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Article | 13/01/2010 Users shun fixed line, flock to 3G
Adoption and use of 3G networks and wireless broadband exploded last year as consumers flocked to grab the latest Internet-ready mobile, according to ...
Article | 3/08/2009 Govt pilots anti-cyber bullying project
A new pilot project aimed at curbing cyber bullying in Australian schools has been announced by the Federal Government.
Article | 17/07/2009 ACCC cracks down on premium mobile services
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) have joined forces to produce a...
Article | 1/07/2009 Fly-by SMS death threats hold Aussies to ransom
The government has issued a warning against fly-by criminals who are issuing SMS death threats to defraud victims.
Article | 23/06/2009 ACMA: SMEs satisfied with broadband Internet
More than 80 per cent of small to medium enterprises (SME) are satisfied with their broadband Internet services, according to a study by the Australia...
Article | 5/05/2009 DAB+ digital radio switched on in Perth
Australia's first permanent DAB+ digital radio services have been switched on in Perth by nine commercial radio stations. Although digital radio signa...
Article | 22/04/2009 Optus flags participation in Net filtering trial
Australia’s second largest internet service provider, Optus, will belatedly take part in the federal government’s controversial internet filtering tri...
Article | 6/04/2009 Telstra announces premium SMS consumer safeguards
Telstra has moved to head off further industry regulation through announcing plans to implement new safeguards to protect its customers from unwanted ...
Article | 25/03/2009 URL blacklist 'creep' possible: Conroy
If you don't like what the government does just vote it out.
Article | 24/03/2009 More doubts surface over enforceability of ACMA's blacklist
With the leaking of the supposed Australian Communication & Media Authority's (ACMA) URL “blacklist”, further doubts have been raised over whether suc...
Article | 23/03/2009 Banned poker sites make joker of ACMA's Internet blacklist
Less than a week after the federal government's URL blacklist was leaked and caused a furore over the status of online betting company Betfair, Austra...
Article | 19/03/2009 Australia's Web blacklist leaked
The secretive Internet filter blacklist held by the communications watchdog ACMA has been leaked, revealing the government has understated the amount ...
Article | 18/03/2009 Australia's Internet filter ruled by a single bureaucrat
No accountability for blacklists, yet Watchdog's word is final.
Article | 17/03/2009 ‘Embarrassed’ ACMA forced to change ways
The Australian communications watchdog has modified its complaints handling process following the forced removal of a link to a prohibited Web site.
Article | 12/12/2008 Industry baffled over clean-feed internet pilot
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) participating in live trials of the national Internet content filtering scheme say the tests will be undermined by a...

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