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'Terribly expensive for no service': Claims new mobile maps still not accurate

Telcos were forced to publish mobile phone coverage maps to new standards last month, but some Telstra customers say they still do not reflect reality.

Source: ABC News

Origin Energy confirms breach of customer data

Energy company Origin confirms there has been unauthorised access to and disclosure of some customers' data, a day after it announced it was investigating a "potential" breach.

Source: ABC News

ACMA pledge scheme helps decimate dodgy device listings

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) says listings of unsafe mobiles phones and other shady radio devices have fallen dramatically since it introduced a voluntary scheme aimed at online retailers.

Source: iTnews Australia

Consumer rights lost in the digital media age are unlikely to come back

Sony’s decision to end PlayStation games on disc is the latest blow to physical media, but the digital games, movies and music you buy aren’t actually yours.

Source: SMH

Telstra broke its network with undocumented time fix

Telstra has revealed twin causes behind its nationwide mobile outage earlier this month, comprising an unrecorded configuration change on a Symmetricom SSU-2000 Network Time Synchronisation System unit, combined with a years-old outstanding firmware update.

Source: iTnews Australia

Nowhere to run to: Why angry Telstra users may stay put

Customers frustrated by last week’s nationwide Telstra outage have few reliable alternatives to switch to, according to telecommunications analysts.

Source: SMH

Labor takes a stand on data centre rules and AI copyright

The prime minister unveils Labor's plan for new AI national standards, warning Australia has a narrow window to set AI's "social license".

Source: ABC News

Australia to establish government AI office

Australia will create an office ⁠at ⁠the heart of government to manage the development of AI standards, seeking to balance the need to attract investment with effective regulation of ‌the disruptive technology.

Source: iTnews Australia

Mobile telcos cautious on expanding emergency comms beyond voice

Australia’s top mobile carriers have cautiously supported expanding emergency communications beyond voice calls but warned that it will require substantial regulatory change.

Source: iTnews Australia

Senate inquiry to interrogate whether cheap, out-of-date device caused outage

Greens senator and inquiry chair Sarah Hanson-Young has threatened a crackdown on telco giants responsible for multiple outages in the past few years.

Source: SMH

Telstra outage: your right to claim and the fine print that limits it

Lawyers are eying a class action over last week’s outage, while the ombudsman can order payouts of up to $100,000.

Source: SMH

Telstra may have avoided meltdown by spending just thousands on a known problem

Insiders say the equipment behind the Triple Zero outage was flagged for replacement years ago, but the work landed in the “too hard” basket.

Source: SMH

Death under investigation as Telstra admits 600 Triple Zero calls failed

The communications minister demanded the telco offer “total transparency” after it admitted that about twice as many emergency calls failed to go through as it first suggested.

Source: SMH

Elderly woman left 'frightened', senator 'irresponsible' over Telstra outage

An SA woman says her elderly mother was left 'frightened' during the Telstra outage after a fall. Meanwhile, SA police have said they have no record of any deaths during the network failure, despite a senator's claims.

Source: ABC News

SpaceX applies to launch 100,000 Gen3 Starlink satellites

SpaceX has filed an application with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for authority to launch and operate up to 100,000 third-generation Starlink satellites, the biggest such broadband constellation proposed so far.

Source: iTnews Australia

QLD police check on 21 Triple Zero callers after Telstra outage

Queensland police confirmed multiple emergency calls across the state failed to connect to Triple Zero during the nationwide Telstra outage.

Source: ABC News

Live: Telstra says it's working to resolve network 'issue'

Telstra customers are reporting problems connecting to the internet and making calls this morning. Follow live.

Source: ABC News

Telstra outage brings Victorian regional rail network to a halt

Regional train operator V/Line says services on all lines are suspended and there is no estimated time for rectification.

Source: ABC News

Telstra mobile network hit by significant outage

Telstra’s mobile network is experiencing a large-scale outage impacting voice and data services on Wednesday, with users finding their phones in SOS mode.

Source: iTnews Australia

Telstra mobile network crashes nationwide, causing transport and payment delays

Telstra customers, as well as customers of mobile providers that use Telstra&#039;s network, have flooded outage detection websites with reports.

Source: ABC News

Telstra runs hundreds of welfare checks after mobile network outage

Telstra has completed 395 welfare checks triggered by customers that could not connect to emergency services

Source: iTnews Australia

Broken timers trigger nationwide Telstra outage

Telstra says Wednesday's nationwide outage was caused by malfunctioning "nodes" that manage time synchronisation within some of the network data centres, but has no idea what caused the timer issues.

Source: ABC News

Passenger and freight trains in NSW cancelled due to Telstra network outage

Services in the Hunter, between Sydney and Canberra, and around the Southern Highlands have been suspended. Meanwhile, some coal and freight trains have been halted for safety, amid the outage.

Source: ABC News

Telstra links national outage on network timing fault

Telstra has blamed a national mobile outage on a fault affecting time-synchronisation nodes that help keep its network operating, while investigating reports of issues involving some triple-zero calls.

Source: ARN

Telstra says timekeeping issue behind mobile network outage

Telstra has revealed a nationwide mobile network outage is due to a failure of timekeeping nodes used to synchronise its network operations, with work underway to recover them.

Source: iTnews Australia

Superloop's $25 PriceLock freezes your broadband price and speed for two years

Superloop has put a price on certainty, and it comes to $25.

Source: iTWire

Amazon to start initial Leo internet service this year

Amazon expects to roll out initial internet service with its ⁠Leo broadband satellite ⁠network later this year after the company's latest launch put the orbiting constellation's satellite count over 390, a company executive said.

Source: iTnews Australia