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Following an independent audit by KPMG on the two major carriage service providers (CSPs), the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) has agreed to monitor the use of mass service disruption declarations (MSDs) by Telstra and Optus.
Telstra played by the rules when it chose the number 1-2-3-4 for its Sensis directory service but it may still incur a financial penalty over handling of its advertising campaign.
The Australian Communications Authority has reported that telecommunications carriers showed an overall improvement in fault repairs during the June quarter of this year.
The government will "carefully consider" the impact of new and emerging technologies on Australia's privacy legislation.
Post-election adrenaline surging through his veins, one of the first acts performed by new Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was to disband the expert panel that his predecessor Helen Coonan had appointed last June to evaluate tenders for fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) construction.
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