Telco security is the new frontier
The Telecommunications Sector Security Reforms (TSSR) have now passed the Senate after a bipartisan show of support for the legislation that formalises the telecommunications industry’s responsibility to protect their networks.
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$30b NBN blunder: More bad news
Malcolm Turnbull’s multi-technology mix National Broadband Network (NBN) was comprehensively undermined last week when BT’s Openreach CEO Clive Selley indicated that 10 million UK premises could have Fibre to the Premise (FTTP) by the mid-2020s.
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Govt is right to target OTT comms
The Turnbull government has announced plans for legislation to compel tech companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Google to unscramble the encrypted communications increasingly used by terrorists and criminals to thwart the efforts of security organisations and the police.
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High long-term cost of NBN
The Federal Government's decision to shift the National Broadband Network from the future proof FTTP to the obsolete copper based technology mix in 2014 is an infrastructure disaster that will have a long-term detrimental effect on Australia's economy.
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NBN versus the natural gas rollout
NBN Co's efforts to muddy the waters on Australian infrastructure expenditure for a next generation broadband network fails to move beyond cliche amidst a cost blowout and increasing rollout delays for the second rate obsolete national broadband network.
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Vodafone seeks to fix ACCC blunder
Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) is to seek judicial review of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) draft decision to not declare a wholesale domestic mobile roaming service. The ACCC’s draft decision to cave in to pressure from the government, Telstra, Optus and mis-informed local government and community groups has set the scene for the Federal Court to find the underlying rationale for the decision. Read more in InnovationAus.