Latest telecommunications News

Laws Passed To Better Protect Telco Consumers
Experts have voted to stop adding extra seconds to clock time – the outcome favours big tech
Telco bills pass Senate, but Australians left waiting on roaming, compensation and coverage guarantees
Stronger penalty options to lift telco consumer protections
Mobile coverage expanded at popular Esperance surf beaches
Advertising like Sydney Sweeney’s Novig campaign teach women to see themselves as objects
One outage cost Australia $500m: Senate must amend UOMO Bill to fix telco reliability
Wireless communications breakthrough: a deployable phased-array transceiver for small satellites
Falling telco complaints a sign consumers have given up, not that problems are fixed
Telco complaints down but ombudsman referrals still too high
Telco temporary roaming – safety must come first – especially in our disaster season
Australian Antarctic Program launches recruitment campaign for 2027/28 season 1 October 2026
Amaysim And Ezee Mobile Breach Anti-fraud Rules
Have your say on stronger protections for telco consumers
Senate report calls for urgent Triple Zero reforms – we must act now to make Australians safer
Triple Zero Inquiry recommends nationalising of Triple 0, mandated domestic roaming and a review into ACMA’s role in regulating Triple Zero
Greens to push for Mandatory Domestic Roaming, Automatic Compensation for Consumers and Enforceable Reliability Standards to Telcos
Telstra Outage Highlights Why Reliability Must Be Uplifted
Scams Awareness Week: Tips To Spot Fake
Can baby monitors protect children without data security risks?
UNSW engineers awarded $6.52M grant to pursue critical renewables research
Regional and rural Australians ‘left behind’ by telco services – new report
Ombudsman calls for telco reform, highlighting failures for regional consumers
Renewable Energy Zone unlocks $1.4 million agtech program for Central-West farmers
Mount Waverley’s Bruce Kendrick, still rolling them down at 100 years
ACCC Inquiry Into Mobile Telecommunications Services
ACCC inquiry risks delay to domestic mobile roaming to protect public safety
ACCC Launches Mobile Services Inquiry
Minor Amendments To 2 Local Planning Policies
ACMA takes Optus Mobile to court over September 2025 Triple Zero outage
ACMA Publishes Telco Complaint-handling Data
$14.5 million to improve mobile and internet coverage across Central-West Orana
Communications consumer peak body welcomes AI guardrails to harness benefits, manage risk
Inquiry into national Telstra outage provides no reassurance similar failures won’t happen again
Statement on compensation for people impacted by Telstra outage
Statement Regarding National Telstra Outage
Telstra outage leaves customers without calls, texts and data nationwide
Committee to review International Production Order scheme for sharing electronic information
ACCC welcomes new mobile coverage map standard and warns on misleading coverage claims
Report into Triple Zero experiences reveals need and mandate for emergency ecosystem uplift
New financial year, new protections for telco consumers
Hall Wi-Fi upgrades to help remain connected during emergencies
Most Australians ‘stuck, stressed or silent’ as online complaints pile up
Australians Seek More Certainty as Household Costs Continue to Rise
Helium is more than party balloons. Why Australia needs to take this invisible gas seriously
Vodafone has suffered another major outage. A telco expert explains what went wrong
Vodafone outage leaves millions disconnected, revealing need for reliability rules
Allens advises BGH Capital on acquisition of Aspen Pharmacare’s Asia Pacific business