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VHA in record payout over Coke spam

VHA in record payout over Coke spam

ACMA receives its largest payment for breach of Spam Act.
Staff Writers Nov 10 2009, 3:46PM Software
ACMA cracks down on SMS spam

ACMA cracks down on SMS spam

Biggest rise in unsolicited mobile ads since 2003.
Staff Writers Oct 21 2009, 3:03PM Security
ISP faces $1m fine for stealing from customers

ISP faces $1m fine for stealing from customers

ACMA flexes its regulatory muscle.
Munir Kotadia Sep 4 2009, 3:57PM Collaboration
SmartyHost accused of spamming customers

SmartyHost accused of spamming customers

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Ry Crozier Aug 25 2009, 1:48PM Collaboration
Telstra pays $100k fine for privacy abuse

Telstra pays $100k fine for privacy abuse

External call centre guilty of Do Not Call register breach.
Ben Grubb Aug 20 2009, 9:17AM Security
Tiny tots log into their own computers

Tiny tots log into their own computers

But many more access communal household PCs.
Staff Writers Jul 16 2009, 3:12PM Hardware
Conroy launches re-jigged cyber safety site

Conroy launches re-jigged cyber safety site

More detail on internet filtering for teachers and parents.
Brett Winterford Jul 14 2009, 1:12PM Security
Death threat SMS comes to your phone

Death threat SMS comes to your phone

Media regulator says be alert but not alarmed.
Staff Writers Jul 1 2009, 3:09PM Collaboration
ACMA: Who says Aussie comms services are bad?

ACMA: Who says Aussie comms services are bad?

Most Australians are satisfied with their communications services, said the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
Staff Writers Jun 26 2009, 2:59PM Collaboration
Logica wins five-year, $10m deal with ACMA

Logica wins five-year, $10m deal with ACMA

IT services company Logica has signed a five year outsourcing agreement to provide IT services to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
Staff Writers Jun 3 2009, 2:22PM Finance
Elderly Aussies’ lack of interest in web concerns ACMA

Elderly Aussies’ lack of interest in web concerns ACMA

More than half of Australians aged over 65 don’t have the internet at home and 44 per cent have never used the Web, according to an Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) report.
Staff Writers May 7 2009, 2:52PM Mobility
Federal Government looks to cash in on mobile spectrum

Federal Government looks to cash in on mobile spectrum

The Federal Government has released a request for tender seeking a valuation of its mobile spectrum assets in the lead up to spectrum auctions.
Brett Winterford Apr 18 2009, 9:24AM Mobility
Censorship opponents slam website hack

Censorship opponents slam website hack

Opponents of the Federal Government's filtering scheme have condemned last night's hacking of one of its websites as damaging to their fight against censorship.
Brett Winterford Mar 30 2009, 8:02AM Security
Canberra ISP cops warning over TIO compliance breach

Canberra ISP cops warning over TIO compliance breach

Bytecard, which trades as Canberra ISP Netspeed, has been issued a formal warning for allegedly failing to cooperate with the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) over “two continuing matters”.
Ry Crozier Mar 29 2009, 9:12AM Mobility
ACMA blacklist proves too popular for Wikileaks

ACMA blacklist proves too popular for Wikileaks

An updated version of the ACMA blacklist has proven too popular for the servers at whistle-blowing site Wikileaks, which has been out of action for most of the weekend.
Staff Writers Mar 23 2009, 8:09AM Collaboration
Doubts expressed over ACMA blacklist leak

Doubts expressed over ACMA blacklist leak

Doubts continue to mount over the authenticity of a leaked list of URL's purported to be ACMA's blacklist of banned websites.
Brett Winterford Mar 21 2009, 8:56AM Mobility
MWC: Telstra weighs in on spectrum issue

MWC: Telstra weighs in on spectrum issue

Telstra chief executive Sol Trujillo has called on the Australian Government to provide clarity on how much radio spectrum might be opened up to advance the local mobile broadband industry.
Brett Winterford Feb 24 2009, 8:08AM Collaboration
NSW primary schools to get ACMA cybersafety program

NSW primary schools to get ACMA cybersafety program

The Australian Communications and Media Authority will extend its primary school-focused Cybersmart Detectives program to NSW as part of tomorrow’s Safer Internet Day ‘celebrations’.
Staff Writers Feb 10 2009, 8:10AM Security
Passive RFID users granted four-watt reprieve

Passive RFID users granted four-watt reprieve

Ultra high frequency (UHF) RFID devices up to four watts have been approved for use by the Australian Communications and Media Authority following four years of successful tests.
Staff Writers Jan 17 2009, 8:04AM Hardware
Optus cops $110,000 spam fine after talks break down

Optus cops $110,000 spam fine after talks break down

Optus Networks has been handed an $110,000 fine for allegedly breaching the Spam Act after attempts to reach an enforceable undertaking with the communications regulator failed.
Staff Writers Jan 15 2009, 8:18AM Collaboration

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