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  • Splintering on spam

    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?

  • ACA to prosecute alleged spammer

    One of Australia's most notorious Internet marketeers will face the federal court on allegations he sent millions of unsolicited bulk e-mail.

  • Comms research centre faces closure despite support

    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).

  • Attorney-General open to privacy changes

    The government will "carefully consider" the impact of new and emerging technologies on Australia's privacy legislation.

  • ENUM trial links phones, Web apps

    Australia's first experiment with Electronic Telephone Numbers Mapping (ENUM) call routing technology kicked off with much fanfare.

  • Anti-spam assault spans Asia-Pacific

    Australian regulators have signed an agreement with Asia-Pacific nations to step up the war against spam.

  • Telstra slides on rural performance

    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.

  • Investigators raid alleged spammer

    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

  • Car sales site fined over SMS spam

    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.

  • Call centres: no VoIP for us, please

    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.

  • Is online banking too dangerous?

    Australia's banking community is fighting to maintain public confidence in online banking.

  • Privacy Act buckles under e-mail pressure

    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.

  • Telcos debate new VoIP numbering system

    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.

  • Emergency services organisations slam telco self-interest

    Most telcos are spurred to provide help to emergency services only when it fits their economic agenda, the ACA was told.

  • Australia coordinates spam scam sweep

    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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