Information and communications technology (ICT) companies and governments are planning to drive their anti-spam efforts to new heights later this year. But will they founder in a sea of conflicting standards?
One of Australia's most notorious Internet marketeers will face the federal court on allegations he sent millions of unsolicited bulk e-mail.
Australia's communications regulator has written to the vice-chancellor of the University of NSW, Mark Wainwright, asking him to review a decision likely to force the closure of the institution's Communications Law Centre (CLC).
The government will "carefully consider" the impact of new and emerging technologies on Australia's privacy legislation.
Australia's first experiment with Electronic Telephone Numbers Mapping (ENUM) call routing technology kicked off with much fanfare.
Australian regulators have signed an agreement with Asia-Pacific nations to step up the war against spam.
The national communications regulator today released a report showing some aspects of Telstra's performance in rural and remote areas have continued to dip over a two-year period.
The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) said today it had raided the premises of a company in Perth suspected of sending millions of spam e-mails
Carsales.com.au, a classified advertisement Web site, has been fined AU$6,600 by the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) for sending unsolicited SMS messages to potential customers.
Despite recent excitement in the domestic market over voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), a survey has revealed that less than 2 percent of Australia's call centre managers have the technology on their shopping list.
Australia's banking community is fighting to maintain public confidence in online banking.
The Australian Consumers' Association (ACA) said this week that national privacy legislation could not handle the challenges posed by modern e-mail, and that the public e-mail space may have been permanently corrupted with spam.
Domestic telcos are calling for a new dedicated numbering scheme for VoIP services similar to the mobile 04XX range. However there is no agreement about details and a smaller carrier's coalition says such a scheme would be uncompetitive.
Most telcos are spurred to provide help to emergency services only when it fits their economic agenda, the ACA was told.
Consumer protection agencies around the world are gearing up in the next 48 hours for an international assault on scams in spam on the Internet.
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