Date: 22/02/2018
Australia’s Notifiable Data Breaches scheme is now in effect
ZDNET, 22 February, 2018 – The Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme comes into effect today, requiring agencies and organisations in Australia that are covered by the Privacy Act to notify individuals whose personal information is involved in a data breach that is likely to result in “serious harm”, as soon as practicable after becoming aware […]
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Date: 12/02/2018
NBN reports progress but no timeline for HFC fix
COMPUTERWORLD, 12 February, 2018 – NBN CEO Bill Morrow says the company is not yet ready to reveal a timeline for completing work on the hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) portion of its network address performance issues. NBN in November announced it would halt sales of HFC services for six to nine months until it could “calibrate […]
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Date: 11/02/2018
NBN expecting 1.2m people on 50Mbps speeds by mid year
ZDNET, 11 February, 2018 – The National Broadband Network (NBN) company has revealed that it expects to have 1.1 million additional people on its 50Mbps plan by June as a result of providing this speed for the same access pricing as its 25Mbps service at the end of last year. According to NBN, in the […]
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Date: 21/12/2017
ACMA imposes new rules for NBN migrations
ITNEWS, 21 December, 2017 – NBN retail service providers will need to adhere to a new set of rules outlining how they are to handle migrating customers to the national broadband network from next year. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) today announced its intention to implement new rules that would “significantly improve the […]
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Date: 27/11/2017
NBN Co freezes new HFC orders
ITNEWS, 27 November, 2017 – NBN Co is putting a temporary freeze on all new HFC orders and delaying go-live for some of the HFC network as it tries to improve the quality of service for all end users. The company said it would “temporarily pause all new orders” over its HFC access network. “This […]
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Date: 17/11/2017
Australian government funding 52 smart cities projects with AU$28.5m
ZDNET, 17 November, 2017 – The Australian government has announced the 52 projects around the nation that will be getting funding under the first round of its AU$50 million Smart Cities and Suburbs Program announced over a year ago. A total of AU$28.5 million is being allocated across all areas of the country, with every […]
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