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IN THE NEWS: Concerning issues for consumers and sellers on online marketplaces, Telstra outage frustrates community, ACCANect 2022 Save the Date, and more.
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An ACCC report examining general online retail marketplaces, such as Amazon Australia, Catch, eBay Australia and Kogan, has highlighted a range of concerns about how they operate as well as the significant benefits they provide to consumers and sellers. Concerns include the use of algorithms to decide how products are ranked and displayed (including some marketplaces giving preference to their own products), the collection and use of consumer data, inadequate dispute resolution processes and a need for more consumer protections. [ACCC]
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Telstra said the outage was largely due to vermin damage on fibre-optic cables. Residents are worried about how they will call emergency services if it happens again. The outage was on a long weekend when the town was hosting its first home football game in years. [ABC News]
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ACCANect 2022: Save the Date
We’re excited to announce that our annual ACCANect Conference for 2022 has been scheduled for Wednesday the 14th of September, so be sure to mark your calendars. All proceedings will take place online. Stay tuned for more information about Australia’s premiere telecommunications conference. [ACCAN]
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Telstra has resurfaced Telstra Day in 2022. You can score smartphones, tablets, speakers, smartwatches and accessories for a discounted price. Telstra Day comes around sporadically, and there’s also a caveat – each deal is only valid for the day. For today only, you can purchase an iPhone 12 for $250 off. [Gizmodo]
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TPG Telecom CEO Inaki Berroeta has called on whichever party forms government later this month to relax regulation and make the NBN’s Special Access Undertaking process faster and more transparent. [iTNews]
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Apple is faced with the possibility of another fine after anti-trust regulators from the European Commission accused the company of excluding competitors from using its iOS mobile wallet technology. [ZDNet]
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Nokia, Optus, and Samsung Electronics Australia today announced that they have achieved world first. The three companies achieved a data session using 3 Components (3CC) Carrier Aggregation Technology over a 5G Standalone network in Australia, the first time this has been done using a commercial smartphone. [Channel News]
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The Victorian government has set aside just under $115m in this year’s budget to move services online, continuing a significant reform agenda driven by the pandemic. Budget documents handed down on Tuesday show $99.8m from the package will be used by Service Victoria to deliver “new channels for simple and fast interactions with government.” [iTNews]
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Fortinet warns that 64% of Australian and New Zealand organisations agree that the cybersecurity skills shortage creates additional cyber risks for their organisation compared with 80 per cent globally. Fortinet says its report demonstrates multiple risks resulting from the cybersecurity skills gap along with the increasing costs of security breaches on organisations’ profits and reputation. [iTWire]
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