Category: Ip telephony

NBN Co refutes Pipe founder’s claims

The National Broadband Network Company has refuted claims by Pipe Networks founder Bevan Slattery yesterday public disclosure of information since the NBN project’s inception had been “woeful”.

ACTA: ISPs to be liable for piracy

If Australia signs the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), internet service providers (ISPs) may be obliged to hand over the identity of its users to those defending copyright.

Brisbane telco launches new datacentre

Brisbane telco, Over The Wire, today launched a new datacentre in Brisbane.

How low can Telstra go?

The recurring argument over the debate of the proposed split of Telstra into two divisions is whether it’ll be bad news for shareholders.

Google, Microsoft drive geospatial crisis

A leading researcher has warned that Australia faces “a critical shortage of graduates” in the face of an explosion of demand for professionals in geospatial technologies.

Follow the money on ACTA secrecy

Call me an old cynic if you wish, but one of the things I have been told about any scandal is to “follow the money”.

Govt agencies move on social media policy

Federal Government departments have revealed they are moving ahead to implement social media policies, despite the government having not yet responded to recommendations in the Government 2.0 Taskforce report.

Blacklist costs could beat filter

Today the costs of running a blacklist were made clear, showing that the filter could be a very expensive operation.

Over 100 vie for NBN Co’s systems

NBN Co has gone “wall to wall” with Oracle for its internal IT requirements, but there’s hot competition for the larger, more lucrative operational and business support systems (OSS/BSS).

Chinese DDoS knocks out Optus?

Speculation is mounting that a two-hour Optus outage this afternoon was caused by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack launched from China.

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