to legally force Google and Facebook to share ad revenue...

‘Trust us’ on contact tracing, govt says

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian public can trust the government to build and run a contact tracing app that is secure and preserves privacy, a number of Coalition ministers have argued. After...

Welfare calls for communications subsidies

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government has been urged to step in to address immediate affordability issues in relation to communications services and equipment to ensure that low income earners, the unemployed and...

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...

COVID-19: NBN offers broadband boost

Posted on   |  by James Riley
In a direct response to concerns about increased network costs resulting from more Australians working from home as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, NBN Co will waive charges...

Telco’s brace for network usage surge

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Federal Labor wants NBN retail service providers to be offered temporary additional capacity at low-cost if the network slows as a result of congestion as large numbers of employees...

Telcos grapple with bushfire crisis

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A review will investigate the impact of bushfires on the nation’s communications infrastructure and a new national protocol for disaster management developed as Australia’s biggest telcos grapple with the...

$9m pledged to combat 5G misinformation

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will spend $9 million conducting a public awareness campaign on the safety of 5G technology in order to combat the spread of misinformation on social media....