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IN THE NEWS: Faster NBN speeds coming for 700,000 apartments, TPG pivots towards mobile market & AI adoption far outpaces policy response
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There’s less than two weeks to go until the 2023 Communications Consumer Congress! Sydney! With keynotes from Gerard Brody and Commissioner Angelene Falk, and exciting panels already announced, this isn't an event to be missed. See the full program here and book your tickets today. [ACCAN]
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Fibre upgrades to 50,000 strata buildings across Australia will unlock the highest residential speed tiers for 700,000 apartments, NBN Co. has announced. The rollout is expected to be completed in the next 6 months. [IT Wire]
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This article from telecommunications analyst Paul Budde unpacks how TPG, currently lagging behind its competitors in market share for consumer business, is pivoting away from enterprise offerings and towards consumer mobile services. [Independent Australia]
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Research from tech firm Datacom shows that while 72% of Australian businesses are already using AI, only 50% had in-house staff policies and 40% had legal guidelines governing its use. This mirrors a lack of government regulation over the burgeoning technology. [Telco News]
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Brendon Dowling, Australia’s Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology, has flagged that the Australian government will seek to play a greater role in international discussions about internet governance and cyber security. In particular, the government will work to ensure that decisions about the future of the global internet cannot be made by individual nations, and instead remains in the combined hands of governments, the private sector and civil society organisations. [IT News]
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This article from CHOICE walks TPG email users through the decision they face in the coming weeks because of the hand-off of TPG email services to The Messaging Company. ACCAN CEO Andrew Williams, interviewed for the article, pointed out that it is an opportune time for customers to cut ties with their legacy email provider, clean up their inbox and move to a generic offering such as Gmail, Hotmail or Outlook which provide greater flexibility. [CHOICE]
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Communications Minister Michelle Rowland has released the eSafety Commissioner’s Roadmap on age verification, which, notably, does not recommend the introduction of age verification on sites featuring adult content. The roadmap highlights the significant privacy, security and implementation questions that remain over verification technology. The eSafety Commissioner will instead work with internet companies to develop industry codes regarding access to filtering software and limiting children’s access to inappropriate sites. [The Guardian]
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Open AI has unveiled ChatGPT Enterprise, offering greater input over model training, choice over storage of corporate data, increased security and privacy and greater response speed – at a price. Open AI has heralded the launch as ‘a step towards an AI assistant for work that helps with any task… and is customised for your organisation’. [Computer World]
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This article offers a detailed look at the subsea cables that underpin the global exchange of information, including why they are important, how they work technically, how they are installed, their vulnerabilities and the future of subsea infrastructure. [CNET]
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The ACMA is reminding all consumers to be scam-aware in the lead up to Father’s Day. The communications watchdog has noticed an uptick in parcel scams, whereby consumers are asked to arrange package re-delivery, update delivery details or pay a fee. If in doubt, never click on links in text messages, and only provide payment and input your passwords on valid postal service websites or applications. [ACMA]
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