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This week
IN THE NEWS: Optus Launches ‘Call Stop’; 2023 ADII released and more….
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Optus has partnered with the Australian Financial Crimes Exchange (AFCX) and banking members, including the major banks, and taken a major step forward in protecting customers from SMS scams with the introduction of ‘Call Stop’, commencing this week. [Optus]
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Key findings of the 2023 Australian Digital Inclusion Index demonstrate an encouraging broad improvement in digital inclusion at a national level. There remains, however, a considerable gap between First Nations and non-First Nations people, the cities and the regions, young people and the elderly and Australians with different income, education and employment brackets. [ADII]
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ACCAN congratulates Gerard Brody as this year’s deserving recipient of the Consumer Rights Award, announced this week at the Consumer Rights Forum in Brisbane. We are also very pleased that Gerard has agreed to provide a keynote presentation at the upcoming ACCAN Consumer Congress in September. [Law Council]
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ACCAN staff, Board members and guests are looking forward to attending the 17th annual ACOMMS dinner in Sydney next week. We congratulate Comms Alliance and the event team for the fundraising initiative in support of the McPhail family. Tim is fondly remembered by all of us at ACCAN and we will definitely be supporting the cause. [Comms Alliance]
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ACCAN will be well represented at this year’s forum in Brisbane later next month. CEO Andrew Williams will participate in a panel discussion on bridging the communications divide. Our Director of Inclusion Dr. Wayne Hawkins will lead a conversation focussing on the role of government in the purchasing of accessible ICT. [APrIGF]
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It’s going to be a big week in Brisbane in August as the 5th Annual NetThing Forum on Internet Governance and Technology is timed to coincide with the APrIGF. ACCAN’s Deputy Chairperson Holly Raiche will lead a panel discussion on meaningful connectivity in Australia. [NetThing]
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The Jan-Mar quarterly data update from ACMA regarding completed services, complaints and resolution time for telcos has been released. [ACMA]
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Australian specialist fibre and network solutions provider Vocus has upgraded its Melbourne to Adelaide cable route to 800Gbps technology with services available up to 400Gbps for customers. [CRN]
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Another interesting article in the ongoing AI discussion. This new open-access version of Meta’s AI tool is now available for free for research and commercial use. [Gizmodo]
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Analysts predict demand for optical spectrum analysers, a key tool used to determine the quality and reliability of optical networks, to grow apace in the coming decade. Key drivers of this growth will be increasing take-up of 5G technology and the increased bandwidth requirements of cloud computing applications. [TechDay]
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