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  • UK govt to monitor all telecoms

    UK internet service providers will be invited to tender for a British government scheme to monitor all internet communications and telecommunications in the country.

  • Aust, Thailand to confront spam

    Thailand and Australia today signed a joint statement that committed them to exchange information about anti-spam policies and strategies, as well as a range of other information technology issues.

  • Stanton appointed People Telecom CEO

    Former Telstra and United Kingdom-based Intelsat executive John Stanton will take the reins at business-focused telco People Telecom from 7 August.

  • ATUG concerned about Telstra network upgrade

    Telstra's decision to invest in a next generation IP MPLS network has attracted the attention of the Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG), which this morning announced it would meet regularly with the telco to discuss concerns about the project.

  • Microsoft: A call to arms

    Net phone companies like Net2Phone are pinning their hopes on an unlikely player: Microsoft. Telecommunications executives and analysts say recent moves by the software giant into Internet telephony may be the last chance for the technology to reach the mainstream.

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  • Flaws threaten VoIP networks

    A technical review conducted by the British government has found several security flaws in products that use VoIP and text messaging, including those from Microsoft and Cisco Systems.

  • What Telstra, others can learn from South Africa

    A mobile telecommunications revolution in Africa is bringing new economic opportunities to the world's most impoverished continent, while providing lessons that can help carriers around the world push into other low-value markets. Brad Howarth reports.

  • Consumers rights still lagging: ACA chief

    In an exclusive interview, the Australian Communications Authority's retiring chairman Dr Bob Horton explains why consumer rights continue to lag. He touches on other topics including regulating mobile adult content.

  • Report: IP networks easy prey for cyberattackers

    According to research by Gartner, the increasing use of IP technology in power stations, railroads, banks and other critical infrastructure could spell big trouble -- and soon.

  • Who's riding your wireless network?

    Wi-Fi security tools and sound fundamental practices can help safeguard your wireless transmissions from a growing band of hi-tech thieves known as war drivers. Additional reading: Wireless computing 101

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  • New mobile call scam threatens users

    Beware! Scammers have found a new way to dupe consumers, this time using mobile calls.

  • Nokia cuts back on R&D

    Nokia is laying off 550 employees in its network equipment-making division because of a "reduced need for hardware R&D work," the handset maker announced Wednesday.

  • Intel wireless plans begin with new chip

    Intel is betting that wireless technology will be the biggest thing since the browser, and new notebooks coming Wednesday will be an early indication of whether the company is right.

  • Supercomputers getting super-duper

    It's getting hard to keep a place on the list of the world's fastest supercomputers.

  • The ABCs of 802.11 standards

    After 13 years of proprietary products and ineffective standards, the networking industry has finally decided to back one set of standards for wireless networking: the 802.11 series from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). These emerging standards define wireless Ethernet, or wireless LAN (WLAN).

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