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IN THE NEWS: ACCAN Board nominations closing soon, NBN Co launches community education campaign on scam threats, and more.
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Nominations to ACCAN is seeking applications for Directors to fill three vacancies on its Board. All nominations must be received by 5pm AEST – 25th August 2020.
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Overall, ACCAN praised the government’s response to the pandemic, NBN Co’s COVID-19 telecommunications assistance packages, and the telecommunications industry providers who quickly developed a range of measures designed to assist recipients to meet their ongoing financial commitments. However, ACCAN submitted that the lock-down instigated by COVID-19 has highlighted pre-existing issues of telecommunications inequality which continue to disproportionately disadvantage some communities. [ACCAN]
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NBN Co has launched a community education campaign focusing on the threat of scams and warning that scammers are increasing their focus to “deceive Australians”, with new and variations of common NBN themed scams emerging in recent months. [iTWire]
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The Human Rights Commission has warned that the federal government's growing reliance on artificial intelligence and automated decisions is dangerous and will increasingly put vulnerable Australians at risk.[SMH]
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The Australian government has announced a 1 GHz allocation limit on the upcoming mmWave 5G band. This will be the highest 5G spectrum to be made available in Australia so far. [Gizmodo]
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Canberra free Wi-Fi network will expand to include more than 400 access points across the city. [ABC News]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has boosted home entertainment subscription services in Australia according to new research from analyst firm Telsyte. [TV Black Box]
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Google has warned Australians to expect "dramatically worse" services if the Federal Government follows through with plans to make it pay for Australian news content. [ABC News]
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New data from the Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Report on Mobile Phone Service Providers shows pre-paid mobile phones have overtaken their post-paid counterparts in customer satisfaction, gaining a higher rating for the first time. [Roy Morgan]
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