ISPs will be granted a one-off government subsidy towards the cost of installing filtering technology as part of the Rudd government's AU$125.8 million cybersafety plan.
Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy has issued a new set of guidelines for ISPs servicing rural and regional Australia, on the back of the Federal government's decision to extend the Australian Broadband Guarantee as part of last Tuesday's budget.
Industry pundits are disappointed by the lack of focus on ICT in the Federal Government Budget 2002-03 announced last night, with a feeling that this latest letdown won’t help recovery of Australia’s technology sector.
The Labor Party has warned that the federal government has no plans in place to fix telecommunication services in regional communities, despite its commitment of AU$163.1 million in the federal budget.
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